2009 210x110cm oil on canvas |
2009 180x550cm oil on canvas |
2008 130x300cm 2008 |
2009 180x190cm oil on canvas |
2008 70x70cm oil on canvas |
Karin Kneffel is a German artist who has been tackling the realist approach for almost three decades now. Her work is extremely varied and I won't try to sum it up here. I still haven't looked at her entire website (www.kneffel.de) which features individual galleries for every year starting in 1984, plus additional galleries for her watercolors and graphic works. For the last couple of years she has played around with ordinary human spaces viewed in some extraordinary ways. Quite a few of her paintings use the motif of the window to depict inside and outside simultaneously, employing darkness, light, reflection and moisture on the surface of the window itself, to abstract the image into pattern. Pattern is another one of her obsessions, whether it is the formal pattern of fabric and wallpaper, or the the organic pattern of tree branches. All of this comes together to create an overall impression of "looking" as the subject matter of her work; Looking in, looking out, not at something in particular but at whatever is there, and seeing patterns and connections between patterns... It is fascinating and beautiful work, and a reminder to take the time and look anew at the ordinary spaces around us all the time.
(I'd like to thank www.bluecanvas.com/calcavecchia for directing me to the artist's work)
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