This vivid abstract painting features a striking composition of vibrant, warm-toned foliage against a dark, moody background. The artist has employed bold, expressive brushstrokes to create a sense of dynamic movement and energy, with the fiery orange and yellow hues of the leaves contrasting sharply with the deep, brooding tones of the surrounding forest. The overall style suggests a focus on capturing the essence and atmosphere of the natural landscape rather than rendering realistic details. This work likely reflects the artist's intention to convey the emotional resonance and sensory experience of an autumn scene through an abstracted, expressionistic approach. ...
Rochelle Feinstein has been a longstanding member of the New York art community for over four decades. Feinstein’s practice has been one deeply informed by abstraction, as much as it responds to contemporary conditions and demotic speech. Geometric forms—the modernist trope of the grid is a regular presence—and vibrant chroma become tools to explore notions of artistic value and production, societal structures, and feminist idioms. Though it takes myriad forms, her singular project always centers painting within culture at large. She moves freely through the history of late 20th-century painting, rejoicing in materiality while jabbing at the notion of pure painting. Painting, for Feinstein, is the means to constantly reevaluate the medium’s potential, constraint, and rudimentary premises, with the possibility of expansion and reorganization. ...
Galerie Francesca Pia was founded 1990 in Bern and from their first exhibitions forward has consistently fostered contemporary artists including Betty Woodman (1990), Peter Fischli & David Weiss (1992), Hans-Peter Feldmann (1993), Thomas Bayrle (1998), Mai-Thu Perret (2000), Wade Guyton (2004), Jutta Koether (2008) and Rochelle Feinstein (2016) et al. Today the gallery is known for the discovery and promotion of emerging artists. After 16 years in Bern, the gallery moved to a larger space in Zurich in 2007. In 2012 the gallery extended and relocated to a more generous space in the historic Löwenbrau building, where it continues to engage in an ambitious program, representing over thirty artists of different generations. ...
