The things that everyday life brings to us

The walls In the gallery of Hagendorn photographer Michèle Buhofer currently ‘belong’ to the internationally active artist Tilo Kaiser.

The Hagendorn-based photo artist Michèle Buhofer opened her own gallery on the Papieri site just under a year ago, actively enriching the cultural life that is developing in this part of Cham. Her current exhibition is dedicated to the artist Tilo Kaiser (born in 1965).

Originally from Frankfurt am Main, Tilo Kaiser is partially self-taught and studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York between 1991 and 1993. His works have been exhibited in Germany, Luxembourg, the USA, Australia, South Korea and Hong Kong.

‘My works are mostly collages. Pictures put together from individual drawing elements and fragments,’ says the artist, describing his work. ‘The drawings are created on every conceivable form of paper, before being collaged onto the canvas in various layers.’

The gallery in the Cham Papieri shows large-format collages by Tilo Kaiser               Photo: zvg

Composed of countless building blocks, this way of working could be described as ‘painting with drawings and drawing elements’. ‘The finished work therefore does not follow a preconceived, chronological and explicitly narrative structure, but is much more a diary-like summary of separate episodes that each viewer should be able to combine in an individual way to form an overall story.’

The jungle in which we live
In terms of content, Tilo Kaiser processes ‘everything that daily life can and may throw at us’. His designs are created everywhere, usually spontaneously. ‘At the moment, I refer to the jungle we live in - be it urban or plant-based,’ he explains. Forms from architecture ‘fight’ with forms from botany, human elements with plant elements, interiors with exteriors for dominance. ‘If you look around in the chaos in which we currently live, it's not clear which jungle will dominate us next.’

The gallery in the Cham Papieri area mostly presents large-format works by Tilo Kaiser. The exhibition runs until 9 November.