André Wagner

Adding something to the centuries-old genre of scenery depiction is a self-confident undertaking which André Wagner has confronted himself with. He immerses into the frequently mythical appearing clearness of nature and creates light in nightly bulb exposures without really granting any room to the dark. The results are non-naturalistic landscapes, composed constructions of great strength, that seem to glow from the depth of the pictures. André Wagner’s roots in medium and painting are unmistakeable thereby. Furthermore, the time factor, which has a very different significance in painting, plays a decisive role in his works. With a striking interplay of area and depth, intense colourfulness and fading this photo-artist opposes the scenery with a radical aesthetic configuration which accomplishes the feat of directing the gaze beyond traditional horizons. In this way, composed creations with an overwhelming energy and melancholic beauty emerge.