Thomas Geyer, painting
Denise Julia Reytan, new traditional costumes and jewellery
From 28 March to 09 May 2010 Werft 11 presents two young artists, one a painter, the other a designer, each providing a different definition of that ambiguous theme: home.
Thomas Geyer’s paintings portray real and imagined landscapes inspired by scenes from the country outside his home town of Leipzig. He works by recording his initial impressions in sketch form and then piecing them together to create new images.
People rarely figure in his paintings; instead, woodland creatures appear time and again, assuming the role of clandestine observers. His works throw the beholder back to a world of fairytale and myth, to a world in which there is more than meets the eye.
Like everything else she does, Denise Julia Reytan’s project EINTR8 calls into question the traditional values of society. Her new interpretation of costumes and costume jewellery seek ornamental emancipation and the unconditional beauty of colour, form, and material.
The bright interplay play of materials, borders, rhinestones, carefully collected objects and large-format ornaments creates gorgeous orchestrations at and on the body. For Reytan, these objects are snapshots of her time and culture.
Opening
Sunday, 28. March 2010 from 12:00 to 15:00
Press kit
press.heimat.zip
