07/23/2025
The University of Alabama Gallery is proud to present JÜRGEN TARRASCH- REMINISCENT STRUCTURES. This show will run from August 1st through September 12th. We will have a preview opening on August 1st, and a public reception on September 5th from 5-7pm. Tarrasch is a contemporary painter, with a background of classical art training, and brings these approaches onto contemporary aesthetic structures. This show at The University of Alabama Gallery features a range of work that highlights this multi-skilled artist, adept at both contemporary painting as well as frescoes, murals, gilding, and conservation.
Tarrasch says of his work, “I often think about what I visualize in my mind and what I reflect back in the form of my artwork. For me, nature – universally present – is the archetype and the vehicle through which I interpret my ideas. I think about my observations of the simple elements of nature, for example branches, leaves, and vines. I have always been interested in redefining these elements using rough geometric shapes and lines as a way to transfer my thoughts to brushstrokes on canvas or paper. To enhance the composition and reflect both the freshness and the withering of nature, I often use paints that I mix myself using dry pigments. It is the pattern of repetitive images, placed at different angles next to each other, and in different sizes and colors, that gives a sense of movement in my work.”
Jürgen Tarrasch has degrees from the European Center for Conservation and Historic Preservation, Venice (San Servolo), Italy, 1997 and an M.F.A from The Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw, Poland, 1993. From 2016 to 2024, he was an Assistant/Associate Lecturer of Art, Painting at Birmingham- Southern College. He is a freelance painter and conservator working in both Berlin, Germany and The United States. His artwork is included in the permanent collections of the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Montgomery Museum of Art, the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, and The Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Poland, among others. His artwork can also be found in numerous private collections in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
The University of Alabama Gallery is an essential part of the education and development of UA students and our community. Admission to the gallery is free. The gallery is in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center at 620 Greensboro Avenue in Tuscaloosa. It is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., and First Fridays 12 noon-7 p.m. Have questions or need assistance? Call (205) 345-3038
Image:
BETWEEN
Acrylic on canvas
2023
40 x 60 inches
