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ART TOP WINTER ART EXPOSITIONS ЛУЧШИЕ ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННЫЕ ВЫСТАВКИ ЗИМЫ By Nicole Laffont / АВТОР : Николь Лафон
RITA ACKERMANN AT HAUSER & WIRTH IN MONACO : DAZZLING !
РИТА АККЕРМАНН В ГАЛЕРЕЕ HAUSER & WIRTH В МОНАКО : ПРОСТО ВОСТОРГ !
Until December 23 , 2021
For its second exhibition in the Principality , the Hauser & Wirth gallery is delighting us with a Hungarian artist and New York resident , Rita Ackermann . One would struggle to describe the emotions you experience in front of her unclassifiable canvases , with their jostling lines and dripping colour . It is definitely magic coming from the artist ’ s very heart .
Her large-scale series “ Mama ” seem to be specially designed for this immaculate space where skylight is falling from the very ceiling . This is , perhaps , a key to understanding a skin-deep sensitivity at the heart of her art … You really have to dig , go beyond colour , through the layers , colliding and revealing a painting as if in spite of itself , like a mirage . The artist speaks to her mother daily . Bending on the floor to cover her large canvases with oil and acrylic , she feels protected with an aura .
Using a brush or her fingers , building up the material or removing its excess , this is how Rita Ackermann is juggling her paintings . Call
Photo : Thomas Barratt
Mama , Rapture 2021 Acrylic , oil and china marker on canvas Мама . Восхищение , 2021 Акриловые краски , масло , универсальный карандаш , холст
it some kind of a fight or oscillation between figuration and abstraction . When the graphics finally appear under the layers of colour , they reveal delicate lines in contrast with the pow-
Photo : Thomas Barratt
Mama , How can you see someone ’ s Soul ? 2021 Acrylic , oil and china marker on linen Мама . Как ты видишь чью-то Душу ? 2021 Акриловые краски , масло , универсальный карандаш , парусина
erful flat strokes . “ The painting keeps everything well hidden , surrounded by a great secret ... No need for sophistication . Art does not require complex thought , but sincerity ”. These few words truly sum up her art . No artifice or concessions to be up-to-date . Simply sublime .
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Вторая выставка в галерее Hauser & Wirth , открывшейся летом нынешнего года , посвящена творчеству венгерской художницы и резидента Нью-Йорка Риты Аккерманн . Сложно выразить эмоции , которые испытываешь перед не поддающимися описанию холстами , на которых цвета
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