Armin Voelckers

Alien Trash Disposal

2016

Acrylic on giclée print on glossy archival paper

70 x 100 cm

Edition 1/1 (only original)

Signed on backside

Framed

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ARMIN VOELCKERS (* 1963 Germany)

Armin Voelckers does something that's become so rare in today's art scene, it's almost been forgotten: he paints good paintings. Exceptionally good ones, in fact. What makes them exceptional is that they rely on nothing more than oil paints on canvas.

His art evolves from within, driven by its own inner necessity, needing nothing but itself. And what's even rarer: his works are filled with humor and poetry, simultaneously fairy-tale-like and contemporary, delicately observed and narrated. Their often intense colors don't shout at you; they quietly find their way into your heart.

There's always a softness to his brushstrokes, a lack of technical pretension, unafraid to evoke hints of past eras. Because the freshness, the unique perspective, comes from within, not from a desperate search for original techniques. A splash of vibrant color, a playful disruption, places the familiar in a new light, offering ironic reflections on art history. Still life with vase, Gauloises, and kebab—simple yet profound.

No moral outrage, no pretense or grandstanding. That's why you can have a conversation with his works. After all, who wants to chat with show-offs, blowhards, or moralizers? That's why you'd want to bring Armin Voelcker's paintings home, to spend an evening with them over a glass of wine. And afterward, you'd thank them for the stimulating conversation.

Oil on canvas. That's all it takes for good art. It's enough to be heard amidst the noise and clamor of trends and fashions, and it makes a stronger statement than all the desperate searches for the latest hit.