'Freedom' by Johann Leschinkohl
About this activity.
From 1 to 28 February 2025, Joann Leschinkohl, artist from Berlin, will exhibit a mail art work ‘Freedom’ in the window gallery ‘De Prachtvink’ at the Vinkhuizen shopping centre, Platinalaan 505a, 9743 GZ Groningen.
‘Freedom’ is a mail art work that consists of a piece of corrugated cardboard on which a white sticker has been stuck, which Leschinkohl has worked on with a blue marker. The artist has stuck linen tape over it, on which he has drawn a mythical figure surrounded by black dots. The artwork measures 10.5 x 14.8 cm. On the back, Leschinkohl has written the title ‘Freedom’ and as a style indication ‘Mehl Art’.
The mythical creature that represents ‘Freedom’ is apparently a playful 21st century version of a sphinx. Unlike her predecessor in ancient Thebes, who treated Oedipus with brain-teasing riddles, this sphinx looks down with a gentle smile and seems completely innocent due to the polka dot pattern. So innocent that you as a viewer do not trust it. Didn't Batman also have a run-in with Polka-Dot Man? And what about the infamous 'Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini'? Is freedom perhaps something to laugh about after all?
Johann Leschinkohl (1948, born in Vukovar) is a painter, drawings and mail art artist based in Berlin. After being trained as a typesetter in Mainz, he founded the Mainzer Sunday Painters. For many years he worked in the graphic industry. In 1985 he moved to Berlin - Neukölln and operated the WUK Drukkerij there until 2018 and met many artists. In his work he prefers felt-tip pen and wax crayon on various media, but often on cardboard. His drawings are explosions of colour with fantastic figures and bizarre arrangements. He calls his style ‘BULBRO’. Leschinkohl has exhibited all over the world, especially with his mail art contributions.
The window gallery is an exhibition space that can only be viewed from the outside, but then 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The gallery is lit up until 11 pm.
Every month a new work of art by an artist is exhibited.
Raamgalerie De Prachtvink.
Raamgalerie De Prachtvink is een 24-uurs galerie aan Platinalaan 505a bij Winkelcentrum Vinkhuizen. De galerie heeft als specialiteit internationale mail art.
Location.
Raamgalerie De Prachtvink
Platinalaan 505
9743GZ Groningen
tel 050-2302991
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