About Bannow:
A first encounter
with Stefan Bannow´s graphic world of images would at first make
you think of Surrealism and its dreamlike and symbollically satiated reproduction
of the streams of the sub-consciousness. However, Bannow´s field
of work is not apsychological uncovering of the deeper layers of the individualmind,
but rather a socially engaged focus on the community and its viability.
The primeval landscape of childhood has been replaced by the cultural
landscapeof Modernism/Modernity, twisted by breaches and boundaries.
On a background of this modern, fragmented landscape does the lithographic
artist methodically bring forth simple and central signifiers to the spectator:
The Root, The Bird, The Child, DNA, Christ, The Eye... Life torn up by
the roots, and we are left - rootless so to speak - in the empty space
of after-thought. Thus, the artists lets us follow his ceaseless journey
within a voltage centre of observations, reflections and confrontations
with the most essensial questions; what social order and solidarity will
secure the survival of the late-Modern, rootless human within viable communities
- what sence and which ethics will guarantee us a decent administration
of environment and hightech, e.i. gene thecnology and cyberspace!
The art of Stefan Bannow does in more than one sense hover about wandering; it delineates human journeys between breaches and the search for fellowship and fixed place, just as it reflects upon the artist´s own restless wanderings and continued search for redemption and answers.
Curriculum Vitae, personal data
Grafiker
STEFAN BANNOW
Ellekærshaven
8
5250 Odense SV
Tel:
+45 66 17 68 70