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Lars Teichmann
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Lars Teichmann
* 1980 Burgstädt
Current
His work is characterised by a distinctive visual language, shaped by a self-assured, impasto-like painting style and a critical reflection on figurative painting. Teichmann engages intensively with art-historical models, particularly from the Baroque and Classical periods. In the ‘Classics’ series, he combines genres such as still life and portraiture with contemporary modes of interpretation, thereby creating a multi-layered dialogue between the past and the present. His body of work encompasses both monumental and smaller formats, in which narrative and formal tensions arise through the deliberate use of colour and compositional structure.
In his floral still lifes, he reinterprets traditional compositions. He counters the richly detailed opulence of the Old Masters with a reduction in both subject matter and colour palette. Details are condensed into a gestural, free pictorial concept that challenges the viewer whilst simultaneously captivating them with its presence. This approach reflects the perception of our times, in which rapid comprehension and a superficial flood of information compete with one another.
The international recognition of his work, for example through its presentation at the 54th Venice Biennale, underlines his significance for the contemporary debate on the role of painting in the 21st century. Lars Teichmann sees himself as a bridge-builder between traditional craftsmanship and modern reflection, not only by referencing classical painting but also by critically rethinking and transforming it.
vita
Lars Teichmann was born 1980 in Burgstädt
2002 – 2008
Studium Bildende Kunst/Malerei an der Universität der Künste Berlin
bei Wolfgang Petrick, Daniel Richter, Valerie Favre
2006
Meisterschüler von Valerie Favre, Universität der Künste Berlin
2008
Meisterschülerabschluss an Universität der Künste Berlin
Awards
2009
Under 30 Euromobil Award, Arte Fiera Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Nominiert für den Vattenfall Art Award (Emerging Painter), Vattenfall Art Award, Stockholm, Sweden
Collections
Luciano Benetton Collection, Triest, Triest, Italy
Berlinische Galerie - Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Berlin, Berlin
Hugo and Carla Brown, London / Den Haag, Great Britain
Euromobil Collection, Falzè di Piave, Italy
MKKI - Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt
Exhibitions
2026
Spell the Colors, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf (EA)
Superclassic, Galerie Schrade im Schloss Mochental, Mochental (EA)
DUALIS, Galerie Tobias Schrade, Ulm (EA)
2025
siglo de oro, Gerhardt Braun Gallery, Madrid, Spain (EA)
Pursuit of Happiness, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf (GA)
art et literature, Galerie Lindenstrße 35, Berlin (GA)
all in – blind date, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin (GA)
Art in transit and beyond, Hallenkunst, Chemnitz (GA)
untitled, Gerhardt Braun Gallery, Palma, Spain (GA)
Flower Power, Galerie Tobias Schrade, Ulm (GA)
walking in my shoes, Walter Storms Galerie, München (EA)
35 y - don´t look back, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin (GA)
„societe noblesse“, Kunstverein Schwetzingen, Schwetzingen (EA)
Pferde – Von Dürer über Erni bis heute, Hans Erni Museum, Luzern, Switzerland (GA)
art in transit and beyond, Hallenkunst, Chemnitz - Europäische Kulturhauptstadt, Chemnitz (GA)
the artist is naked, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen (GA)
2024
modern beauties of the past, Galerie Stefanie Boos, Heidelberg (EA)
„disrupted portraits“, Brennecke Fine Art, Berlin (EA)
Die Zehn Kapitel der Malerei, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf (EA)
„Herren Heute – 300 Jahre Carl Theodor“, Kunstverein Schwetzingen, Schwetzingen (GA)
2023
Neue Bilder, Galerie Peters Barenbrock, Ahrenshoop (GA)
en miroir, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf (EA)
„retrievals of classics“, Galerie Braun-Falco, München (EA)
2022
„Vanitas Opulenz“, Galerie Kunst2 - Stefanie Boos, Heidelberg (EA)
„Jardin Japonais“, Galerie Lachenmann Art, Konstanz (EA)
2018
ICONICA, Lachenmann Art, Frankfurt (EA)
2017
The Presence of Souls of Strangers and Forgotten Ones, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf (EA)
2016
Symbiose, Lachenmann Art, Konstanz (EA)
Aura, Kunstpalais, Erlangen (EA)
Aura, Kunstsammlung Erlangen, Kunstpalais, Erlangen (EA)
2015
Mut, love for free, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin (GA)
2011
ILLUMInazioni, 54. Biennale, Venedig, Italy (GA)
2008
Wonderland, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin (EA)
Scholarships
2010
Senatsstipendium Berlin für Bildende Kunst, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa Berlin, Berlin
shortcuts:
single exhibition = EA; goup exhibition = GA; catalog = Kat.
