a selection of the paintings by Anna Borowy as

„L’Esprit de Berlin – Talking Saint Tropez”
9 au 21 août
salle d’exposition Lavoir Vasserot au coeur de Saint-Tropez
tout les jours horaires: 11h00 – 14h00 / 16h00 – 22h00
„L’Esprit de Berlin – Talking Saint Tropez”
August 9th to 21st
Museum Lavoir Vasserot in the heart of Saint Tropez
opening reception: August 9th, 7pm
daily open: 11am – 2pm and 4pm – 10pm
„Vergissmeinnicht“
oil on canvas
200 x 150 cm
2014
La
série
présente
une
collection
de
portraits
jeunes
femmes,
autonomie. Même si les portraits de
signature de l’oeuvre de l’artiste.
Borowy sont imprégnés de nature, de
Les sujets peints par Anna Borowy
puissante
avec les lèvres arrondies et les joues
mythologiques, ils restent fortement
rougissantes semblent éternellement
encrés dans ce siècle.
de
mais
elles
émanent
sensualité
une
et
intense
d’allusions
innocents. Elles sont véritablement
enveloppées par l’éclosion de leur
Anna Borowy est née en 1985 à
féminine
de
Uelzen, Allemagne, mais elle vit et
fleurs, embrassées par des papillons et
travaille à Berlin. En 2003, elle est
entremêlées dans les vignes. Pourtant
allée à Berlin pour étudier les Beaux
le double sens du titre de la série
arts à l’Académie d’Art de Weissesee
“Vergissmeinnicht”, “Ne m’oubliez pas”,
et obtint, en 2010 un Master en beaux
laisse entendre que les jeunes femmes
arts. Ses œuvres ont été exposées en
de Borowy veulent quelque chose.
Allemagne,en Suisse et aux Etats-Unis
En dépit de leur apparence pure et
et font partie de plusieurs collections
délicate comme la fleur “Ne m’oubliez
internationales.
pas”,
jeunesse,
elles
couronnées
montrent
des
regards
féroces et des postures de combat
en association. Elles ordonnent le
spectateur de se souvenir d’elles, de ne
pas les oublier. Cette “Flore” du 21éme
siècle est autant consciente de sa
présence lascive comme de ses propres
désirs. C’est avec ce pouvoir, sans un
faux-semblant de virginité, qu’elles
jettent un sort sur le spectateur. Les
jeunes femmes que Borowy peint ont
un physique léger et un peu débraillé
The
series
„Vergissmeinnicht“
or John Everett Millais, while her
features a collection of young female
rendering of filamentlike hair recalls
portraits, signature to the artist’s
the linework of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
body of work. With rounded lips and
In spite of these parallels, Borowy
blushing cheeks, Borowy’s girls appear
remains current. The young women
eternally innocent. They are enveloped,
she paints are physically slight and
quite veritably, by the bloom of their
somewhat unkempt, yet they effuse
feminine youth: crowned with flowers,
intense autonomy. And though they are
kissed by butterflies, and tangled in
steeped in precious vegetation, potent
vines. Yet the double entendre of the
sexuality, and hints of my-thology,
series’ title „Forget Me Not“ suggests
Borowy’s
there is something for want in Borowy’s
grounded in this century.
girls. Though they seem as delicate
and pure as a forgetmenot flower, the
girls’ fierce eyes and defiant postures
combat such an association. They
command the viewer to remember
them, to forget them not. These 21st
century „Floras“ are as aware of their
lascivious presence as they are of their
own desires, and it is with this power,
not with semblances of virginity, they
cast a spell over the viewer. Borowy’s
focused precision, fixation with nature,
and romantic aesthetic pay homage
to Pre Raphaelite motivations often
underreferenced
in
contemporary
art. Her use of color is reminiscent of
paintings by William Holman Hunt
portraits
are
startlingly
Anna Borowy is originally from
Uelzen, Germany, but lives and works
in Berlin. In 2003, she moved to Berlin
to study Liberal Arts at the University of
Arts, Weissensee, and graduated with a
Masters in 2010. Her artwork is held in
several international collections.
