Ralf Altrieth - Amis d'esprit - XL

A vibrant and sensitive material.

At first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to emerge from a freely, almost instinctive gesture. But very quickly, something else asserts itself: an underlying organization, an internal logic that goes beyond mere spontaneity. What appears is not illustrated — it is revealed. A form surfaces, then transforms, then hesitates. And it is precisely in this in-between that the work gains its strength.

In this universe, the boundary between abstraction and figuration remains deliberately unstable. Possible silhouettes surface, levels of depth are suggested, without ever settling. The gaze is invited, set in motion. Seeing becomes an active, almost physical, experience.

Each work functions like a field of possibilities. Nothing is imposed, everything is offered. It is a painting that does not immediately reveal its answers, but that opens spaces.

Ralf Altrieth’s works do not seek to seduce with spectacle or visible virtuosity. They take hold differently. Through their density. Through their presence. And through this rare ability to transform the space in which they occupy.

TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic on canvas, 2025
Thick professional-quality canvas
98 × 112 cm
Unique work, hand-painted
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth

CRITIQUE AND PRESS:
"In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are a pure childish chant. From the crucible of improvisation, he conjures a world intact, made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director

"His writing through gesture and color describes a world open to new voices and experiments 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

"There is in Ralf Altrieth’s painting a generosity that has its own language, pictorial and colorful, without turning color into a creed, humorous without being caricatural, joyful without idealism, energetic without being thunderous, in short a deeply human language."
— Bernard Pignero, writer

"The eye must rebound, cling, detach; it is captured by the color, by the energy of the gesture, by the strange cohabitations, by the musical rhythms of jazz where Ralf Altrieth also works as a saxophonist, an improvisation enthusiast."
— Stéphane Cerri, journalist

SHIPPING:
The canvas is shipped rolled, carefully protected in a sturdy tube to ensure safe transport.
The indicated dimensions correspond to the work mounted on a frame. The canvas includes additional white margins to allow easy re-tensioning. The buyer may entrust this work to their local framer.

NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS:
MAC Paris
A.R.P.A.C., Castelnau-Le-Lez
Galerie N5, Montpellier
Château d’Assas, Le Vigan
A DESSIN 4, Sète
SMAC Festival, Toulon
Galerie U, Baiersbronn, Germany
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie Via Arte, Honfleur
Galerie Hartmut Beck, Erlangen, Germany
EWE, Freiburg, Germany