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	D.A.R.M. is the name of a group of four German painters founded in 1989 in Düsseldorf. It is also the acronym made from the initials of their first names: Dag Seemann (*1959 Mannheim), Arnim Tölke (*1963 Göttingen), Reinhold Braun (*1961 Karlsruhe), Matthias Köster (*1961 Detmold). The four artists met in the early eighties at the Kunstakademie of Düsseldorf where they studied painting with Markus Lüpertz. In 1988 they graduated with a Meisterschüler from the Art Academy. From the very start each artist identified with four different forms of expression: Dag, with his architectural mind favors forms and proportions Arnim, represents “painting,” matter and color Reinhold, the abstract artist reduces everything to symbols Matthias, a master in drawing is responsible for the figurative aspect, the details. Each has succeeded in his painting career winning grants and holding solo exhibitions in Germany and throughout Europe.	Title: D.A.R.M Dag Seeman, Reinhold Braun, Arnim Tölke, Matthias Köster Editor: Klaus Wilke, Christa Schübbe Pages: 44 Format: 24x27 cm Illustration: 24 col., 6 b/w Published: 2000 Price: € 12,91 ISBN 88-8273-009-3