Norman Maýn

Norman Maýn was born and grew up in Berlin. He studied at the Universität der Künste Berlin, where he already attracted attention with his graduation project Ghosts, a complex installation about the unreal existence of mistreated and abused spanish hunting dogs. He actually works in Germany (Berlin/Lusatia) and Spain (mainly Andalusia) and connects nearly every medium such as photography, painting, video, text, fragments, objects and transfers them into memorable installations that form comprehensive work cycles. It also happens that works cite each other, are expanded upon, or acquire a new context through reconsideration. He moves between the real and the surreal, personal and collective themes, abstract and precise, narrative such as mystery and removes the boundaries of established artistic areas. His works ritually address an archaic primal pain, discrepancies and areas of tension in human existence and rage on earth in context of saturated and at the same time empty societies. The clear lack of comprehensive descriptions of the postmodern world is translated in Maýn’s visual language particularly through reduction and omission, but also a grasp of fragile and seemingly quickly diffusing moments. Non-colors and raw materials determine the overall visual appearance. The tortured creature and human caused sorrow became central themes.

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