Dear friends of music and art,
We are delighted to celebrate the New Year together with Berlin artist Axel Bunt, whose vivid and colourful works transport us into humorous and cheeky visual worlds, as the exhibition and picture title “Zukkajöre” suggests. He writes about his art:
I think painters create pictures because they want to show something that moves them and hope that this intention will be recognised by the viewer or that it will evoke a feeling, a mood or perhaps the viewer’s own interpretation of what they see. In the best case scenario, what is seen remains in the memory and stimulates the viewer to form their own thoughts.
What one wants to show naturally depends on many different factors and can change. Or there may be a basic direction that one pursues, but from time to time one also tries out other things.
My primary concern, which does not exclude branching out in other directions, is always about affirming life. In my view, optimism is essential, especially in these times, because it is the only way to change things you don’t like while appreciating what you do like and being able to accept and value life as it is.
When viewers look at my work, I would be delighted if I could contribute – even if only for a moment – to opening up this life-affirming perspective as they view my relief paintings. Full of vitality, with an optimistic spark, perhaps with a wink here and there, sometimes fantastical, always bright, colourful, and preferably a little bit shiny.
Further information about the artist can be found below and here.: axelbunt.de
The musical prelude will be provided by pianist Álvaro Fernández-Bravo Casado, who will perform works by F. Schubert, F.J. Haydn, L. Boulanger, C. Debussy and I. Albéniz. Further information about the concert can be found here.
Exhibition duration: 17.01. – 28.03.2026
Wednesdays and Saturdays from 14:00 to 18:00 (on concert days until 17:00)
17. January 2026
Musikstudio & Galerie: Gabriele Paqué
Blücherstraße 14
53115 Bonn
Gallery open from 15:00 h.
15:30 h: Concert
Álvaro Fernández-Bravo Casado (Klavier) presents works by F. Schubert, F.J. Haydn, L. Boulanger, C. Debussy and I. Albéniz
Admission: 20,- €
For more information and to register for the concert, click here.
17:00 h: Opening of the exhibition. The artist will be present.
Works of the exhibition (selection)
Axel Bunt
Photo: Johanna Keimeyer
Axel Bunt was born in Berlin and completed his schooling in Pankow. He then began an apprenticeship as an aircraft mechanic and worked in this profession. He subsequently worked in various fields: flight attendant, check-in assistant and taxi driver.
He obtained his high school diploma through adult education and completed a degree in art education at Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Greifswald, where he developed his own style (relief painting).
Axel Bunt breaks new ground with his painting because when you look at his works, you don’t know where the painting ends and the object begins. Coupled with expressive colours, his layers of material create relief-like, sometimes surreal scenes.
His early works are expressive cityscapes, carved in wood and then partially painted over. In a series of portraits, he gradually moves away from two-dimensionality and begins to layer different materials, giving his paintings an object-like character. Axel Bunt is currently working on a series combining animal, group and female portraits.
Selection: solo and group exhibitions
- 2025 November, Stiftung Starke, Berlin, “Winter Exhibition” (group exhibition)
- 2025 November, VBK, Berlin, “Traces – Lines and Surfaces” (group exhibition)
- 2025 September, Z22, Berlin, “Work is Work and Schnapps is Schnapps”
- 2025 August, Zuostant, Berlin, “Cut + Run” (group exhibition)
- 2025 August, VBK, Berlin, “Six Times Border Play” (group exhibition)
- 2025 April, VBK, Berlin, “Update” (group exhibition)
- 2025 February, Gewölbekeller, Berlin, “Future Icons” (group exhibition)
- 2024 November, Stiftung Starke, Berlin, “Winter Exhibition” (group exhibition)
- 2024 November, Z 22, Berlin, “Erotic Jungle” (group exhibition)
- 2024 September, Lite-Haus, Berlin, September Show (group exhibition)
- 2024 September, KNAST – PPRIDE ART BERLIN, “Just a question of lust” (group exhibition)
- 2024 July, KNAST – PPRIDE ART BERLIN, “Pride and Prejudice” (group exhibition)
- 2024 April, Gewölbekeller, Berlin, “Temptation”, (group exhibition)
- 2024 February, Kunstverein Weiden, “The Missing Link” (double exhibition)
- 2023 November, Kunst- und Literaturverein Dill-Lahn e.V., Herborn, “Man versus Animal” (double exhibition)
- 2023 October, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, “You Better Bring Me Joy,” (group exhibition)
- 2023 June, Kunsttraum Berlin, “Tomorrow Never Ends Part 2,” (double exhibition)
- 2023 March, Kunstraum F200, Berlin, “Fairytales of Beauties & Animals”, (group exhibition)
- 2022 May, Galerie Z22, Berlin, “Die Werkschau #2 – Painting, Drawings and More”, (group exhibition)
- 2021 December, PostArt Gallery, Berlin, “THE BEAUTY AND THE BITCH” (double exhibition)
- 2020 September, Lancini Art Gallery, Berlin, “Kontraste in Harmony” (double exhibition)
- 2019 May, Galerie Emma T, Berlin, “Mopsliges und anderes Getier” (Pug-like and Other Creatures), (solo exhibition)
- 2019 May, Little Window Gallery, Berlin, “Animalisches” (Animalistic), (solo exhibition)
- 2018 November, Galerie Zeitzone, Berlin “Buntes und Glänzendes” (Colourful and Shiny) (Axel S. – solo exhibition)
We are looking forward to your visit!
Sincerely
Gabriele Paqué
Note on parking!
Parking in Bonn-Poppelsdorf, about 10 minutes walk from Blücherstraße!
On Wednesdays and Saturdays the gallery is open from 14:00 – 18:00.
By telephone arrangement, the exhibition can also be visited at other times.
Blücherstr. 14, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Phone: 0228-41076755
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