English
Deutsch
until 04.05. | #4571ARTatBerlin | Galerie Brockstedt shows from 14. February 2025 the exhibition “Karte und Gebiet” by the artist Matthias Esch.
“These paintings draw their power from the contrast between lively, expressive painting and strict geometric patterns. The one forms the basis of each work, the other lies above it as a strict system of order. In a symbolic sense, this contrast symbolises the tension between the individual’s desire for expression and freedom and the controlling systems of society, from the family to language and the state. In relation to the individual, the juxtaposition can also be understood as the difference between the seething, instinctive unconscious, the id or the dream on the one hand and the conscious, controlling ego on the other. The one is characterised by the colour red, the other by the “spiritual” silver sheen of mother-of-pearl that is added to the colour. It is not least this lustre that is the decisive feature of this art beyond all theory: it is vital, luminous painting.”
(Dr. Ernst A. Busche)
Matthias Esch, Describe pain (leaking), 2022, 200 x 130 cm,
Oil, pencil, mother-of-pearl pigment on canvas
Matthias Esch, Chained to a cloud (Symbol), 170 x 110 cm, 2023/24
Oil, pencil, mother-of-pearl pigment on linen
Matthias Esch, Diagram 02, 2020, 80 x 55 cm,
Oil, pencil, mother-of-pearl pigment on linen
Matthias Esch, Surrounding Structure (how does it feel, blue), 2022/24, 200 x 130 cm,
Oil, pencil, mother-of-pearl pigment on linen
Opening: Friday, 14. February 2025, 6 – 9 pm.
Exhibition dates: Friday, 14. February – Sunday, 4. May 2025
To the gallery
Title image caption: Matthias Esch, Surrounding Structure (green, building up), 2024, 40 x 30 cm, Oil, pencil, mother-of-pearl pigment on linen
Exhibition Matthias Esch – Galerie Brockstedt | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin
