ART TALK: Johann P Wieghardt - Behind the Face

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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Art talk features portrait painter & sculptor Johann Peter Wieghardt
Photo caption: Oil painting by Johann Peter Wieghardt

Comox Valley Art Gallery presents exhibiting artist Johann Peter Wieghardt in an Art Talk at the gallery on Saturday January 16th at 11am. Admission to the talk is by suggested donation of $2 – 5 pp.

About the talk:

Wieghardt will discuss his ideas and inspiration Behind the Face, namely that we think we know someone, but truly we only understand our idea of that person. He believes that can never know exactly what is behind the face of someone else and that inside each of us is a world that we cannot share with each other. He states that through intuition we each can gain a greater recognition of our essential nature and meet on common ground. He will use a number of art pieces in the exhibition to explain his artistic approach.

About Johann Peter Wieghardt

Johann Peter Wieghardt was born in Westfalia, Germany. He apprenticed as a wood sculptor for 3 years 1984-87 in Michelstadt and then completed a German BFS/MFA at the Academy of Fine Art, Braunschweig. Emigrating to BC, Canada in 1996, he currently resides in Vancouver, working out of studios in Vancouver BC and Berlin, Germany. His artwork has been exhibited in various cities in Germany and Spain and several Vancouver galleries.

About the artwork

In an exhibit titled “Behind the Face”, Johann P. Wieghardt will be exhibiting oil paintings, acrylic paintings and carved/assemblage wood sculptures which are colourful, expressive and somewhat disconcerting portraits of humans and animals. These are not portraits meant to flatter, but rather to reveal and probe into the psyche of the subject, reflecting us to ourselves.

Wieghardt paints what he calls “Conceptual Realism”; “…that besides our consciousness and perception, a pure reality exists which we can experience through thinking, feeling, and awareness, this is the realism I aim to communicate with my art.” He states that often we think we know another person, but asks us to consider what is truly Behind the Face of another person. He aims to combine classical art processes from the tradition of art history, sociological events, and a deep spiritual dimension to tell a visual story of his surroundings and culture; one that is full of fantasy, imagination and magic.

Comox Valley Art Gallery is located at 580 Duncan Ave in downtown Courtenay. FMI contact 338-6211 or visit the website: www.comoxvalleyartgallery.com