Christoph Niemann Souvenir

This elaborate book features over 160 ink and pencil drawings by Christoph Niemann, each a story of an unfamiliar place. They are observations on traveling, arriving and immersing oneself, on the melancholy of being on the road and the adventure of discovering new destinations_among them New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Seville and Kyoto. Regardless of their subjects, these are all iconic sketches, capable of grasping the magic, light and mood of a place in a handful of virtuoso strokes. In Niemann_s own words, in Souvenir _over time memories change. Most things fade, while others become more significant. Connections arise that one wasn_t aware of originally. Sometimes a drawing can capture all this in a new and surprising way. And with some luck, the picture feels as authentic as the moment itself._ Christoph Niemann is one of the world_s most in-demand artists.Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin Co-published with Diogenes, Zurich Exhibitions: Literaturhaus München, Munich, 9 November 2018 to 3 February 2019 Deutsche Oper Berlin, to July 2019