Koehler, Bim – Galerie Renate Bender

Bim Koehler

Bim Koehler, E – 120.231 – 2023, Pigmente, Acryl, auf Kreidegrund, auf Gewebe, auf Holzkörper, Stahleinfassung, 120 x 115 x 5 cm

Bim Koehler, EP – 30.232 – 2023, Pigmente, Acryl, auf Kreidegrund, auf Römerturm Echt Bütten, gerahmt, hinter Glas, 29,7 x 21 cm

Bim Koehler, EP – 30.233 – 2023, Pigmente, Acryl, auf Kreidegrund, auf Römerturm Echt Bütten, gerahmt, hinter Glas, 29,7 x 21 cm

KE-140.192 – 2019, Pigmente, Acryl, auf Kreidegrund, auf Gewebe, auf Holzkörper, Stahleinfassung, 140 x 115 x 5 cm

KP-19.1, KP-19.2, KP-19.3, KP-19.4, KP-19.5 & KP-19.6 – 2019, Pigmente, Acryl, auf Kreidegrund, auf Bütten, 30 x 21 cm, gerahmt je 50 x 40 cm

KE-130.17 - 2014, Pigmente, Mattfirnis auf Holzkörper, Stahleinfassung, 130 x 105 x 5 cm

"EP - 19.1" - 2019, Pigmente, Acryl, auf Kreidegrund, auf Finnischer Maschienenholzpappe, Blattformat 30 x 21 cm, gerahmt, 50 x 40 cm

"Konkav 1.19" - 2019, Pigmente, Acryl, auf Kreidegrund, auf konkavem Acrylglaskörper, 30 x 24 x 1,2 cm

mix it! (grey motif) – 2024, pigments, acrylic on gesso, on fabric, on wooden body, steel frame, 30 x 24 x 4,5 cm

Kreis 200.231 – 2023, pigments, acrylic, on chalk ground, on aludibond, d. 200 cm, depth 4 mm

E – 120.231 – 2023, pigments, acrylic, on gesso, on canvas, on wooden box, steel edging, 120 x 115 x 5 cm

KE-27.232 – 2023, pigments, acrylic, on gesso, on canvas, on wooden box, steel edging, 27 x 22 x 4 cm

EP – 30.232 – 2023, pigments, acrylic, on chalk ground, on handmade paper, framed, behind glass, 29,7 x 21 cm

EP – 30.233 – 2023, pigments, acrylic, on chalk ground, on handmade paper, framed, behind glass, 29,7 x 21 cm

EP – 30.229 – 2022, pigments, acrylic, on chalk ground, on handmade paper, framed, behind glass, 29,5 x 21,5 cm

KE-140.192 – 2019, pigments, acrylic, gesso, canvas, on wooden box, steel edging, 140 x 115 x 5 cm

KP-19.1, KP-19.2, KP-19.3, KP-19.4, KP-19.5 & KP-19.6 – 2019, pigments, acrylic, gesso, on hand-made paper, sheet size each 30 x 21 cm, framed each 50 x 40 cm

KE-130.17 - 2014, pigments, varnish on wooden body, steel edging, 130 x 105 x 5 cm

"EP - 19.1" - 2019, pigments, acrylic, gesso, on Finnish wood-pulp board, sheet size 30 x 21 cm, framed, 50 x 40 cm

"Konkav 1.19" - 2019, pigments, acrylic, gesso, on concave acrylic glass support, 30 x 24 x 1,2 cm

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Bim Koehler was born in 1949 in Kassel, Germany. He lives and works in Spiesheim / Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Bim Koehler’s oeuvre includes, in addition to his predominantly monochrome works, his unmistakable stripe paintings. In his monochrome works, the artist uses a wide brush to apply a variety of color variations, one on top of the other. Layer by layer, a nearly monochrome image appears, the final coats of color being successively applied towards the top. The countless layers combine to generate tension and open up pictorial spaces.
With his stripe paintings, the almost endless number of colored stripes, applied one on top of the other, draws the viewer’s eye into the spatial depth of the picture, inevitably raising the question of the last brush stroke. The use of the finest pigments, which the painter mixes by hand, often results in a different shade for each brush stroke.
Eager to experiment, Bim Koehler focuses his research on the nature of color and arrives at fascinating and innovating results.