This abstract artwork features a striking contrast of dark blues and whites, conveying a sense of depth and movement through its textured, cloud-like composition. The artist has skillfully employed a palette knife technique, resulting in thick, expressive brushstrokes that create a dynamic, almost sculptural surface. The work's enigmatic subject matter and abstract style suggest a contemplative, atmospheric quality, inviting the viewer to ponder the interplay of light, shadow, and the natural world. The contextual significance may lie in the artist's exploration of the interplay between representation and abstraction, or in a deeper commentary on the ephemeral nature of natural forms. ...
Mandla Reuter’s large installations complicate the space they occupy by redirecting movement, the audience’s presence and the flow of information. By incorporating found objects, large-scale abstract sculptures, plants, sound, video and lighting – blocking, obstructing and expanding – the works actively require the viewer to participate in the composition of the space. Examining questions of art production, debunking the neutrality of exhibition spaces and playing with the difference between the natural and the artifice, Reuter continuously reinvents the language of art-making. His installations at once alienate the outside environment by inserting fictional, abstract imagery and present familiar metaphors and contradictions of contemporary human subjectivity. From local to universal, Reuter’s work reverts to the intervention and reinvention of art, artefacts, space and experience alike.
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In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...
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