Barbara Boetcher

,,The work must be conceived with fire in the soul but excecuted with clinical coolness” J. Miro

 

Exhibitions

 
 

2025

2023

Open studio and exhibition of prints, Printmaking Barcelona, solo exhibition

Barcelona, spain

Toolip Art Gallery, group exhibition

Vienna, AUstria

XIX International competition of small graphic form and exlibris, group exhibition

Ostrów Wielkopolski , poland

13. Triennale małych form malarskich, Galeria sztuki Wozownia

Toruń, poland

 

Galeria Pinakoteka, group exhibition

Gdansk, poland

 

2018

 

Gruop exhibition at TIAC Group with Odd Nerdrum and Golucho

firenze, italy

Fruits of Summer, group exhibition at the Florence Academy of Art

firenze, italy

 

2016

Katowice Galeria Szyld, group exhibiton with Zbigniew Bajek

katowice, poland

Galeria II Piętro, group exhibiton

krakow, poland

Biblioteka Miejska, group exhibition

krakow, poland

 

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I KNOW OF NO GENIUS BUT THE GENIUS OF HARD WORK

W. Turner

 

at the end of the day we can endure much more then we think we can

F. Khalo

 

Without craftsmanship inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind

J. Brahms

ARTISTIC STATEMENT

A childhood fascination with the paintings of the old masters has driven me to strive for the highest technical level in my work. I am deeply convinced, quoting Johannes Brahms, that without craftsmanship, inspiration is merely a reed shaken by the wind. I seek my ideas in the forms of the human body, aiming to combine the knowledge of our ancestors with contemporary aesthetics, taking inspiration from nature, photography, and film.

What I value most in art is the freedom an artist can achieve through their work. I have always admired this freedom while studying paintings of Francisco Goya and Rembrandt, watching movies of Quentin Tarantino and Pedro Almodóvar, or flipping through photo albums by David LaChapelle. Constantly influenced by these artists, in my own work, alongside my relentless desire to develop my craft, I attempt to juxtapose extremes: comedy with brutality, the unpleasant with the sensual, aestheticism with kitsch, etc..

In my case, the mediums I primarily use are oil painting, printmaking, especially intaglio, and charcoal and ink drawing.

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