Many of you are already familiar with the work of Christine Streuli (*1975 Bern), who represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale in June 2007 with an installation in the Swiss Pavilion in the Giardinis. This is her 3rd solo exhibition in our Hamburg gallery.
We will be showing an installation with new paintings on canvas and paint on wall. Christine Streuli draws from a giant archive of visual impressions to create her own language of form. Occidental painting as well arts and crafts from several cultures, ornaments, decorations and patterns from everyday life are sources of inspiration for her. She is interested in ethnic items, textiles, stencil printing, architecture and folk art. Mixing various cultures and local styles she creates a very idiosyncratic and totally independent imagery. Free and unrestricted in her artistic approach she uses a great plurality of styles. Most of her paintings are strongly coloured, the sizes vary between small and really huge, sometimes the paintings even seem to outgrow the limitations of the canvas and sprawl into the gallery space. Christine Streuli uses templates, stamps, paint rollers, rarely brushes. Her subjects are rooted in everyday life, in popular and primitive cultures: medical plants, still lifes, draperies, carpets, wallpapers and love representations from ancient cultures like the Japanese, Korean and Eskimo. Some times her images are abstract, sometimes full of ambigious narratives.
MORITZ ALTMANN Morceaux de Fantaisie
Moritz Altmann (*1975 in Marburg an der Lahn) studied in Hamburg with Pia Stadtb�umer and graduated in 2007. We are glad to present his first solo exhibition. Moritz Altmann is also interested in the cultural heritage of occidental painting and sculpture, drawing special attention to the arts and crafts. He is inspired by all kinds of objects and collectibles from art and nature out of wunderkammer, of collections and curiosity cabinets, mainly from the baroque and rococo era. He combines wall painting with installation and sculpture, using materials like gypsum, ceramic, iron, glass or feathers. His sculptures and objects are refractory in many senses, they cannot be labelled easily. Their aesthetics ranges from flawless beauty to outrageous kitsch, evoking antagonistic sensations like admiration and distaste.
