Saarbrücken in the middle of February, a quiet residential suburb in a slightly hilly location, sunshine.
Ten o’clock, ten degrees.
Sunday idyll is in the air, even though it’s Tuesday.
Good mood déjà vu’s run through my head.
It’s soothing.
A blonde woman is standing on the right-hand side of the ascending street; she smiles, waves and is already waiting for us.
The single-storey store from the 1980s behind her has a large, floor-to-ceiling window on which “Atelier” and an Instagram code are written in blue letters.
The back of a sofa that would fit into any Ottfried Preussler book shimmers through the pane.
On the interior wall behind the sofa, colors rage on a canvas.
It’s all part of the program.
We are meeting Christiane Lohrig for the first time in person and in her studio.
And as is so often the case, it is the signs that confirm the later assessment.
And that is the case here, isn’t it?
The artist’s oeuvre speaks for itself.
Her works are pure good humor.
As simple and superficial as that sounds, there is a fundamental concept behind this good mood painting.
Not just in the sense of the pun FUNdaMENTAL, but in its real form.
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FUNdaMENTAL DOGmatic froEhlICH
This does not mean that Christiane Lohrig goes through the world with a permanent smile, but art can change everything for the better.
“Even if you’re in a bad mood, the painting process creates energetic images,” says the artist.
Christiane Lohrig undertakes energetic journeys on her canvases.
Loud and quiet, cheeky or reserved, ironic and contemplative.
The artist masters the entire palette of emotions in a unique, signal-like abbreviation.
Almost as in comic strips, she relies on quickly graspable, reduced elements; this is particularly true of her figurative works, which is why her oeuvre is so wonderfully timeless.
The viewer is enraptured, amused – never remains untouched.
Artist Christiane Lohrig
- Internationally successful
- Traded internationally
Publications fundamental dogmatic happy 163 ONE SIX THREE | art in print Verlag
Christiane Lohrig at work in her studio in Saarbrücken; 2024 © Christiane Lohrig
happy, DUfte
These are the protagonists and recurring elements in the pictures.
First and foremost, Lola, the artist’s alter ego, the personified everyday avatar who encounters the beautiful simple things in life, followed by the hybrid creatures of dog, rabbit, pig, newt, amphibian or crocodile that exist all over the world.
Even recurring clouds or flowers are so full of personality that you think you know them by name.
Christiane Lohrig has a feel for how the real world should work.
This world radiates basic trust.
When you read the titles of the works and analyze the story behind most of the pictures, you feel and enjoy the lightness of being.
“Lalala blablabla” is how the artist self-deprecatingly describes the content of her works.
Wonderful – her success proves her right.
attention artist ...
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“I have a feeling for color and the pictures emerge depending on my mood. Some paintings don’t have a concrete form or figure, but consist of color plays and elements that I arrange intuitively. I also take inspiration from my surroundings, from old buildings, walls or half-visible lettering.”
Christiane Lohrig’s works are mostly cheerful and show no signs of sadness or melancholy.
“That doesn’t mean I’m always cheerful.
But I refuse to let negativity drag me down.
Even when there is bad news, I try to turn it into something positive,” explains the artist.
We find the works present “The sunny side of life”.
“CAKE ON THE BEACH”, 120 x 120 cm acrylic on canvas, 2023
“ZIRKUS”, 120 x 120 cm acrylic on canvas, 2023
The artist in her studio in Saarbrücken, left with one of her dogs © Christiane Lohrig
Insights into the studio
2024
“BLOOM”, 100 x 100 cm acrylic and neon on canvas, 2023
"color, color and more color. not just because it makes life colorful, no, it's a necessity."
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“BLOOM” (excerpt), © Christiane Lohrig
lightness of being - with self-deprecating content
“VIEL CROCODEAL”, “KISS THE COOK”, “LIPSTICK GIRL”, the artist in the studio, “CRAZY TULIP” and “CITY CASANOVA”; 2024 © Christiane Lohrig
the world is a colorful chaos, so beautiful
2024
exhibitions and bio
2024 TRINITY – 3 female artists konsum163, Munich ONE, group exhibition konsum163, Munich 2023 Hidden gems, group show, Galerie Kamellebuttek, Luxembourg ARTMETZE, Art-Event Reflective emotions, group show, Galerie 1565 Hamburg 2022 Arthouse Neunkirchen, group show
Saarland charm – through and through.
Christiane Lohrig exudes esprit, positive individualism and somehow also girl power.
Just like her home, the Saarland, she also has a varied history.
Born in the state capital of Saarbrücken, the artist initially studied civil engineering and graduated in 1988.
“However, I always wanted to leave my comfort zone,” explains Christiane Lohrig.
With this in mind, she began her artistic training at the European Art Academy in Trier and the Art Academy in Bad Reichenhall.
For two years, she worked as a lecturer in the studios of the well-known “Moderne Galerie” in Saarbrücken before opening her first studio in 2005. studio in Saarbrücken.
The artist quickly makes a name for herself with her very own visual language.
Christiane Lohrig successfully participates in various group and solo exhibitions in Germany and abroad.
Her work is also represented in the “Landeskunstsammlung Saarland”, and in 2015 and 2016 she received two consecutive awards at the “Salon international d’art contemporain” in Luxembourg.
The independent artist’s work is traded internationally and is represented in collections in Germany, Luxembourg, the USA and Australia, among others.
Christiane Lohrig lives and works in Saarbrücken.
