From Darkness to Light — Paintings, Memory and the White Cube in Tbilisi
Eleven new Caucasus paintings at Vernissage Gallery Tbilisi, on the occasion of the publication of the catalog In the Prison of Art — 137 paintings from 30 years in Georgia.
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From Darkness to Light – Hans Heiner Buhr | Vernissage Gallery Tbilisi
Hans Heiner Buhr opens From Darkness to Light at Vernissage Gallery Tbilisi on 3 June 2026 — new paintings tracing thirty years between East Berlin and the Caucasus, alongside the first presentation of his catalogue In the Prison of Art.
Meir Reappears
A rediscovered painting opens a door back to Dresden in 1990: Hans Heiner Buhr tells the story of Meir, a portrait of Meir Mendelssohn, created as part of a triptych that helped finance his painting studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Germania (1995): Love, Promise and Reckoning in 1990s Germany
“Germania” (1995) is both a personal and social painting by Heiner Buhr about love, promise, consumerism and the hopes of reunited Germany in the 1990s.
Germania (1995): Liebe, Verheißung und Abrechnung in den 1990er Jahren
„Germania“ (1995) verbindet eine persönliche Liebesgeschichte mit einer Allegorie auf das wiedervereinigte Deutschland der 1990er Jahre.
Sold on an IKEA Shopping Trip — The Story of Shiraki
Shiraki · Oil on canvas · 60×40 cm · 2010 · Private collection, Michael Perdue Some paintings sell at gallery openings. Some at auction. This one sold while the buyer was pushing a cart through IKEA in Minneapolis. Michael Perdue…