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until 08.11. | #4428ARTatBerlin | Galerie Tanja Wagner pshows from 13. September 2024 the exhibition Breathe Out by the artist Grit Richter.
Breathe Out is showing new paintings, each of which opens up a completely different world. In her latest works, figurative elements are moulded with concrete actions and placed in scenic spaces.
Interpersonal relationships, sexuality, exhaustion, desire, a sense of irony and miscommunication are evoked, as in the large-format work tbt (Broken Hearts society), in which two curvaceous, faceless bodies sprawl on the floor. The scene, bathed in warm shades of red and purple, appears intimate, but on closer inspection the figures’ gestures reveal a fist formed into a casual fist bump on one hand and half of a hopeful heart on the other
References to the digital world are present in Richter’s work in many ways. The ethereal colour gradients, cloud- and star-filled skies and grids are reminiscent of those familiar from computer programs such as Windows or Photoshop and reappear as a subtle white-grey grid throughout the exhibition space. Richter deliberately chooses such backgrounds to give her figures a pictorial-ritual space in a simple but effective way.
tbt, Grit Richter, 2024. Oil on linen, 190 x 140cm.
During the creation process, she works exclusively digitally – this allows her to experiment with scenarios and assign different spaces and actions to the figures until the final sketch is finalised. Layer by layer, in a controlled and precise manner, Richter then applies oil paint to the canvas, which seems to glow from within in its intensity and clarity
By integrating digital programmes and determining motifs in advance, Richter turns the physical act of painting on canvas into a me-ditative process, free from any need to make decisions. Exhaling, as we know it from meditative practices, means breathing out, letting go, creating space and harmonising with the world.
In her work, Richter not only makes a multi-layered and deep universal memory of emotions, sensations and memories visible and tangible, but also incorporates our digital experiences – just as they are inextricably interwoven with our current reality
About Grit Richter
Grit Richter was born in Dresden in 1977 and lives and works in Hamburg. She studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Dresden and Hamburg in the class of Professor Norbert Schwontkowski. Her works can currently be seen in a site-specific installation at the Hamburger Kunsthalle. In October this year, her works will be shown in the exhibition Echtzeit – Neue Werke für die Kunst-sammlung Dresden at the Städtische Galerie Dresden and in November in the exhibition Dissonance Platform Germany (2) at the National Museum Bucharest.
Opening: Friday, 13 September, 2024: 6-9 pm.
Exhibition dates: Friday, 13. September until Friday, 8. November 2024
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Title image caption: Grit Richter, tbt (Broken Hearts society), 2024. Oil on linen, 210 x 160cm.
Exhibition Grit Richter – Galerie Tanja Wagner | Zeitgenössische Kunst | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Galerien Berlin | ART at Berlin
