Elvira Bach

Heckenroeslein

Heckenroeslein
100 x 100cm
oil on canvas

 Schwarzer Peter

Schwarzer Peter
130 x 165cm
oil on canvas

 Winter Ade

Winter Adé
50 x 100cm
acrylic on canvas

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I am delighted to represent Elvira Bach in the UK

A Single Exhibition of Elvira Bach's work will be held in June 2012 in the Richmond Hill Gallery

Biography

1951-

Born in Neuenhain/Taunus, Germany

1967-1970-

Studied at the Staatliche Glasfachschule, Hadamar

1972-1979-

Studied under Hann Trier at the Hochschule der Kuenste, Berlin (Art's Academy)

1972-1981-

Employment with the Schaubuehne am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin, to finance her studies

1982-

Invitation as the first woman to the Documenta 7 in Kassel
Artist in Residence, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1984-1992-

Spent long periods in Senegal where she got married and got 2 sons

Elvira Bach lives and works in Berlin

 

ELVIRA FEATURING ELVIRA

"I do love clichées", Elvira Bach claimed in an interview back in 1991. Stereotyped thinking? Pessimism? On the contrary. After her exhibition "Elvira shows Variations" had premiered in a Berlin butchery in 1978, her main focus, ALWAYS ME, emerged more and more. But it wasn't before her participation in the Cassel Documenta 7 that people got to know her work and do realize her oeuvre at first sight now.

While being thrown into the melting-pot of the young and wild in her early years, her unique proposition as a painter has evolved, after almost three decades. Consider Elvira a snake who loves to skin, to reinvent, and yet to abide by herself. I hardly know any other artist whose work has been more influenced by the art=life equation. Often she catches her reflexion in the mirror - sometimes self-critically.

Thus the brutely sketched Night Owls of 1982 have evolved into the technically nuanced Kitchen Divas by the end of the nineties that manage daily work at home with 2 children with ease. However, for the evening "gig" the red Prada shoes is a must!

Elvira's painting is comprehensive; in fact, it goes without ample art historic explanations. It catches the viewer's eye and fascinates him.

(after Alexander Tiburtius)