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oil on canvasCroy Nielsen
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The artwork presents a minimalist composition featuring the word "DOCENT" in a bold, monochromatic grey font against a plain white background. The simple design emphasizes the typographic element, highlighting the stark contrast between the text and the empty space surrounding it. The uniform and minimalist style suggests a focus on purity of form and conceptual expression, characteristic of contemporary art practices. The work may be intended to prompt reflections on the role of the docent or art guide in the interpretation and communication of artworks to viewers. ...

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Artist
Ernst Yohji Jaeger
B.1990, German/Japanese

Ernst Yohji Jaeger’s paintings exist at the intersection of figurative and abstract composition. His quiet and gloomy works capture silhouette, domestic settings and landscapes, all radiating an eerie sense of loneliness. The imagery of the German artist’s oil paintings seem to exist in a detached, dream-like twilight where intimate moments are concealed from the viewer’s eyes. Jaeger’s subjects look like they are contemplating, but what exactly is unknown. In its inability to be placed within a specific art historical category, Jaeger’s work is timeless in its calming darkness. Coming from a Japanese-German background, Jaeger’s inspirations span across such 20th century painters as Felice Casorati and Helene Schjerfbeck, and Japanese manga. His paintings, thus, present a crossing of cultures in the most original way. ...

Ernst Yohji Jaeger: Artworks
Untitled 10
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled 10, 2019
18 x 44.5cm
Untitled 11
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled 11, 2019
78.5 x 101cm
Untitled 12
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled 12, 2019
47 x 57cm
Untitled 6
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled 6, 2019
45.5 x 54.5cm
Untitled (Heavy rain)
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled (Heavy rain), 2021
32 x 32 x 3.5cm
Untitled (Stroll)
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled (Stroll), 2021
47 x 37 x 3.5cm
Untitled (Dog)
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled (Dog), 2021
68 x 57 x 3.5cm
Untitled (Night)
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled (Night), 2021
68 x 57 x 3.5cm
Untitled 8 (view)
Untitled 2 (in water)
Untitled 5 (quinces)
Untitled 1
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled 1, 2020
43.5 x 47.5cm
Untitled 9 (fish)
Untitled 10 (snow)
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled 10 (snow), 2021
47.5 x 42.5cm
Untitled 3 (shoreline)
Untitled 7 (eclipse)
Untitled 11 (clouds)
Untitled 4 (two windows)
Untitled 6 (seated)
Untitled 9
Ernst Yohji JaegerUntitled 9, 2020
39 x 39cm
Tbt
Ernst Yohji JaegerTbt, 2024
110 x 100cm
Tbt
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110 x 100cm
Tbt
Ernst Yohji JaegerTbt, 2024
80 x 70cm
Tbt
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45 x 35cm
Tbt
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34 x 34cm
Tbt
Ernst Yohji JaegerTbt, 2024
30 x 30cm
How to caress the moon
Ernst Yohji JaegerHow to caress the moon, 2025
82 x 72 x 3.5cm
One Star in Sight
A Light Most Desirable
On Suns and Stars
Ernst Yohji JaegerOn Suns and Stars, 2024
82 x 72 x 3.5cm
Nigredo
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30 x 48cm
Croy Nielsen
Gallery
Croy Nielsen
Vienna

In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...

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