In the artworks by Bernhard Brungs, we encounter the historical great figures of literature. We see German poet Else Lasker- Schüler, Austrian poet Georg Trakl, French poet Charles Baudelaire , Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine. The publisher of “Der Sturm” Herwarth Walden, the director of the film “Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens” Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. Brungs choses as the theme, the era, the artists and their surrounding scene where the German Expressionists and French Symbolists created their works, from the end of the 19th Century to the early 20th Century. This approach referring to the history of literature, is supported by the traditional sketch by chalk on canvas. The restrained spectrum of color, the unique shading and lighting characterizes Brung’s paintings. Despite the modest grey base, the colors produced by Brung’s palette shines distinctively. The exhibition title “Die Schläfer” (one who sleeps) is a quote from the title of poetry by German poet Georg Heym (1887-1912). He was an important poet among the early Expressionists, who read about the strangeness of distorted urban life and anxiety about the end of the world, being influenced by Baudelaire and Rimbaud. He died young accidentally while ice skating. The one facing him in the dark room is a poet Emmy Hennings, the wife of Hugo Ball who was the leader of Dada movement. In the early 20th Century when the disquieting footsteps of war was heard, the brilliant poets and artists who could have met then, gather in one place by the magic of Brung’s brush. We will be showing 6 new paintings, 9 drawings and 2 sculptural works. Bernhard Brungs was born in Bielefeld, Germany in 1974. He lives and works in Berlin. He receives master’s degree from the Academy for Fine Arts, Dusseldorf, under Prof. Fritz Schwegler. In 2003, founding of project “aquarellbluten ? Kunst Klub Köln” was done with Svenja Deininger and Marcus Breocker in Cologne. He showed in Neuer Aachener Kunstverein and Kunstverein Braunschweig to being with, and is showing in many European cities such as Berlin, Cologne, Wienna, and London. In 2001 he received Gunter-Drebusch Pirze from the city of Witten. In 2005, he was selected the London residency artist by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen. * The text was provided by Tomio Koyama Gallery.