Johannes Kahrs was born 1965 in Bremen, Germany. He lives and works in Berlin. Kahrs takes a photo, a video projection or a film still as the starting point of his drawings and oil paintings. He catches fragments of images of politics, show biz, and advertising to reform, re-interpret, and further fictionalize the represented idea by shifting tones and gradations of grey and black pastel, leaving contours blurred. As he experiments with the original from of the image, he detaches the picture from its original meaning. Hence, he finishes with an almost unrecognisable representation and completely new recording of reality. Luhring Augustine, 2012 Illustrated Softcover, ISBN 978-3-907638-21-7