Ulu Braun, Spirits, 2020
, Mixed media and collage on paper, 200 x 150 cm
Kollitsch collection

In Ulu Braun’s versatile oeuvre, collages are a recurring element, not just in objects and paintings, but also in installations, films, and video art. In fact, his video collages have given rise to a new genre. In conjunction with painting, Ulu Braun creates constructed realities through layered and overlapping designs, which also make room for the absurd and the impossible besides accommodating real props and symbols. As in fantasy worlds, the concepts of time and space seem to have been abolished through the close juxtaposition of a wide range of motifs, allowing for the coexistence of idyllic scenes and disturbing details.

— Magdalena Koschat