Overview
- The exhibition, which opened Friday, runs through June 13 at JanineBeanGallery on Torstraße with visiting hours Tuesday to Saturday from noon to 6 p.m.
- Large acrylics center on figures, heads, and body fragments to explore identity without relying on classical portrait conventions.
- At the vernissage Giermann said he does not seek approval for his painting and would keep working even without exhibitions.
- A portrait of Klaus Kinski titled “Das Ende der Raserei” appears in the show, which Giermann called his last Kinski painting.
- He returned to painting after about 20 years, drawing on a childhood steeped in art with parents who taught the subject and early practice in a home studio.