"Blumen.Flüstern"
| Michaela Bruckmüller | Angela M. Flaig |
| Bettina Paschke |
Working hours changed:
Wed – Sat 17.00 – 20.00
Opening: Sat., 31. Mai 2025, 17.00
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Finissage: Sat., 14. June 2025 | from 17.00
The exhibition title “Blumen.flüstern” (Flowers.whisper) describes an attitude. The works on display operate with subtle nuances, focusing on resonance rather than effect. It is no coincidence that the exhibition is being shown in the context of the Grundstein Festival “Against all odds”.
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perseverance with which the delicate, slender roots reach for the nutrients that ensure the organism's survival, even in the hardest of soils. This tenacity is indispensable for overcoming existential fears - as the exceptional situation (Covid 19) also confirmed. However, what
Bruckmüller associates more with the title “Fetish” is the impressive interplay of forms that expresses the mortality and withering of these plants.
„Pflanzen sind meine Fetische. ich sammle sie seit Jahren. extrahiere sie aus ihrer natürlichen
Umgebung, setze sie in ein bodenloses Schwarz und schaffe so meine eigene Wunderkammer.“
[Michaela Bruckmüller]
Colorful life and the impalpable and impressive blackness that appears behind it create a kind of hyper-reality with illusionary spatial depth. The painterly aspect thus created is reminiscent of 17th century still life painting. The precise nature of the depiction and the existential 'depth' arouse an attraction in the viewer,
which makes it easier for him to deal with the passing of life. The process of withering carries within it a beauty that in a way even surpasses that of the blossoming of life - and that is an extremely valuable discovery.
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Angela Flaig's works are made almost exclusively from natural materials. They almost seem to be about to fly away, were it not for a glass lintel. The artist compresses individual seeds or even a complete seed head, such as those of the dandelion or willowherb, into extremely voluminous, deep and chaotic bodies.
They are often simple flying seeds from thistles, coltsfoot or dandelions, which she collects on long walks or in her own garden. Angela Flaig also seeks depth and spatiality in her works. Held together with hairspray, the artist creates multi-layered seed bodies. Flaig herself provides a comparison to the technique of glazing painting, which also allows a view into the depths.
The circle, the oval or the rectangle and square can be found again and again. The theme of nature is in the foreground and the works demand patience and tenacity, just as nature demands of itself. The theme of growth and decay is obvious - she also seeks spatiality in her works.
Angela Flaig herself provides the comparison to the technique of glazing painting, which also allows a view into the depths. With her multi-layered and touching, sensual works - the seed as the origin of life - Angela Flaig creates a haven of peace and contemplation in our noisy and hectic lives. Contemplation and diversity - if you take a closer look at the works, it is always astonishing how diverse and painterly the simplest of complicated foundation stones are. Angela Maria Flaig shows us what life looks like in a very vivid and creative way.
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Bettina Paschke creates structures from fine lines in an act of extreme concentration. Drawing is at the same time an act of watching how these lines build on each other and create a larger form. This process is to a certain extent beyond the artist's control, as the small inaccuracies inherent in the hand drawing are initially barely noticeable, but after a few lines they become clearer, until the structure either becomes denser or the network of lines threatens to tear apart.
Paschke can take countermeasures, but cannot break out of the structure. In doing so, she surrenders her artistic authorship to her own system to a certain extent. In the series of works, the drawing is understood as covering the sheet with black - line by line, millimetre by millimetre. Horizontal or vertical lines form layers that cover the paper. In the repetition of the form, the black or red becomes denser. Hidden forms can be glimpsed in the black. Bright lines structure the sheets and reflect light. They are the result of spontaneous and intuitive decisions not to work on certain passages.
It seems as if all the time periods of the observed object are gathered together at once in one drawing. This condensation of seeing and experience describes the universal and the personal at the same time.
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