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Email PageSilke Schöner: New Paintings
August 30, 2007- September 26, 2007
Reception: September 6, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Silke Schöner
Dillon Gallery
555 W 25th St Silke Schöner Homage to David Caspar Friedrich (2006) |
Encouraging one to freely roam within her serene, two-dimensional landscapes, Silke Schoener seeks to spark the viewer’s imagination. But in order to discover the true meaning of each work, the viewer must delve further than simply looking at the painting’s compositional elements. Conceptual art in the guise of traditional painting, the work itself becomes a stage ready for one’s own imagination to play. The paintings allow for a myriad of interpretation as the artist’s repeated use of white paint makes the viewer, not the artist, complete the picture.
I see myself fully involved in the picture, but who or what influences the final result cannot be determined. Of course, contents, atmospheres, and ability can be the subject of discussion. But at the point where language stops, where philosophy and psychology approach the intangible, it is the artist's aim to use colors and canvas to picture the leap into other dimensions – to represent it, make it perceptible, and to become the material cornucopia for the spiritual.
The negative or white space lets the viewer develop a multitude of images in the mind’s eye, but it also allows for an awareness to be placed upon the stroke of the artist’s brush. To further this effect, Schoener employs a minimalist approach to action and content as well a monochromatic palette of color.
Silke Schoener was born in 1968 in Krefeld, Germany and currently resides in Kassel. She attended art school in Kassel and Dresden from 1988-94.
Dillon Gallery is pleased to present Silke Schoener’s inaugural exhibition in the United States.
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