Hans Könings
Berlin Triangle

August 5  - 31, 2014
Berlin Triangle - Hans Könings at work at Petra Rietz Salon Gallery

Exhibition: 24. - 31. August 2014 15-18.30h and by appointment
Opening: 24. August 2014 15-19h
Finissage: 31. August 2014. 15-19h


Hans Könings (*1950 The Hague) studied painting and printmaking at the academies of Breda and Maastricht in the Netherlands. He was professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague and guestlecturer in Düsseldorf and New Dehli. His works are a.o. in the collections of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague. He currently lives and works in Berlin.

The artist wants to understand what memory means, why certain images evoke something in us and produce that wonderful feeling of »let this moment last«. Or why other images – in a moment of recognition – bring back terrible memories Könings is a treasure hunter. He finds treasures for us in the depths of the past.