ARNOLD HOLZKNECHT
Vernissage, 27.02.2015, 19h - Introduction Matthias Moroder
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A brushstroke about two centimetres wide, close to the edge of the canvas, forms a second frame within the painting. A creamy white surface seems to approach the line on all sides. Between the black line and the cream-coloured background, the shadow of untreated canvas. Only to discover that it is actually the other way around: no second colour has been added. Through the weave of the canvas, the oily component of the paint expands to form a shadow on all sides of the line. We see and understand Arnold Holzknecht’s work in two separate stages. When we first approach it from a distance, we think we have grasped its layout and colour; and then we look at it close up, and realise that our impressions were wrong as we now see everything in a different light... more
POSSA VESTER
27.02.2015 – 20.04.2015
GALLERIA DORIS GHETTA