Johannes Kahrs: First Major French Exhibition at Frac des Pays de Loire

German artist Johannes Kahrs (b. 1965) presents his first significant solo exhibition in France at the Frac des Pays de Loire in Carquefou, running from March 24 to May 20, 2001. The show spans video, painting, charcoal, and public interventions (posters of his charcoal works in streets and press). Represented by Almine Rech, Kahrs's work is dominated by the human figure, with notable exceptions like a text painting and a Hitchcockian house. His iconography is heavily referenced: a portrait of Ulrike Meinhof, a scene from a David Lynch film, and a diptych of Mick Jagger filmed by Jean-Luc Godard in One + One (1968). Early paintings (1994) owe a debt to Francis Bacon; later works use glass and photographic treatment. Charcoal pieces evoke voyeurism and Baader-Meinhof imagery. The exhibition emphasizes the volatility of images, anchored by technical virtuosity.