However, his arrangements are precisely staged and after closer inspection, one discovers that light bulbs, transport boxes and plastic bags are made of marble, alabaster or sand stone and the baroque drape of a plastic bag shows visible toolmarks.īlank (born 1976 in Ansbach) studied at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe and at the Royal Academy London. Achenbach lives and works in Berlin.Īndreas Blanks stone encarved trompe l'oeils seem casual at first sight.
In 2007 he was Meisterschüler with Anselm Reyle. His detailed paintings are covered with numerous layers of paint, varnish and glitter, creating voluptuous, multi-perspective spaces.Īchenbach (born 1978 in Siegen) studied at the Universität der Künste Berlin with Burkhard Held and Daniel Richter. This exhibition is his first to take place in BerlinĬhristian Achenbach playfully incorporates different techniques and historical references to create lavish still lifes and dynamically abstracted semi-cubist interiors. Starting from the meticulous copy of the works of great masters, especially from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, where the clash between light and. Samori (born 1977 in Forli, Italy) studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna. However, Samori then peels whole layers of paint off again, garbles mimics and gestures, thus revealing layers and priming below. Historical figures are precisely applied in chiaroscuro onto obscure backgrounds on wood, canvas and copper. The Italian painter Nicola Samori composes his portraits with close reference to techniques of the Italian Baroque.
While painting tends to sculpture, acquiring a three-dimensionality given by the violent and refined breakup carried out by the artist, in parallel the sculpture seems to liquefy or dig itself from the inside, almost looking for the dematerialization of matter and form itselfįrom dissolution to rebirth, through the continuous research that from the tragedy of death yearns for life, reached here in art, paradoxically, with the partial destruction of what was previously created.We are pleased to invite you to the opening reception of the exhibition of Christian Achenbach, Andreas Blank and Nicola Samori on Wednesday, June 9th. With violent interventions, he punches, scratches, literally peels the paint through a sudden or meticulous gesture, giving life to new works that have their roots in the tradition of art history and then arrive at the expression of torment with a contemporary language. Starting from the meticulous copy of the works of great masters, especially from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, where the clash between light and shadow dominates, Samorì transforms them and reinterprets them with the troubled spirit of our century.
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