king, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 24x18 (sold)

majestät II, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 24x30 (sold)

soldat, POPELLA stephan, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 30x24 (sold)

majestät, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 26x20 (sold)

inhalator I, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 60x40 (sold)

schwarz-rot-gold, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 40x30

inhalator II, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 60x70

Jungs 3, 2018, acrylic on hard fiber, 24x30 & frame

Jungs 4, 2018, acrylic on hard fiber, 30x20 (sold)

prinz, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 30x40 (sold)

rosen II, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 40x30 (sold)

könig, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 70x50 (sold)

rosen, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 40x30 (sold)

reinigung, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 200x150

torwart, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 200x150

fahnenappell, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 180x120

goldklumpen, 2016, acrylic on wood plate, 30x40

auskehr, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 100x100

wurst I , 2016, acrylic on wood plate, 32x38 (sold)

future, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 100x100

beobachter, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 200x100

POPELLA stephan

Statement

Stephan Popella - ironical realism

Popella´s precise documentary work in physical and psychological realism attempts to irritate the viewer: by means of detailed visualisation of appalling wounds, by ridiculing historical grandeur in the visual motif or by even shifting the contexts in the composition itself. Mostly, the content already is indicated in the work title and conveys the ambiguous references to an intrinsic imagery. ...
Citations oscillate and echo in between the unsparing depictions of the Modern Realists up to ideological painting and their aim to legitimate the heads of state. The latter, Popella questions with trenchant wit. ...
The painting focuses on a shift in context of usual viewing habits to inspire the spectator to examine our everyday seeing and to sharpen the contemplator's senses. Popella operates without any political position or instrumenting accuses. He holds a depicting perspective to guide the recipient in the midst of abundances of interpreting possibilities and cited correlations to help creating their own version of the visual content.

Vita

1980	born in Bautzen, lives and works in Dresden
seit 2004	Cooperation with the gallery FLOX

PRICES

2012	Award of the Klosterneuburg Monastery as part of the St. Leopold Peace Prize

EDUCATION/STUDIES

1999 - 2002	studied history, philosophy and art history in Dresden
2002 - 2005	Studies for furniture and interior design in Dresden
2006 - 2008	Design engineer in the automobile industry (caravan)
2011	Co-initiator of the Krautwald art and culture factory

Exhibitions (Solo and Group), Fairs

FAIRS

2014	KIAF Seoul
2015	Cologne Liste
2016	Art Fair Colgne
2019/2020	Art Karlsruhe

SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

since 2011	Bautzen, Berlin, Breslau, Budapest, Chemnitz, Detmold, Dresden, Görlitz, Innsbruck, Kaaden, Karlsruhe, Kirschau, Köln, Kraliky, Landek, Löbau, Lübeck, Ludwigsburg, Magdeburg, Seoul, Wien