(…) In this respect, Brixy\u2019s painting can be considered to be specific to the place. By providing exemplary representations of scenarios of the transgression of boundaries \u2013 of time and space, of nature and culture, of place and painting \u2013 it is an expression of a gesamtkunstwerk conception despite its mono-medial character. Brixy\u2019s concept of the penetration of life and painting is governed by an obsession with the realization of a painting of the whole, and a personal embodiment of the whole.<\/p>\n
The painter\u2019s life provides a model for holistic experience, characterized by a stimulating sensualism whose disquietude is transferred to the audience. The paintings, which were created in a controlled frenzy of action, aim to achieve an activation of all sensory capabilities to perceive aesthetic experiences, and define the aesthetic experience itself as a continuing performative act brought about by the indissoluble tension between the represented and the representation, between the viewer and the work of art. (…)<\/p>\n