Helene Appel

Helene Appel

BornNationalityBased In
1976GermanBerlin
Biography

Working mostly with watercolour, acrylic and oils on raw linen, Helene Appel renders everyday objects and substances in minute detail. Shards of spaghetti, folded blankets, or fragments of broken glass act as subjects, with Appel’s mastery of trompe l’oeil and illusionist painting magnifying the very fibre of these materials. Through the process of painting these tableaux, the intrinsic beauty of these items is revealed, and the art historical weight of the untreated linen pedestals of these entities. Blurring a minimalist aesthetic with the tropes of classical still life painting, fresh, sharp focus is gifted to these objects. Revelling in both flux and stillness, Appel depicts precise moments of transition, such as the spilling of grains or the curve of a wave forming, whilst she also applies careful precision to inanimate surfaces such as pavement stones, the bark of trees or grains of sand. What unites all of these paintings is their poetic tone, and their lyrical ability to capture the smaller moments of life in registers usually reserved for grander settings. ...

Selected Artworks
Envelope
Sand
Helene AppelSand, 2018
236 x 164cm
Leek
Helene AppelLeek, 2023
56.5 x 84cm
Envelope (4)
Envelope (2)
Grey Envelope
Untitled
Potato Peels
Duvet Cover
Roof Tile
Car Light
Sand, Stones
Schaum (1)
Spaghetti
Fennel
Helene AppelFennel, 2021
59 x 41.5cm
Leek
Helene AppelLeek, 2021
57 x 81.5cm
Blue Net
Gehweg (pavement)
Ribs
Helene AppelRibs, 2021
11 x 15.4cm
Maple
Helene AppelMaple, 2019
270 x 67 x 4cm
Oak
Helene AppelOak, 2019
253 x 53cm
Pollack
Helene AppelPollack, 2017
15.6 x 9.3cm
Cleaning
Gallery Representation
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