Hosfelt Gallery presents
Jutta Haeckel, Whiteout
Opening Reception, 4pm-6pm
- When
- Sat Oct 25, 2008
- Where
- Hosfelt Gallery
- Time
- 4 pm-6 pm
- Tags
- Galleries, Painting & Drawing
Description
Düsseldorf-based Jutta Haeckel has developed a style of painting that, while technically related to printmaking, is unique. Perhaps more impressively, her signature technique and the concepts she explores with it are inseparable.Haeckel’s brushstrokes do not define objects but instead describe the space between them. Essentially, she makes representational paintings by representing void.
Her subject matter — landscape — is developed through interwoven pattern. Fencing, steel structures, graffiti and branches are layered, creating a flat, net-like surface that both screens and reveals the three-dimensional space of the image. In a more complex version of the way printmakers work, marks that appear to be in the foreground of the image are actually the ground of the painting. From swirling patterns in jewel-toned hues emerge scenes of industrial decay — razor wire and nature reclaiming urban architecture. Things that appear solid are nonexistent.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.hosfeltgallery.com
- Call
- 415.495.5454
- Contact Form (account required)
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