This contemporary artwork features a vibrant, abstract composition of intertwining brushstrokes in a palette of soft pastels and muted earth tones. The fluid, swirling lines and shapes create a dreamlike, ethereal quality, evoking a sense of movement and energy. The delicate, yet dynamic, application of paint showcases the artist's skillful technique, blending colors and textures to craft a visually captivating work. This abstract painting invites the viewer to engage with the artwork's emotive and expressive qualities, reflecting the artist's unique artistic vision and exploration of the medium. ...
Markus Saile immerses himself in the dialogue between texture and depth, using layered oil on wood to craft abstract works that evoke both personal warmth and expansive space. His works feature overlapping strata of paint—sometimes dense, sometimes translucent—applied through broad, deliberate brushstrokes, folded structures, and fan-like fields that evoke a painterly dialogue reminiscent of rococo gestures. Saile’s approach transcends minimalism; instead, his paintings serve as careful deconstructions of materiality and format. He experiments with unconventional panel sizes, from elongated to near-miniature, guided by the graphical motif of the vertical bar (|), a symbol widely used in digital culture as a separator or connector. Through manipulation of scale, format, and gallery display, Saile creates partitions and connections within his works, reflecting sociological ideas about distance and affiliation. His practice invites viewers to engage with the dynamic interplay of material, form, and conceptual resonance embedded in each piece. ...
Emerging out of a former project space, Drei has been established as a commercial gallery in 2015 by Dennis Hochköppeler and Jakob Pürling in Cologne, Germany. The gallery features an international and trans-generational program with a focus on cross-disciplinary practices and pushes the cooperation with international galleries and institutions.
