Like the deer that tests our vigilance by suddenly crossing the road, Emmanuel Bornstein\u2019s (b. Toulouse, 1986; lives and works in Berlin) art, which is rarely winsome and often disturbing, forces us to grapple with reality. In his earlier work, the German-French artist often focused on the Holocaust and the Second World War, creating pictures profoundly informed by his own family\u2019s story. Exploring Berlin, the epicenter of that dark history, inspired searching meditations in series that turned the spotlight on traces of what had happened. More recently, Bornstein has sought to disentangle his art from subjective experience, shifting his focus to the analysis and reconstruction of contemporary events. Wildwechsel<\/em> retraces the evolution of his oeuvre as reflected in his biography, which exemplifies the cultural exchange between Germany and France.<\/p>\n Emmanuel Bornstein studied painting first at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, then at the Berlin University of the Arts. His works are held in numerous private and institutional collections in New York, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, and Istanbul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Like the deer that tests our vigilance by suddenly crossing the road, Emmanuel Bornstein\u2019s (b. Toulouse, 1986; lives and works in Berlin) art, which is rarely winsome and often disturbing, forces us to grapple with reality. In his earlier work, the German-French artist often focused on the Holocaust and the Second World War, creating pictures profoundly informed by his own family\u2019s story. Exploring Berlin, the epicenter of that dark history, inspired searching meditations in series that turned the spotlight on traces of what had happened. More recently, Bornstein has sought to disentangle his art from subjective experience, shifting his focus to the analysis and reconstruction of contemporary events. Wildwechsel<\/em> retraces the evolution of his oeuvre as reflected in his biography, which exemplifies the cultural exchange between Germany and France.<\/p>\n Emmanuel Bornstein studied painting first at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, then at the Berlin University of the Arts. His works are held in numerous private and institutional collections in New York, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, and Istanbul.<\/p>\n