Clara Brörmann (°1982, Duisburg, DE) lives and works in Berlin. In 2011, she obtained a master’s degree in Fine Arts in Berlin. She had solo and group exhibitions in Germany, Italy, United States and Belgium. This is the second time that we show her work in our gallery.
Brörmann’s paintings are built up in an almost sculptural way – layers of acrylic and oil paints are placed on top of each other, and scraped off again. The gestures of adding and taking away charge the haptic surface with a palpable sense of time. Seemingly abstract and flat, the surfaces bear an individual complexity similar to human skin, and form presences the viewer can relate to. Their physicality appeals to a desire of touch, of mutuality, of connection.
Nino Kvrivishvili (°1984, Kareli, GE) lives and works in Tbilisi. She studied Textile Design at the Tbilisi State Academy of Art. Since 2007, she exhibited her work in various West- and East-European countries. It is the first time that we show her work in our gallery.
She will show drawings and works on textile. In her home country Georgia, the textile industry was prominent several decades ago, yet has now completely disappeared. Researching this particular history, and collecting personal memories of older generations, who worked in those industries, has inspired her practice for years; from collages featuring fragments of old photographs of fabric shops, to woven pieces with shapes echoing industrial machines, spools, loom [removed] images in her series of paintings on silk are stripped of any figuration, until only their essence remains. The layers of meaning behind the original images that inspired these shapes, are hidden. Yet the silk surface seduces the viewer, invoking a desire of touch and closeness. Her textile works possess a remarkable haptic quality, not unlike Brörmann’s paintings.