August 2024

ALMA-KIKA Endangered Portraits - Malus sieversii, painting against forgetting, funded by the Federal Environmental Foundation Germany, Artworkshops in the Botanical Garden, Almaty
ALMA-KIKA Endangered Portraits - Malus sieversii, painting against forgetting, funded by the Federal Environmental Foundation Germany, Artworkshops in the Botanical Garden, Almaty
The works of the artworkshops and my works will be exhibited in the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University
The works of the artworkshops and my works will be exhibited in the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University

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."

solanum lycopersicum costoluto genovese, 2022, 110x100x4 cm, oil on linen
solanum lycopersicum costoluto genovese, 2022, 110x100x4 cm, oil on linen

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

 

 

ceratonia siliqua carob fabaceae, 24x30x4 cm, 2021, oil on linen
ceratonia siliqua carob fabaceae, 24x30x4 cm, 2021, oil on linen
olea europaea, oleaceae, 120x90cm, 2021, oil in linen
olea europaea, oleaceae, 120x90cm, 2021, oil in linen
solanum melongena - tsakoniki, solanaceae, 90x70cm, 2020, oil on linen
solanum melongena - tsakoniki, solanaceae, 90x70cm, 2020, oil on linen
ficus carica smyrna feige I, moraceae, 130x100cm, 2021, oil on linen
ficus carica smyrna feige I, moraceae, 130x100cm, 2021, oil on linen

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.

 

 

der neue katalog ist da - the new catalog
der neue katalog ist da - the new catalog
alluaudia I, 2018, 60x60cm, oil/canvas  - aussterbende pflanzen - dying species
alluaudia I, 2018, 60x60cm, oil/canvas - aussterbende pflanzen - dying species
malus domestica - heidelberger blutapfel, 2018, 120x120cm, oil/canvas - fortsetzung des projektes 'alte apfelsorten' - weitere recherche - other works  -  in progress - research work
malus domestica - heidelberger blutapfel, 2018, 120x120cm, oil/canvas - fortsetzung des projektes 'alte apfelsorten' - weitere recherche - other works - in progress - research work
malus domestica II (nelkenapfel), 2017, 120x120cm, oil/canvas ----other works in progress - old apples
malus domestica II (nelkenapfel), 2017, 120x120cm, oil/canvas ----other works in progress - old apples
Mespilus germanica, 2017, 70x50cm, oil/canvas   work in process
Mespilus germanica, 2017, 70x50cm, oil/canvas work in process
Malus 2017, 100x70cm, oil/canvas ----just finished
Malus 2017, 100x70cm, oil/canvas ----just finished
Ficus carica, 2017, 120x100cm, oil/canvas - just finished
Ficus carica, 2017, 120x100cm, oil/canvas - just finished
bougainvillea V, 2017, 100x90, oil/canvas
bougainvillea V, 2017, 100x90, oil/canvas