Peter Pommerer likes to think big. Like, elephant big. His drawings, paintings and installations almost always revolve around depictions of the herbivorous mammal. Actually, there is a rumor floating around the art world that the Stuttgart artist actually believes he is an elephant.
Pommerer, 32, is in Tokyo with an exhibition of new work at the Taro Nasu Gallery in Koto Ward. "Dreaming Doodlings" features 12 works on paper and several panels painted directly onto the gallery walls. These are linked by spirals, giving the impression that the art is flowing off the paper and over the frames to cover the walls of the gallery.
Actually, the wall drawings are based on the works on paper, with the spirals' effect approximating a camera lens zooming in and out on the details. In the grand mosaic of colored pencil, ink and paint, one finds stars, planets, fire, mountains and, yes, elephants.