Villa Aurora Grant Recipients | 2010
Jul, Aug, Sep
Jörg Bürkle | Artist
- 1961
- born in Germany
- since 1988
- free-lance artist
- 1980-1988
- studied painting at Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich
- 1984-1995
- studied philosophy and comparative linguistics
Jörg Bürkle's paintings and drawings interrogate the social and technical development of their genres through a refined sensitivity to materiality and historical context. Mediaeval reflects differently on Modern than Modern on Mediaeval, the combination of which produces a profound sense of western culture through a highly personal lens.