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| Gazmend Freitag on front of his painting |
Gazmend Freitag, a well-known painter in Europe and beyond, who lives and works in Austria, comes with an exhibition related to trees.
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| Gazmend Friday: Bachlberg, 2020, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm |
An homage
“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky.” KHALIL GIBRAN
They provide shade, solace, and warmth. They bring joy to the heart and inspire artists and poets. Whether in the city, in the forest, at the edge of a field or high up in the mountains – without them, our life would not only be poorer but not possible at all.
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| Gazmend Friday: Harbach, 2020, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm |
They are troubled by climate change. In the Amazon ancient rainforests are clear-cut for the cultivation of soybeans as animal feed.
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| Gazmend Friday: Tree in front of Traxlmayr, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm |
In Romania the Wood mafia is chopping down the last remaining European virgin forests, to be sold as kindling and timber at the home improvement store around the corner. And our customary monocultures of fast-growing conifers, combined with long periods of drought and increasingly warm winters, have shown themselves especially susceptible to pests.
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| Gazmend Friday: Rainbach im Mühlkreis, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm |
What can we do? What must we do?
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| Gazmend Friday: Pfenningberg, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm |
I set out with canvas and paint to capture their beauty and diversity- even in decay- and to move their role in our lives to the fore.
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| Gazmend Friday: Au Wilhering 3, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm |
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| Gazmend Friday: Au Wilhering 4, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm |
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| Gazmend Friday: Au Wilhering 4, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm |
Gazmend Friday: Au Wilhering 5, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm
Gazmend Friday: Alturfahr, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm
Gazmend Friday: Main Square Linz, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm
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| Gazmend Friday: Weeping Willow, 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm |