Pola Brändle

Collage in shadow gap frame, 2015, 47 x 47 cm
Collage/decollage in shadow gap frame, 2015, 90 x 66 cm
Emil Portrait, Collage/decollage, 2012, 250 x 180 cm
Collage/decollage in shadow gap frame, 2015, 65 x 46 cm
Frankfurt Looks, Collage/decollage on wood, 2015, 101 x 70 cm
Morning Beauty, Collage/decollage, 2014, 128 x 100 cm

Pola Brändle (* April 7, 1980 in Aachen, Germany) is a German collage/decollage artist who lives and works in Berlin Kreuzberg, Germany.

Life

Brändle grew up in Aachen and after graduating from high school she joined the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts where she owned her Bachelor of Design in 2003. Brändle's final work at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts was supported by the "TENT Academy Award" (Rotterdam) together with nine other nominations[1] as best final works in the Netherlands. During her studies Brändle developed her artistic photographic potentials and discovered the fascination of posters and their artistic opportunities for further editing. After living in Portsmouth, Berlin and Lisbon, Brändle moved to the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. In 2012 Bränlde returned to Berlin Kreuzberg where she now lives and works.

Art

From an art historical point of view, Brändle follows in the footsteps of the affichistes. Brändle collects poster material on her travels which provide the bases of her time- and culture-specific artworks. From small fragments to large-scale pieces, her collages/decollages range between pop art and abstraction.[2]

Brändle's work has been part of solo and group exhibitions in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Russia, Iceland, Turkey, Austria, Lebanon, Hungary and the US.[3]

The artist about her work: For more than a decade now, I dedicate myself to the creation of collages/decollages. On my travels, I collect posters of local events such as theatre plays, concerts, festivals and other cultural happenings that later form the basis of my works. But not any random posters – placards tanned by wind and weather, amateurishly attached to the walls of buildings and bridges, partly smudged or rotted ones that from city to city, country to country, continent to continent bear their very own hallmarks. Rain, sunlight and sometimes even human vandalism transform the original advertising into something new, something unique. I'm looking for exactly these excerpts to capture them in my collages/decollages holding them for eternity and creating a new unity, layer by layer.[4]

Exhibitions (Selection)

This is a table of exhibitions of Pola Brändle

Year Name of event Location
2006 Galerie Borchert+Schelenz Berlin, Germany
2006 Galerie Meisterschüler Berlin, Germany
2007 Galerie Borchert+Schelenz Berlin, Germany
2007 Galerie Amadeus Art Berlin, Solo Show Berlin, Germany
2008 Galerie Borchert+Schelenz , Duo Show Berlin, Germany
2008 Kunstschau Berlin im Vosspalais Berlin, Germany
2009 Europa Galerie Berlin, Germany
2009 YBDD Showroom, Solo Show Berlin, Germany
2010 CoCA Center on Contemporary Art, Solo Show Seattle, United States
2010 untitled BCN Barcelona, Spain
2011 Rialto Living, Solo Show Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2011 Galeria Flohr, Solo Show Mallorca, Spain
2012 Galerie Michael Nolte Münster, Germany
2012 Galeria K, Solo Show Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2012 Galerie Freitag 18.30 Aachen, Germany
2013 City Museum Yalova, Turkey
2013 German Embassy Moscow, Russia
2013 3 Punts Galerie, Solo Show Berlin, Germany
2013 Mianki.Gallery Berlin, Germany
2014 Kunstetage K55, Duo Show Heilbronn, Germany
2014 Mamü Gallery Budapest, Hungary
2014 MMG Gallery Budapest, Hungary
2014 Casa Museo de Mijas Mijas, Spain
2014 Art.ig Galerie Vienna, Austria
2015 3 Punts Galerie, Solo Show Berlin, Germany
2015 RDKM Yalova/Istanbul, Turkey
2015 Galerie Loeffel, Solo Show Basel, Switzerland
2016 Hotel de Rome (Rocco Forte Hotels), Solo Show Berlin, Germany
2016 Fresh Winds Art Biennale Gardur, Iceland
2016 Haus am Lützowplatz Berlin, Germany

Literature

Notes

  1. ↑ Exhibition TENT Academy Award, Contemporary Art and Spirits(CAS), Osaka, Japan
  2. ↑ Contemporary poster artists (List in Wikipedia)
  3. ↑ Pola Brändle's Webpage
  4. ↑ Pola Brändle's Webpage

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