Jonas Burgert was born on 1969 in Berlin. A fantastical cast of characters, both animal and human, keep watch over a glowing white orb; the prize of the Mondj?ger (or "Moon Hunter") referred in the painting's title. The elaborately layered scene, with its dramatic lighting, exotic costumes and sweeping, stage-like staircase, is wonderfully theatrical. "To do something strange, like pick up a planet, it is first necessary to change one's mind and body to become a part of a ritual," says Burgert. "One needs spiritual copies of oneself in order to have a dialogue between one's inner characters."



Jonas Burgert is a painting about female power, and the polar instincts of intimacy and aggression. Six women are gathered together in a strange environment, their dress and choices of weapon each representative of a different moment in time from prehistory to the present. They sit, squat and stand calmly as if debating some sort of violent offensive, the cue for which will come from the central figure caught within the blue crosshairs. Strange creatures move between them, while behind, on a mazy backdrop of golden, latticed wallpaper, hangs a constellation of spherical forms; a conscious juxtaposition on the artist's part of "the meditative chaos of nature and the interrelated elements of human cultures".

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2005

?Rainbow; a painting show, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut

?FRAKTALE IV, tod, Palast der Republik Berlin

?Geschichtenerz?hler, Hamburger Kunsthalle

2004

?Berliner Kunstsalon, Arena Berlin

2003

?Biennale der Malerei, Stockholm, Schweden

?Das mystische Paradoxon in der Bildenden Kunst des 20. Jhts.

?Kunsthalle Erfurt

?Dis?Positiv, Staatsbank Berlin

2002

?Rohkunstbau, Stipendiaten, Berlin

?FRAKTALE III, Rohbau U Bahnhof Reichstag Berlin

?IX Rohkunstbau, Wasserschlo? Gro? Leuthen

?Hic et Nunc, Villa Manin Passariano, Italien

2001

?FRAKTALE II, Pfefferberg Berlin

?Nacht der Akademie, Akademie der K'nste Berlin

2000

?Fraktale Exzerpt, Sophienh'fe Berlin

?Kunst am Bau, Lenze Forum, Hameln

?FRAKTALE I, Parochialkirche Berlin

1999

?Junge Akademie, Akademie der K'nste Berlin

?Gr?ndung der Ausstellungsreihe FRAKTALE

1998

?Junge Akademie, Akademie der K'nste Berlin

Conclusions:

Jonas Burgert is a painting about female power, and the polar instincts of intimacy and aggression. Six women are gathered together in a strange environment, their dress and choices of weapon each representative of a different moment in time from prehistory to the present. They sit, squat and stand calmly as if debating some sort of violent offensive, the cue for which will come from the central figure caught within the blue crosshairs.

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