ANDRE BUTZER
2018-04-09Distanced from subject matter, narrativity and the subjective, Butzer now delves deep into pictorial questions related to colour and light. Despite presenting a body of work dominated by paintings that are entirely black, though not monochrome, with their respective nuances, tonalities and subtle appearances of whitish hues, for Butzer black is part of the road he has embarked on towards the essential. Far from how they might be interpreted, these paintings do not constitute either a beginning or an end. They are vast painted surfaces in search of a spiritual balance which consciously flees from both idea and corporality. The painter himself has stated, with regard to earlier works, a prelude to the ones on display here, that “I did not need ideas, I wasn’t looking at anything specific, but rather the painting emerged on its own”, alluding to a certain faith or intuition that is present in his actions.
Opposite – Installation view
Exhibition runs through to May 26th, 2018
Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt
San Lorenzo, 11
28004 Madrid
Spain
