Ralf Altrieth - Sans titre - XL

Acrylic on strong paper, ivory tone
75 x 105 cm

Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth

DESCRIPTION:

This original work on paper by Ralf Altrieth unfolds a free and instinctive universe, populated by figures and shapes that seem to spring directly from the gesture. Sometimes a few lines are enough to reveal a face, a body or an entire creature. Nothing is fixed: the forms seem able to transform at any moment.

Drawing occupies an essential place here. Spontaneous lines, flat areas, signs and graphic details combine with great freedom, giving paper an important role in the composition.

Between free figuration, instinctive drawing and graphic poetry, the work does not seek to tell a specific story. It rather lets the imagination establish its own associations. The gaze moves from one form to another, gradually discovering new details and new presences.

Framed with a wide mat, it takes on its full dimension and leaves around it a breathing space that emphasizes the spontaneity of the drawing. Its presence, expressive, playful and poetic, blends naturally into a contemporary interior.

At the boundary between drawing and painting, this series bears witness to a deeply personal approach by Ralf Altrieth: a free visual language, where a few lines can suffice to conjure up an entire world.

CRITIQUE:

"There is a lot of poetry in this painting, as in all the artist’s works. They are populated by narrative codes and fantastical tales. In this sense, the painterly poems of Ralf Altrieth are a pure childlike chant... But the most astonishing thing manifested in these paintings is a communicative tenderness for the states of mind of human beings."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, museum director and art historian

"His gesture and color-writing describe a world open to new voices and to experiences never attempted. His canvases and works on paper demonstrate that painting remains a major expression on the contemporary scene."
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator

BIOGRAPHY:

Ralf Altrieth (Heilbronn, 1966) is a French-German painter and musician known for his expressive and spontaneous universe, at the boundary between figuration and abstraction. Trained in adolescence with painter Georg Schaible and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürtingen in the late 1980s, his work is distinguished by rare pictorial energy and a highly sensitive language. His works are now in numerous private collections around the world.

SHIPPING:

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