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until 28.03. | #4888ARTatBerlin | Galerie Brockstedt shows from Thursday, 29 January 2026 the exhibition “Rückblick” by the artist Annette Schröter.
Annette Schröter, born in Meissen in 1956, studied from 1977 to 1982 in Leipzig at the “Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst” and was a master student of Bernhard Heisig. In 1985 she moved to Hamburg together with the photographer Erasmus Schröter (1956–2021) and returned to Leipzig in 1997.
At the center of her figurative, vehemently expressive painting is the human being in all his diversity and complexity. “The artist repeatedly seeks contact with reality, taking inspiration from chance impressions of everyday life, from representations fed to her by the mass media, from photographs by others and photographs she has taken herself. What she makes of all this, however, is far more than a mixture: it is a fascinating excerpt from the great world theater, as reality presents itself to Annette Schröter,” says Professor Dr. Anselm Riedl of Heidelberg.
Annette Schröter, Kleine Schwester-Große Schwester II, 1996, 190 x 130 cm, Oil on canvas
With intense, luminous colors and expressive gestures, the figures draw us into their world, speaking vividly of deep emotions—expectations, disappointments, fears and longings. In unusual scenic and spatial situations, the protagonists are often placed on a surreal stage from unusual perspectives and with strange attributes, dramatic and serious. No figure makes contact with the viewer. A contemplative, expectant, unsettling mood prevails—nothing is glossed over.
Annette Schröter, Botanischer Garten I, 2004, 60 x 80 cm, Oil on canvas
There is no doubt that Annette Schröter’s pictures convey meaningful messages of subjective life experiences, providing access to depth-psychological realities. We are invited to unfold our very personal associations from them.
Annette Schröter, Botanischer Garten III, 2004, 80 x 60 cm, Oil on canvas
In every picture by Annette Schröter we sense her sheer joy in painting, in the nuanced invention of risk-taking pictorial compositions, with which she gives weight to the deeply human aspect of her elemental statements.
Annette Schröter, Frau in Tracht I, 2001, 180 x 130 cm, Oil on canvas
Galerie Brockstedt will once again show oil paintings dating from the years 1988–2004, starting January 29, 2026. Annette Schröter is counted among the so-called “Leipzig School,” whose representatives have in recent years made the leap onto the international art market.
Text: Barbara Brockstedt, M.A.
Berlin, January 2026
Opening: Thursday, 29 January 2026, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm
Exhibition dates: Thursday, 29 January until Saturday, 28 March 2026
To the Gallery
Image caption title: Annette Schröter, Lektüre (Triptychon), 1996, 3 x 150 x 120 cm, Oil on canvas. Photo: Stephan Nicolai, Lüneburg
Exhibition Annette Schröter – Galerie Brockstedt | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin
