Ralf Altrieth (1966) - Eplucheur de patate

Ralf Altrieth (Heilbronn, 1966)

'Potato Peeler', 2017

Acrylic sgraffito on canvas, mounted on its original stretcher
55 x 46 cm

Ready to hang (back with cord)
Signed, dated and titled on the stretcher

Sold by Recodier Art, France
Certificate of authenticity included

DESCRIPTION :

Can pictorial intensity be conjured from a daily gesture?
With 'Potato Peeler', Ralf Altrieth transforms a simple object into a trigger of pure energy.

Created in 2017, at the heart of the 2016–2017 period which today is almost entirely absorbed into private collections, this work belongs to a phase that has become rare on the market.

The composition centers around a vast matte blue field that frames a denser interior scene, almost incandescent. This blue acts as a breath, a visual silence that tensions the central space.

Inside, bold greens, vibrant reds, bright yellows and swift gestures stack with intensity. A bold black line runs across the surface like a free sign — at the border between figuration and abstraction — suggesting rather than imposing. The title, deliberately concrete, creates a subtle contrast with the freedom of the painterly gesture: the banal becomes a pretext for excess.

The contrast between the calm flatness and the effervescent colored space gives the work an immediate presence. Hung on the wall, it structures space with its clear construction, then gradually reveals the richness of its material, its incisions in fresh paint, its graphic rhythms and vibrant overlays.

This painting is among the most open and dynamic works of that period. A piece at once constructed and instinctive, which turns a wall into a living surface.

Very good condition.
The frame visible in some photos is shown for illustration. The sides being painted, the work can be hung as is, without framing.

BIOGRAPHY :
Ralf Altrieth (born in 1966 in Heilbronn, Germany) is a painter and musician. Trained at the Nürtingen Academy of Fine Arts (1987–1989), he has developed for more than thirty years a body of work marked by gestural expression and spontaneous painterly writing. He has exhibited in France and Germany, notably at Galerie Hartmut Beck (Erlangen), MAC Paris and Galerie Théo de Sein (Paris). His work sits in an expressionist tradition where line and color become a form of intuitive writing.

EXPEDITION :
Tracked shipment with signature required. The work will be carefully packaged and protected in professional rigid packaging.