Born 1936 in Hamburg, Germany
In the time 1956-1960 studied Jan Voss at the Art Academy in Munich.
In 1966/67, he´s a guest teacher at the Art Academy in Hamburg. Five years later is some of Voss´ artworks presented in “Kunsthalle”, Kiel and the same year is the artists highly mentioned solo exhibition at Art Cologne, taking place. Teaches as professor at “École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts” in Paris between the years 1987-1992.
The common theme in his painting is really “the organized”, but also find itself at the complex situations chaos of constant movement. Voss experiments with diverse techniques and materials. There are both paintings with powerful intense colours and paintings with a more calm and telling effects which remembrances drawings. Opposite of this is the paper-relief – collages made of watercoloured fragments of papers torn to pieces. Whether it´s on canvas, wood and paper relief or watercolour, the common feature is the buildup of different colour and form elements who interact, cuts through each other and combines together through lines, sign and fragments of signs. Voss uses this form language first-time on the two-dimensional painting, later – in the 80´ties- also used on the three-dimensional artwork. Hereafter can everything “picture-making” be used: crumble, fold, tear, sawing, nailing and gluing, - Voss seeks the constant change. Despite new picturesque materials, he is still not to be confused with anybody else.
The artist Jan Voss, who have lived and worked in Paris since 1960, is considered one of the contemporary time most outstanding artistic personalities and his artwork is exhibited in leading galleries and represented in permanent collections at museums all over the world.
Galerie Birch has exhibited Jan Voss in solo shows 1965-69-70-76-81-2008 and numerous mixed exhibitions.
Selected exhibitions
The Biennale in Paris
Musée d´art Moderne, Paris
Seibu, Tokyo
Lefebre Gallery, New York
Nippon Gallery, Tokyo
Documenta IV, Cassel
Musée des beaux-arts, Lille
Tübingen, Berlin
Galleria Nazionale d´Arte Moderna, Rome
Galerie Maeght, Barcelone
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