The mixture of tradition and myth as well as the creation of cultures as a mesh of different traditions is an important aspect of his work. He does this by rearranging the forms and contents of the original context in a new way so that other, independent meanings arise.

Braun developed a presentation from his latest exhibition,Ave Vala(2012), for MADE IN GERMANY ZWEI. The title prompts numerous associations. “Ave” could be the abbreviation for “avenue”; but “Ave” is also the Latin word used for “Hail” or “Greetings”; not only that, it sounds like the title of an old Finnish national epic,Kalevala. The pictures on display on raw silk and silk that have developed out of his interest in foreign cultures—Javanese batik, for example—open up further relationships. The textures of silk painting, through their characteristic style and application of paint, are reminiscent of the abstract painting of Art Informel and the pictures become, at the same time, images that evoke associations capable of imagining mystical worlds and landscapes.

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