The Escapology of the Game of Life
The Escapology of the Game of Life
The Escapology of the Game of Life

Sophie Reinhold

The Escapology of the Game of Life, 2022180 x 250cmPrice on Request
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oil on marble powder on juteFitzpatrick Gallery
Description
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This abstract watercolor painting showcases a ethereal, dreamlike composition. The delicate, wispy brushstrokes create a sense of movement and fluidity, with soft hues of blue, pink, and beige dominating the canvas. The overall impression is one of weightlessness and tranquility, with the absence of any clearly defined subject matter allowing the viewer to interpret the imagery freely. The artist's use of watercolor's translucent qualities effectively captures the ephemeral, mystical quality of the scene. This work likely reflects the artist's intention to evoke a contemplative, introspective mood through the exploration of abstract forms and natural imagery. ...

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Sophie Reinhold
Artist
Sophie Reinhold
German

Sophie Reinhold's work possess a unique quirkiness derived from her appreciation for history, ornamentation, and romantic visual clichés. The paintings depict a playful and tongue-in-cheek quality that flirts with a naive sentimentality, resulting in a witty casualness and enjoyment. The imagery depicted features enchanted ruins and dense foliage, which serve as vehicles for exploring the propagation and transmission of shared folkloric codes and moral principles in fairy tales through whispered narratives. The pictorial content stands out against the white background, preserving the lightness of a sketch. Reinhold uses a technique that involves applying ground marble in multiple layers and selectively removing it from certain areas to carve out specific shapes, resulting in a relief structure that gives the paintings a sculptural quality. She employs various painterly modes, such as rhythmic lines, finger smudges, and smooth surfaces with cutaways that reveal the constructed nature of the image and the textile weave of the canvas. The paintings' familiarity can quickly turn into an uncanny quality due to their oscillation between figuration and abstraction, letter and picture, material and sign, as well as their declaration of the temporariness and latency of meaning. ...

Sophie Reinhold: Artworks
The Escapology of the Game of Life
Sophie ReinholdThe Escapology of the Game of Life, 2022Price on Request
APORIA (A)
Sophie ReinholdAPORIA (A), 2022Price on Request
APORIA (O)
Sophie ReinholdAPORIA (O), 2022Price on Request
DOTD
Sophie ReinholdDOTD, 2021Price on Request
Portrait of an Overwhelmed Person Through Silent Reproach
Sophie ReinholdPortrait of an Overwhelmed Person Through Silent Reproach, 2022Price on Request
Fitzpatrick Gallery
Gallery
Fitzpatrick Gallery
Paris

Established in 2020, Fitzpatrick Gallery is focused on an international program of curated projects in site-specific venues worldwide, and on-site exhibitions at their primary location in Paris, inaugurated in September 2021 in the Marais gallery district at 123 rue de Turenne. They are involved in every level of production with their represented artists, working in close collaboration with institutions, publishing houses, advisory firms, and other partners. Fitzpatrick Gallery builds on the legacy of Freedman Fitzpatrick which was established in 2013 with locations in Los Angeles and Paris. ...