Johannes Kahrs

Art Brokerage: Johannes Kahrs German Artist: b. 1965. Johannes Kahrs (b. 1965, Bremen, Germany) is best known for his evocative paintings in which he explores the duality of images, both as representations as well as constructions. His process begins with a photographic source taken from various forms of mass media, advertisements, or personal snapshots, which he recreates and alters on canvas. Kahrs’s paintings are often suffused with undertones of violence, death, and sexuality, where the body appears in mysterious and equivocal situations. His interests, however, lie within capturing moments of fluidity and elusiveness as opposed to something fixed or overtly political. As he endeavors to relinquish control over the image, Kahrs seeks to encounter something unexpected or accidental, creating enigmatic works that verge on the brink of familiarity. Listings wanted.