Jim Avignon
Jim Avignon (1966, Munich/Germany) is a contemporary German pop artist and representatives of the art modeste, designer and musician. Jim has made live paintings in a number of venues including the Institute of contemporary Art in London. A respected cult figure in the art and Techno subculture in Berlin, he currently lives and works both in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and in Berlin. Issues from politics and society, art and pop culture are mixed with images from the world of fairy tales and fables in narrative structures. His paintings become the stage for very different protagonists of figuration, cartoons, anime and fantasy world. Pets embody human condition, beyond the cheerful mood lurks the unknown.