Christopher Lehmpfuhl. Berlin Plein Air. Paintings 1995-2010

Between 1995 and 2010, the Berlin artist Christopher Lehmpfuhlexplored his city in the fascinating body of works now presented in this monograph. With more than 400 illustrations, the book offers a comprehensive overview of an artistic examination addressing all the many facets of Berlin - a city that since the fall of the Berlin Wall has been in a permanent process of transformation. A document of contemporary artistic practice, the 450-page catalog introduces 300 works that have never before been published, including 100 small formats which Lehmpfuhl painted especially for the deluxe edition.
His paintings bear witness to the deep affinity the artist holds for Berlin - for its beauty and for its ugliness, for its history and for the urban transformation that has taken place here over the past fifteen years. His subjects are the places in his native city to which he finds himself drawn again and again, and his paintings - both the miniatures and the multi-part large-scale works - recreate before the viewers' very eyes the atmosphere that he experiences when painting on location