Juni 2022
Brigitte Hofherr
Endangered Portraits
FOUGARO BLUE2
11 June - 18 December 2022
On Saturday 11 June 2022, FOUGARO presents at BLUE2 space a very interesting art project by the German painter, Brigitte Hofherr, titled "Endangered Portraits".
On the occasion of the 10-year anniversary for FOUGARO, which is housed in a former tomato canning factory, we invited Brigitte Hofherr to create a series of botanical illustration works
dedicated to tomatoes, which used to abound in the Argolic plain. The artist, who has been visiting the Peloponnese for years, has gathered images and information about tomato varieties from the
area of eastern Europe that, since they are not widely cultivated, are threatened with extinction.
Based on this material, she has created a series of paintings depicting endangered tomato varieties. The dimensions of each work highlight the characteristics of each variety, keeping in mind
that the wealth each region carries is its biodiversity. By letting the plants have the floor, we hope to raise awareness against the unpleasant development of historical and primitive plant
varieties disappearing. As Brigitte Hofherr puts it, "we have to acknowledge that the only way to protect something is to know and love it."
FOUGARO ART CENTER NAFPLION / GREECE
BRIGITTE HOFHERR
ENDANGERED PORTRAITS
Juni 11th - Dezember 2022
September 2021
Forum Botanische Kunst Thüngersheim am Main
Erntedank
Lisbeth Habusta
Brigitte Hofherr
Connie Scanlon
Achim Weinberg
25. September - 5. Dezember 2021
research and first paintings for the project "greek plants in history, in art, in mythology and in the daily life of human beeings
meerfenchel - kritamo - historic greek plants
amaranth - vlita - historic greek plants
johannisbrot - carubi - greek historic plants - carob
Gartenfest botanischer Garten Heidelberg
Project - historical varieties greece
Excursion und Fotografieren für ein neues Projekt in Griechenland - aussterbende Kulturpflanzen, historical varieties ind Argos auf dem Feld von Janna, einer bewundernswerten Frau.
Radiale - Kunst im Kreis
Ihm Rahmen von Kultur im Kreis 2018 erscheint der kleine Katalog und findet eine Ausstellung mit meinen Arbeiten in der Rathausgalerie Hirschberg vom 22.04. - 10.06.2018 statt.
