Adrian Schiess

Adrian Schiess at Galerie nächst St. Stephan (Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Coquelicot

This is a picnic with a new date. Green grass, warm sun, flowers. You are flirting, laughing and kissing. It's a perfect date. There are a lot of flirting, hints and hidden promises.But something is missing. Is it her red lipstick too bright? Is it the sun too hot? Something is bothering you, but you can't catch exactly what is it.

Katharina Grosse

Katharina Grosse at Galerie Nachst st.Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwalder(Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Untitled

If you look closer, you will see that those diagonal-almost-vertical lines consists of several layers of paint.This is your life experience. The lines represent events, people and things that happened in your life.Some were small, some were bigger, some occurred several times and some never happened (well those you can't see, they remained unpainted :). This experience helps you to get the meaning (the foreground swirls) from current events(the white lines) - to connect the dots and to start a new layer of experience on your life painting.

Ernst Caramelle

Caramelle Ernst at Galerie nächst St. Stephan (Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Final Cut

You are in the dead end. You are lost. The cold white walls seem to grow sharp corners and edges. You have two choices to get out. One - an easy one into the despair of the night(middle left). It is easy for you now, but you know you will be paying for that for a long long time. The other exist is to cut. To open up the wound and let the blood flow(middle bottom to middle right). It will be painful and hard, but at the end you will get the welcoming warm sun of the day(upper right).