Robert Bosisio, Rudy Cremonini, Sophie Hirsch, Arnold Holzknecht,
Isabella Kohlhuber, Pietro Moretti, Walter Moroder, Martina Steckholzer
Das-Haus-vom-Ni-ko-laus
12.07.
20.08.23
Ortisei
„Das ist das Haus vom Nikolaus" are eight recited syllables that accompany the hand in which one tries to draw the symbolic image of a small house without ever taking the hand off the paper. The goal is to draw a "house" following a line consisting of exactly eight strokes without crossing the same point twice - a task that is harder than it seems and leads to countless attempts that keep redefining themselves.
Galleria Doris Ghetta in Ortisei presents a group exhibition on view from July 12th to August 20th 2023, in which artists Robert Bosisio, Rudy Cremonini, Sophie Hirsch, Arnold Holzknecht, Isabella Kohlhuber, Pietro Moretti, Walter Moroder and Martina Steckholzer draw the lines of their concept of "home" by analyzing the deep psychological layers of "four walls and a roof". Das-Haus-vom-Ni-ko-laus begins with the gallery-house and those who build it everyday and are part of it.
In the works on display, the boundaries between physical and psychological space blur until they dissolve. In Pietro Moretti's paintings, for example, time, space and body are porous:in constant transition between different substances. For Walter Moroder and Arnold Holzknecht, the body is a home. In their practice, they transfer the form, the functional relationship and the relationship of body organization into their sculptural works. Putting on the anchor and feeling "at home" is a way of finding a landing place and a state of stability connected to the spiritual sphere that Rudy Cremonini and Robert Bosisio address in their paintings.
In Das-Haus-vom-Ni-ko-laus, artist Isabella Kohlhuber asks questions about the parameters of being heard in public and private space, using her own secret language, her private writing. Sophie Hirsch presents us with a domestic environment, a living room that functions as a public space: a place of social interaction where one introduces oneself to others and allows the outside world to invade one's private sphere, while Martina Steckholzer opens the door to self-knowledge for us through her personal interpretations of tarot cards.
The narrative that unfolds in the two main rooms of the gallery in Ortisei describes an environment that welcomes you and invites you to pause and get to know yourself better, but also a relationship dynamic based on trust, work and friendship.
