Angermann Peter

Together they developed a new visual language that was closely oriented to everyday life, while simultaneously being fired by a witty, anarchic impulse In 1979 Jan Knap joined the two friends, and group Normal was born They championed the rejection of individualism and, in line with this, created a large number of joint works – paintings that in some cases were done in public By 1981, however, each of the three members had progressed so far in his own artistic development that it was decided to disband the group Standing now on his own two feet, Peter Angermann has retained the socio-critical impulse from his earlier works – coupled with that provocative and at times absurdist humour that marks many of his paintings to this day In 1976 he surprised the world with the first of his Bear paintings and what was to be the beginning of a series that has kept on expanding In fact these are paintings of family life, which, while sharpening our eye for the human condition under the strict use of the bear guise, do not baulk at depicting idylls Ten years later Angermann pulled another surprise out of the hat – at first through the sheer joy of exploring a genre which at that time was frowned on: en plein air painting In the meantime, this group of works has found a permanent place in his oeuvre and has led him to discover a virtuosity as colourist that also distinguishes his mature, themed works