This vibrant abstract painting features a dynamic composition of bold, expressive brushstrokes and splatters in a harmonious blend of colors, including vivid blues, reds, and greens. The overall effect is one of energy and spontaneity, with no clear central focus or recognizable subject matter. The artist seems to have employed a technique of gestural, intuitive mark-making, creating a sense of rhythm and movement across the canvas. This work reflects the artist's intention to convey emotion and personal expression through the pure language of color and form, characteristic of the Abstract Expressionist movement that emerged in the mid-20th century. ...
In Viebrock’s work exuberant colour formations meet reduced compositional constructs with calligraphic elements. Colour power and dominance meet purposefully placed painterly gestures. Fleeting structures interlock through the viscosity of the paint, condition each other as flowing colour fields or assert themselves in self-confident demarcation. The sensuality of the paintings is reflected in their immediacy. The display of poured, dripped and splattered paint are indications of the expressive range of the artist, adopting a highly physical and psychological relationship with the surface. While strong colour fields on the canvas evoke a deliberate imbalance, the gestural settings on linen find a more determined hold, which is broken by gentle painterly expressions. The latter provokes a delicate flickering in the pictorial space ...
Galerie Kandlhofer is a young Austrian gallery, founded in 2016 situated in the centre of Vienna. With a focus on supporting emerging talents, the gallery represents Austrian and international artists, with a multifaceted program ranging from painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and installations to a series dedicated to contemporary video works and performances.
Represented Gallery artists are: Hermann Nitsch, Richie Culver, Acaye Kerunen, Sofia Borges, Faye Wei Wei, Frauke Dannert, Karl Karner, Alina Kunitsyna, James English Leary, Xie Lei, Nana Mandl, Hannah Perry, Maximilian Prüfer, Markus Redl, Rodrigo Valenzuela, Marc Henry, Alicia Viebrock. ...
