Iris Schomaker almost exclusively does paintings on paper.
Her work foregrounds the iconic concept of the motif, which Schomaker compares to an afterimage from a dream or an image from memory: "The mountain in itself is a strong image that triggers many associa-tions, and takes on a symbolic character. I am not interested in whether the mountain might be the Zugspitze or not. For me at issue is the idea of the mountain, a kind of primal image."
What is actually represented in the paintings is secondary in Schomaker’s oeuvre: the work is rather about the process of representation, about exploring painterly possibilities and the reproduction of atmospheric content. The artist finds her own original visual language in the tension between figurative representation and painterly abstraction.
Galerie Thomas Schulte. Charlottenstraße 24. 10117 Berlin
Till March 10th. Tue to Sat; 12 to 18h
21.05.2012 - 13:21
Sind wir nun im Ernst die einzige europäische Hauptstadt ohne Erstligafußball? #hertha #berlin # relegation
21.05.2012 - 12:29
Habt ihr eigtl. Marley gesehen? Also den Film!
21.05.2012 - 11:36
Gleich wird's ernst in Sachen #relegation. #hertha #fortuna
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