Christian Böhmer is an artist from Cologne, Germany. He draws portraits of people with their faces hidden in paper bags.
In my work, I take a critical look at our current society and shed light on (interpersonal) relationships.
This interpersonal level is not primarily created in the familiar dialog of facial expressions, but rather through the deliberate renunciation of it. The figures in my works speak both to each other and to the viewer solely through their gestures and posture, thereby creating a deeper, more original and unadulterated level of communication.
Especially in an era of oversubscribed self-portrayal, egocentric world views and the acceptance of alternative truths, this original and unadulterated level of communication plays the greatest role in my works.
We wear masks not to hide, but to reveal hidden parts of ourselves.
Christian Böhmer