(PRLEAP.COM) his 60th birthday is celebrated by Hubert Schmalix, intrepid protagonist of the 'wild youth' art movement,. An event he prefers to mark with a unique display of never-before-seen large structure paintings in his hometown of Graz, Austria. To be precise, at Reinisch Contemporary, the gallery of his long-standing friend and early enthusiast, Helmut Reinisch.
With COLOUR RAIN AT THE BAMBOO GROVE, Schmalix celebrates both a round birthday and a fresh line of paintings: his 'bamboo paintings' deal with being an epitome of a spectacular lifestyle; the place being an icon of the design canon and modern art. The seeming simplicity of the design leads the eye of the observer straight to the delicacy of painting itself. Colouring and brush stroke nearly completely absorb the concept, or rather, the narrative information.
COLOR RAIN AT THE BAMBOO GROVE involves the latest works by international recognition was earned by the seminal L.A.-based artist, who in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a trailblazer of Austrian contemporary art. Incredible colouring, new aesthetic designs and an insistent range characterise his present work, in which his asiaphile collector's passion is met by the influence of his American surroundings. His paintings are turned by this passion into exciting, fragmentary glimpses into the artist's market.
Curator Günther Holler-Schuster about SHADE WATER AT THE BAMBOO GROVE:
"Everything in the paintings of Hubert Schmalix appears decelerated, diagrammed or simple, and opens up the concentrated gaze to the act of painting. Through the means being an additional component of quasi-serial painting he defines the change of the image concept from mimetic to abstract. The nudes, as well as the recently developed bamboo paintings, never make an effort to represent truth. Rather, they're little parts of the seemingly endless likelihood of picture creation."
As in his different motifs, wich range between nudes, houses and Christ numbers to flowers and decorations, Schmalix uses the sensuality of color in his bamboo pictures to generate sensations in the mundane, in the non-descript. What bestows his paintings using their unique character is the transformation of possible all of us believe to know, but which doesn't occur as such.
LOOKING BACK ON 2012
In February 2012, Reinisch Contemporary (re )opened with a Hubert Schmalix event. Ten months later, COLOUR RAIN AT THE BAMBOO GROVE marks the gallery's tenth convention. Reinisch Contemporary's rapid series of shows celebrates and facilitates emerging as well as Breguet watches for men established, international as well as local talents, while continuously finding new, fascinating aspects of contemporary art.
OCCASION DETAILS
HUBERT SCHMALIX
COLORING WATER AT THE BAMBOO GROVE
Best Zenith Watch Wednesday, December 19, 2012, to Saturday, January 19, 2013.
Reinisch Contemporary
Hauptplatz 6, 8010 Graz
Austria
ABOUT REINISCH CONTEMPORARY
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Over 25 years ago, Helmut Reinisch begun to acquire, display and industry modern Austrian and international art. Along with works by promising new skills the collection also includes pieces by artists such as for example Arnulf Rainer, Hubert Schmalix, Erwin Wurm and buy a Maurice Lacroix watch Joseph Beuys.
Running across category boundaries, Reinisch Contemporary explores evidently disparate areas of work and the contacts between them. From time to time, fields of resonance between chosen pieces ranging from good arts and sculpture to fabrics and photography are taken to light.
Through events, residencies and cross-disciplinary tasks at its places in main Graz and nearby Kalsdorf Castle, Reinisch Contemporary makes links between artists, collectors, professionals and the bigger public.
With COLOUR RAIN AT THE BAMBOO GROVE, Schmalix celebrates both a round birthday and a fresh line of paintings: his 'bamboo paintings' deal with being an epitome of a spectacular lifestyle; the place being an icon of the design canon and modern art. The seeming simplicity of the design leads the eye of the observer straight to the delicacy of painting itself. Colouring and brush stroke nearly completely absorb the concept, or rather, the narrative information.
COLOR RAIN AT THE BAMBOO GROVE involves the latest works by international recognition was earned by the seminal L.A.-based artist, who in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a trailblazer of Austrian contemporary art. Incredible colouring, new aesthetic designs and an insistent range characterise his present work, in which his asiaphile collector's passion is met by the influence of his American surroundings. His paintings are turned by this passion into exciting, fragmentary glimpses into the artist's market.
Curator Günther Holler-Schuster about SHADE WATER AT THE BAMBOO GROVE:
"Everything in the paintings of Hubert Schmalix appears decelerated, diagrammed or simple, and opens up the concentrated gaze to the act of painting. Through the means being an additional component of quasi-serial painting he defines the change of the image concept from mimetic to abstract. The nudes, as well as the recently developed bamboo paintings, never make an effort to represent truth. Rather, they're little parts of the seemingly endless likelihood of picture creation."
As in his different motifs, wich range between nudes, houses and Christ numbers to flowers and decorations, Schmalix uses the sensuality of color in his bamboo pictures to generate sensations in the mundane, in the non-descript. What bestows his paintings using their unique character is the transformation of possible all of us believe to know, but which doesn't occur as such.
LOOKING BACK ON 2012
In February 2012, Reinisch Contemporary (re )opened with a Hubert Schmalix event. Ten months later, COLOUR RAIN AT THE BAMBOO GROVE marks the gallery's tenth convention. Reinisch Contemporary's rapid series of shows celebrates and facilitates emerging as well as Breguet watches for men established, international as well as local talents, while continuously finding new, fascinating aspects of contemporary art.
OCCASION DETAILS
HUBERT SCHMALIX
COLORING WATER AT THE BAMBOO GROVE
Best Zenith Watch Wednesday, December 19, 2012, to Saturday, January 19, 2013.
Reinisch Contemporary
Hauptplatz 6, 8010 Graz
Austria
ABOUT REINISCH CONTEMPORARY
IWC Replica Watch
Over 25 years ago, Helmut Reinisch begun to acquire, display and industry modern Austrian and international art. Along with works by promising new skills the collection also includes pieces by artists such as for example Arnulf Rainer, Hubert Schmalix, Erwin Wurm and buy a Maurice Lacroix watch Joseph Beuys.
Running across category boundaries, Reinisch Contemporary explores evidently disparate areas of work and the contacts between them. From time to time, fields of resonance between chosen pieces ranging from good arts and sculpture to fabrics and photography are taken to light.
Through events, residencies and cross-disciplinary tasks at its places in main Graz and nearby Kalsdorf Castle, Reinisch Contemporary makes links between artists, collectors, professionals and the bigger public.