Artist Statement

Mein Bild Capa interpretiert ein Portraitfoto des berühmten und von mir sehr verehrten Fotografen Robert Capa, dessen Vorlage von seiner Partnerin Gerda Taro 1937 im spanischen Bürgerkrieg geknipst wurde. Capas melancholischer Blick erzählt viel von der Situation im Spanien dieser Zeit, und läßt das Scheitern des Kampfes für eine bessere Gesellschaft durch autoritäre von Rechts aber auch von Links vorahnen. Seine Freundin kommt wenig später durch einen Angriff der deutschen Legion Condor ums Leben. Courage zu zeigen erfordert oft einen hohen Preis. Wir hoffen auf bessere Zeiten.

– Jan Muche

My picture Capa interprets a portrait photo of the famous, and by me much admired, photographer Robert Capa, whose likeness was snapped by his partner Gerda Taro in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Capa's melancholic look tells a lot about the situation in Spain at that time, and foreshadows the failure of the struggle for a better society by authoritarians from the right but also from the left. His girlfriend dies soon after in an attack by the German Condor Legion. To show courage often requires a high price. We hope for better times.

– Jan Muche

Bio

Jan Muche is a 46 year old artist. Jan Muche is a German male artist born in Herford, Ostwestfalen, NW (DE) in 1975. Jan Muche’s first exhibition was Klasse Hödicke at Universität der Künste Berlin - UdK in Berlin in 2003, and the most recent exhibition was Jan Muche - Farbtrakt at Galerie Schlichtenmaier in Grafenau in 2020. Jan Muche is mostly exhibited in Germany, but also had exhibitions in Italy, United States and elsewhere. Muche has 26 solo shows and 158 group shows over the last 17 years (for more information, see biography). Muche has also been in 10 art fairs but in no biennials. The most important show was Glass and Concrete: Manifestations of the Impossible at Marta Herford in Herford in 2020. Other important shows were at Haus am Lützowplatz in Berlin and Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Jan Muche has been exhibited with Sven Drühl and Axel Anklam.