Andrej Barov

The world that the works of Andrej Barov present, seems strange and bent at first glance. Suddenly we realize something familiar to us, and an effect of déja-vu arises. This is caused Barov deals in his art not with the image of the visual reality that our eyes provide but with the impression of what corresponds to our cultural memory. Whether historical allusions, fragments of works of art or media phenomena, everything we have created with our human creative spirit, is the reality Andrej Barov is looking upon. In this sense, his artistic process is a look on the inside, into the depths of our brains and our collective memory. He tries to explore the relationship between media and historical events, revealing interesting parallels and showing a mirror of past and present. With his projects, he also deals with the aspect of presenting a suitable appearance and reasonable visual language that make this adventure possible. With considerable knowledge and technical precision, he formed elusive nuances of our conscious; exciting images that evoke countless reactions within us and bring up materializations in our subconscious. In this exciting worldview, today meets tomorrow and the past is changing unnoticedly from the present to the f...

Andrej Barov, German Artist
Born in 1958 St.Petersburg.
EDUCATION
1976 1981 Academy of Theatre, Music and Movies, (Diploma) St.Petersburg.
1981 - 1988 Deputy Head of Production at Film Studio
Since - 1990 Artistic work as a photographer

EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
    Solo exhibitions / selection
    2007 Human Systems, BurdaYukom, Munich
    2007 Presentation "thirst quencher," Artforum, Berlin
    2007 "thirst quencher" -Jam Art in Palma, Majorca Gallery Benninger
    2006 "Brain-Art", Gallery Benninger, Cologne
    2006 "Stardust" in a public cube, World Cup 2006, Munich
    2006 Essence ", Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Munich
    2006 Colours of Fragrance ", Gallery 23M, Aachen
    2005 "Colour Matrix", Andrej Barov, Brian Eno exhibition of the museum for casts Classic works of art, Munich
    2004 Perceptions, "Kodak Photokina 2004" type drinks in the city ", Cologne (Art Cologne)
    2003 "Digital Album", Gallery Willd, Frankfurt am Main
    2003 "My Favourite Films", Gallery Benninger, Cologne
    2003 "perceptions", Galeria burner, Dusseldorf
    2003 Andrej Barov, Gallery Digital Art, Frankfurt am Main
    1998 Gallery "Goethe 53", the City of Munich / Department of Culture
    1995 Museum of the New Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
    Group exhibitions / selection
    2005 "warps" - on the occasion of the exhibition "Colourful Gods - The colors of antique sculpture," Sculpture Hall Basel
    2005 "space definitions" - at the 7th International ...