About Pavel Ehrlich

"His gaze expresses diverse imagery, in which the artist tells us stories about what he sees in our world. There is barely enough to risk a glance, for the richness of detail of his images requires a commitment to intensive examination. Rewarded this "effort" by ever new facets to be discovered in the individual works that inspire creativity and intensity in their own imagination and enrich."

Roman Herzog, 14.08.1998, Excerpt from the eulogy for the exhibition in "Hamburger Arbeitsgericht"

Pulls like a thread through the work of Ukrainian artist Pavel Ehrlich, born 09/06/1966 in Odessa, to search for the original, according to the accounts, which makes life. It draws its subjects from mythology and religion as well as from the life and interpersonal relationships. As in a trance, out from its core, his works are born. He is able, with a few strokes of emotions, movements, character, and even capture music.

His graphic brilliance and the variety of technical possibilities for the design of the classic iconography of printing techniques to the monumental painting he could during various studies, 1981-1987 at the Art Academy in Odessa Greckow, 1987-1991 at the Academy of St. Petersburg (degree in monumental art) during 1993-1994 and develop a guest student for printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg. Since 1994 he has worked as a freelance artist in Hamburg. Of new possibilities to create its representation in 1996 began experiments with UV light.

Time and again the central motif is the "ship of life", which symbolizes the themes for the painter of life - birth, love and death. The key for him aspect of time is frequently the choice of materials used, points out: either by wood (as the base of the object), and this inherent history, or by gold as a sign means, which points because of their own value on a long tradition.