东游记 – 德国艺术家Sebastian Heiner个展
2004年春天， 德国艺术家Sebastian Heiner在柏林Mitte区的家， 方桌上摆着友人送的关于中国的书，《巴尔扎克与小裁缝》，《龙的故乡》等等。这些书的封面或是龙的图案或是有着大辫子细眼睛的女孩子，带着这些印象，Sebastian开始了他的中国之旅。
Yang Jinnan & Zeng Wenjin – Preface
In the summer of 2005, by chance, I was introduced to Sebastian Heiner by Ling Jian, a Chinese artist living in Germany. Heiner extended a warm invitation fo my wife and me to visit his studio in Suojiacun. When entering his studio, we were stunned by the sight of a large pile of used paint tubes, tissue paper, fly swatters, mops and comps, things that are onmipresent in a farm produce market. We had visited many studios before, but none was in such a mess. The foremost impression on me was “madness”.
Impulse of creation – Lin Shuiuan
2004-08-22 | Culture – Impulse of creation German Artist Sebastian Heiner finds his energy in Beijing Lin Shuiuan In the spring of 2004, German artist Sebastian Heiner set in his home in Berlin´s Mitte district. Laid out on a table were books given to him by friends about China ´Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress`,…
Nie Mu – Record of a Journey to the East
In the spring of 2004, German artist Sebastian Heiner sat in his home in Berlin’s Mitte district. Laid out on a table in front of him were the books about China given to him by friends – “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress”, “Home of the Dragon”, and so on.
Dr. Huang Du – The abstract Discolation…
German artist Sebastian Heiner arrived in Beijing in April 2004 and began to immerse himself in this foreign culture. As a painter, he naturally chooses to express his understanding of this culture through painting. There is certain looseness and freedom has its preconditons, since it has arisen from a specific locality. To be more exact, he’s set himself free in his work by re-discovering himself in another culture. He’s created a new series of works based on such instinct.