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German intensity, French irony
"Since I'm German, I can't get away from the Expressionist label"
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 - "Circus rider", by E.L. Kirchner, 1911
Passionately pessimistic, forbidden by Hitler, Expressionism returned in force after the war and remains a major trend in German art. Its energy is often dark and brooding. German artists seem to bear the burden of their country's terrifying past.
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 - "The Biker", by Harald Wolff, 2007
"The biker is violent. He uses his motorcycle like a weapon." This Berliner's energy does place him among the Expressionists. But his irony is reinforced by 25 years in France (as his cartoons for this site show).
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- The work is elegant, taut and caustic
- Exhibits in Metz and Paris, fall 2010
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 - "X" marks the spot...
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 - of this small and joyful painting
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- But most of his shows are in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands...
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In this his career is typical and shows why Paris retains its importance in the creation of art.
- Harald Wolff lives in Saint-Denis, a communiste bastion where the kings re entombed
The City brakes the growth of violent one-class neighborhoods and encourages artists to live in potential trouble-spots.
The artist's studio is City-awarded. We can ask him how this policy has worked.
The visit to the Basilica and the studio are surprisingly complementary.
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 - Facing the studio
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Credits : photos of the artist and of mural art / Claude Abron ; Paris gallery / Catherine Aubin; other photos by the artist
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