„Aveline“
oil on canvas
80 x 70 cm
2014
„Clara“
oil on canvas
80 x 70 cm
2014
„Belle de Nuit“
oil on canvas
80 x 70 cm
2014
„Emma“
oil on canvas
80 x 70 cm
2014
„Wolfsmädchen“
oil on canvas
80 x 70 cm
2014
„Libelle“
oil on canvas
80 x 70 cm
2014
„Belloccia“
oil on canvas
180 x 140 cm
2014
„Petit Fours“
oil on canvas
90 x 40 cm
2014
„Mirage II“
oil on canvas
70 x 80 cm
2013
„Touchies“
oil on canvas
120 x 140 cm
2014
CV Anna Borowy
1985
born in Uelzen, Germany
2001
Ralph Siegel studio, Städlschule Frankfurt, Frankfurt a. M.,
Germany
2003-2010
Liberal Arts at University of Arts Weissensee at the class of
Prof. Werner Liebmann, Berlin
2010-2011
Masterclass at University of Arts Weißensee at the class of
Prof. Werner Liebmann, Berlin
since 2003
lives and works in Berlin
Master Class of Professor Liebmann, Uferhallen, Berlin
2009
„PLOETZLICH“, class of Liebmann and Lucander (Udk) at the
Uferhallen Wedding, Berlin
2008
„Vergissmeinnicht“, janinebeangallery, Berlin
2013
„Cryptical Flowers and Subtle Perfumes”, Fraunberg gallery,
Düsseldorf, Germany
2012
„Champagnerbad“, janinebeangallery, Berlin
„Bis ans Ende der Welt“, Gruppe 10, Bielefeld, Germany
2011
„Hinter den Spiegeln“, janinebeangallery, Berlin
2010
„Sicht und Schein“, janinebeangallery, Berlin
2009
exhibition collection of Prof. Dr. Hildebrandt, Westhafen,
Berlin
UM08, Art Festival of the „Freunde der Uckermark“
foundation, Gerswalde, Germany
„her mit dem schönen Leben“, Galerie Jonny‘s, Berlin
2003
Solo Exhibitions
2014
„showroom“, with Lori Field, janinebeangallery, Berlin
group show at the Arche, Hameln, Germany
Art Fairs
2014
Kölner Liste, Cologne, Germany, featured by
janinebeangallery
2013
Art Karlsruhe, Germany, featured by janinebeangallery
2012
SCOPE Basel, Switzerland, featured by janinebeangallery
Art Karlsruhe, Germany, featured by janinebeangallery
Art Wynwood, Miami, Florida, USA, featured by 532 Gallery
Thomas Jaeckel
2011
Aqua Art Fair, Miami, Florida, USA, featured by 532 Gallery
Thomas Jaeckel
SCOPE Basel, Switzerland, featured by janinebeangallery
Group Exhibitions
2014
”L’Esprit de Berlin – Talking Saint Tropez”, Museum Lavoir
Vasserot, Saint Tropez, France
„I AMsterdam YOU BErlin“, 5 galleries from Amsterdam and
5 galleries from Berlin present highlights from their program
at St. Johannes Evangelist Church, Berlin
2013
Agata Agatowska, Anna Borowy, Iva Vacheva,
janinebeangallery, Berlin
„Die Leinwand des Leibes – Körperkult als neue soziale
Plastik“, Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden, Germany
„URBANFUSE – Berlin meets New York“, curated by Matthias
Bergemann, Janine Biermann and supported by Prof.
Werner Liebmann (University of Arts Berlin Weissensee) and
Peter Drake of the New York Academy of Art
2011
Anna Borowy & Tanja Selzer, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel,
New York City, USA
„HotSpot Berlin - Eine Momentaufnahme“, Georg Kolbe
Museum, Berlin, featuring a benefit auction with Simon de
Pury
2010
„TEST“, Motorenhalle der Uferhallen, University of Arts
Weissensee, Berlin
Anna Borowy and Marco Reichert, janinebeangallery, Berlin
SCOPE New York, USA, featured by janinebeangallery
2010
SCOPE Basel, Switzerland, featured by janinebeangallery
Art Karlsruhe, Germany, featured by janinebeangallery
Collections (selection)
Collection Boulakia, Paris, France
Collection Biergemann, Berlin
Sammlung Fürstenberg, Germany
Lars & Monica Petersson, Sweden
Dr. Ronald und Ulrike Weihe, Wiesbaden, Germany
Strenger/Gonzales Collection, Berlin, Madrid
Peter Collinson, Melbourne, Australia
Pfulg Collection, Montreux, Switzerland
Thomas M. Kann, Monaco
Marc E. Kurtenbach, Cologne, Germany
Dr. Peter Moll, Dresden, Germany
Müller Collection, Chicago, USA
Dieser Katalog erscheint anläßlich der Gruppenausstellung “L’Esprit de Berlin – Talking Saint Tropez“ mit Werken der Künstlerin Anna Borowy,
9. August - 21 August 2014 im Museum Lavoir Vasserot, Saint Tropez, Frankreich.
Einführender Text: Madeline Bouton, Fotos: Matthias Bergemann, Portraitfoto Anna Borowy von Alexander Reime Kühn
Layout: janinebeangallery; Hrsg.: janinebeangallery, Torstrasse 154, 10115 Berlin.
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This catalog is published on the occasion of the group exhibition “L’Esprit de Berlin – Talking Saint Tropez“ August 9th - August 21st 2014 featuring
artworks by the artist Anna Borowy at Museum Lavoir Vasserot, Saint Tropez, France.
Text: Madeline Bouton, Photos: Matthias Bergemann, Portrait Photo of Anna Borowy by Alexander Reime Kühn
Layout: janinebeangallery; Ed.: janinebeangallery, Torstrasse 154, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
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© janinebeangallery, Anna Borowy
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portrait photo Anna Borowy
left:
„Amphoe“
140 x 120 cm
oil on canvas
2013/2014
next page:
„Playtime“
140 x 120 cm
oil on canvas
2013/2014
rechts / right:
„Swan“
Öl auf Leinwand / oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm
2011
Seite 2 / page 2:
„Nachthirsch 9“
Öl auf Leinwand / oil on canvas
50 x 70 cm
2011
Seite 4 / page 4:
„Tiger“
Öl auf Leinwand / oil on canvas
180 x 180 cm
2011
© janinebeangallery 2014