press 2012 Badische Zeitung from October 16, 2012 Exhibition Carlo Büchner Gallery Art at the Park 2012 __________________________________________ “Works for mental amusement” The “Kunst am Park” gallery in Höchenschwand shows illustrations and caricatures by Freiburg artist Carlo Büchner. HÖCHENSCHWAND. While balancing on a chair, the male wields a saw: That poster on the entrance door points the way to the “Kunst am Park” gallery on the lower floor of the St. Georg Specialist Clinic and is the beginning of a journey through the landscape of illustrations and caricatures. Those interested in art who are already present at the vernissage of the exhibition “Maximal Perspective” clear an alley for the new arrivals to enter before they are greeted by Wilhelm Buchbender. In his fourth exhibition opening, the young artist Carlo Büchner addresses the guests of the evening and patients of the clinic in a slightly mocking but winning manner. "I sincerely hope that my works will provide mental amusement, a humorous support for recovery and will not turn into the opposite and thus fail in their purpose." On a tour past 40 motifs, the viewer immediately understands what Büchner means. Creatures with over-emphasized noses, sometimes drawn with just a few lines, capture the eye. Visitors discover special artistic creations, funny, mocking details and symbolic views of, for example, a donkey or rabbit. While ink pen, pencil or special felt markers lie in the 26-year-old's hand - floating loosely so as not to press the drawing device onto the paper and to avoid gradients and conspicuous shadows - the Freiburg native leaves his graphics to topics such as problem solutions, embarrassments and truths , air travel and Christmas. Büchner's sharpened sense of the scene of everyday monotony served him well when implementing his collected ideas, first through simplified, rough sketches with thin, fine lines, and then completing them with typical features or with the representation of a specific situation. Büchner, a great admirer of Loriot, holds a mirror up to indeterminate people, highlights mishaps and ensures maximum clarity thanks to the connection of the explanatory content among his exhibited originals, all of which were created between 2008 and 2012. “Funny, interesting and also thoughtful,” is how a visitor describes these frozen moments on a white background during a conversation. It's clear to her neighbor that she wants to buy a limited edition, hand-signed, framed print straight away. The graphic designer's captured sparkling spirit and sharp charm continues to captivate people in series such as "Necessity is the Mother of Invention", "Above the Clouds", but also "The Sailor". __________________________________________ Südkurier from October 15, 2012 Exhibition Carlo Büchner Gallery Art at the Park 2012 __________________________________________ Works provide insight Carlo Büchner shows works from the areas of cartoons, poetry and painting in the Kunst am Park gallery in Höchenschwand Under the motto “Maximum perspective,” the “Kunst am Park” gallery is showing caricatures by Carlo Büchner (26) from Sexau until January 23, 2013. The laudatory speech at the vernissage on Friday evening was given by the senior doctor at the St. Georg Clinic, Wilhelm Buchbender. Caricatures do not always have to be weapons to characterize difficult political conditions and social conflicts. Sometimes it's enough if they use a sharp pen to poke fun at little weaknesses and question social values. This is the case with Carlo Büchner, who is unmistakable with his reduced style aims at the all too familiar. Situations in which you have to give up control over your actions for a moment, such as the desperate Santa Claus from the series “My Little Break with Christmas” who laments his lack of success. Or situations from the “Above the Clouds” series, which could also be titled “News from Absurdistan”. Here Büchner addresses the increasing technical feasibility and flexibility by having a gentleman jump off via Madrid, who “thus only had to pay as far as Madrid”. Skillfully drawn, his nose-accentuated creatures, whose expression is sparingly yet effectively used, have an absolute presence on the stage of life. Completely alone or in pairs and with just a few accessories, his figures stand on a white background that make you cry, and their posture and facial expressions reflect more or less awkward life situations. In counterpoint to the minimalism in his drawings, the explanatory texts underneath his works suddenly provide maximum insight. Clinic owner and managing director Frank Porten is very pleased that he can exhibit Carlo Büchner, a very young cartoonist from the region. “Caricatures have the wonderful quality of making us see things in life with a laughing eye. With their sharp humor, they transform seemingly rational reality and our sometimes stubborn beer-seriousness into pleasant nonsense. “Carlo Büchner, born in Emmendingen in 1986, studied graphic design at the Freiburg Academy of Communication from 2007 to 2010. From drawing to graphics and from graphics to humor, he founded “Carlo Büchner Arts” in 2008. Since graduating in 2010 as a state-certified graphic designer, he has devoted himself intensively to the areas of caricature, drawing, portraits, painting, illustrations and also poetry. __________________________________________ Emmendinger Tor from February 15, 2012 Prologue Blue and White Cap Evening Excerpt from the report __________________________________________ At its premiere, Carlo Büchner (25) slipped into the role of the long-time chronicler Uli von der Horst and in his prologue covered prominent doppelgängers of “Noch-OB” Stefan Schlatterer (SC Freiburg manager Dirk Dufner), MdB Peter Weiß (Tom Buhrow) , Christl Gräber (Joy Fleming) or Jo Saar (Europapark boss Roland Mack). “I am surprised to see that the hall could almost burst at the seams,” he also demonstrated his rhetorical talent and skillfully joked about Vice Chancellor Rösler, the Pirate Party, and the federal and state presidents.

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