New Additions

New in our portfolio:

ROLAND BODEN’s enigmatic architectural paintings tell stories of the grand visions and bleak realities of modernism. In these sceneries, something significant is or will happen, but what it is remains uncertain. The landscapes, which are reminiscent of construction sites as well as deserts, are uninhabited: it is unclear whether the human beings who are so conspicuously absent have disappeared completely or are about to arrive soon.

ISABELLA BORGES creates a light, vibrant constructivism, influenced by nature. Spaces formed solely by lines that are made to dance. And these spaces are not emptiness, but bodies, objects, a solid substance. The artist describes her works as the attempt to represent a “permanently rotating and folded space”. During her walks on the outskirts of Berlin, Isabelle Borges has discovered a small lake, from whose reflecting surface water plants protrude: with their light movements and changing shadows, they constantly create new images, new spaces. Borges’ photos of this lake are the starting point for many paintings.

The ornamental paintings by MATTHIAS ESCH (b. 1988 in Andernach, Rhineland-Palatinate) draw their strength from the contrast between expressive, free brushstrokes and strict order. The one forms the base of each work, the other lies over it as a tight geometric structure. In a symbolic sense, this contrast stands for the tension between the individual’s will for expression and desire for freedom and the controlling systems of society, from the family to language to the state. Or for the difference between the compulsive unconscious on the one hand and the conscious, controlling ego on the other.

Fascinating Concept Painting: With minimalist means – horizontal and vertical lines and a limited color palette – DORIS MARTEN researches the effect and perception of color. The variety of the achieved effects is enormous: besides a true firework of color nuances she creates associations of light phenomena, landscapes and architecture. A major theme is time. The serial drawing of lines, combined with the constant change of nuances and density of color, emphasizes the seemingly unchanging and at the same time always new in the course of time. Closely related to this is the aspect of music: each work has its own “theme with variations” and swinging rhythm.

On his walks through Berlin, BENJAMIN RUBLOFF (b. 1975 in New York City) photographs small details of graffiti and subsequently transforms the images into mysterious, abstract paintings called “Ciphers”. The ubiquitous, quickly sprayed signs, that may have already disappeared tomorrow, are turned into permanent art works, done in meticulous brush work. By taking these details out of their original context the artist turns them anonymous – and yet, even after their conversion, they still refer to a specific place.

CAMERON TAUSCHKE composes allegories of modern life, of our contemporary existence. The pictures tell of planning and construction, of the search for the right path. They show how we humans want to consciously shape our existence, but at the same time are like figures in a puppet show. Love, music and imaginative ornaments stand for the beautiful sides of a way of life whose transience nature is always obvious, whose darkness must be illuminated by a lot of light.

The works in this special exhibition will eventually change to our larger theme shows, such as “Abstractions: Painterly, Diverse” or “Figures & Faces.”