Sibylle Springer
Subtitle: gift
By: Herausgeberinnen, Svea Kellner, Janneke de Vries
Contributors: Springer, Sibylle, 1975-; Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst (Bremen, Germany)
Publisher: Vfmk Verlag für Moderne Kunst
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Vienna
Language: ger
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9783903228160
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Gift; Sibylle Springer.; Sibylle Springer. English.
Description: Sibylle Springer states that she is interested in the ambivalent and the vague, in nuances. This is also reflected in the body of work the artist creates for her solo exhibition at GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst: an exploration of historical and contemporary images of violence, physical intimacy and other taboos. In a painterly process, Springer hides the original image content from visual perception, makes it disappear in seeming monochromy, adds elements, or varies the format. By this means she opens up new ways of viewing supposedly familiar painting masterpieces and reinterprets their themes. Besides the many large-format canvases, the exhibition presents smaller drawings that revolve around similar themes. A recreated wall from Springer's studio displays her research work and myriad connections that serve as basis for her paintings.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany, 18 March-30 April 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in German and English.