Herbert Volkmann
Dr. Hannenlotters mob, 2003
Öl und Kugelschreiber auf zwei aneinandergefügten Bögen Papier Drawing 125 × 100 cm
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In „Dr. Hannenlotters mob“ Herbert Volkmann condenses figurative suggestion into a restless, grotesquely charged scene. As is typical of his work, he joins a Francis Bacon–inflected figuration with a collage-like eye that merges found image fragments and drawing. The sheet holds the tension between the single figure and the crowd, between comedy and menace.
About the Artist Herbert Volkmann
The life of Herbert Volkmann (1954–2014) followed an unusual path: after studying art under Hermann Bachmann at the College of Fine Arts in West Berlin, he first worked in his father's fruit business and became a successful fruit wholesaler before returning to painting — encouraged by Jonathan Meese. His pictures, inspired by Francis Bacon, combine magazine cuttings and photographs with oil paint in a collage-like manner. Volkmann, who early on collected works by Daniel Richter, Franz Ackermann, Peter Doig and the Young British Artists, lived and worked in Berlin.
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