Ralf Altrieth - Décidémentales 5 - XXL

At first glance, Ralf Altrieth's painting seems to burst forth with a free, instinctive impulse. Then the gaze lingers—and gradually discovers a thriving universe where characters, creatures, and improbable forms appear to evolve with a freedom as deliberate as it is surprisingly striking. Nothing is fixed. Each detail contributes to a living composition that reveals itself progressively with distance, light, and the time spent before it.

In this universe, the boundary between abstraction and figuration remains intentionally unstable. Silhouettes appear, transform, sometimes disappear in favor of other presences. The eye moves ceaselessly, guided from one discovery to another. Seeing becomes an active, playful, almost physical experience.

Behind its apparent spontaneity, the work reveals a remarkable balance. The lines, colors, and rhythms interlace with a freely mastered control, giving birth to a scene where the imagination seems to invent itself as it unfolds.

But beyond its immediate energy, this painting settles deeply into space. Through its visual density. Through its quiet humor. And through this rare ability to transform a wall into a territory of exploration, where every new view reveals a detail, a character, or a relationship that had previously gone unnoticed.

TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic, oil, and decals on canvas
Thick professional-quality canvas
80 × 160 cm
Unique work, hand-painted
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth

CRITIQUE ET PRESSE:
"In this sense, Ralf Altrieth's pictorial poems are a pure childish song. From the crucible of improvisation comes forth a pristine world made of spontaneous joys and strong impulses."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director

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

EMBALLAGE:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced large-format tube (120 to 220 cm depending on the work), specially designed to ensure maximum protection during transport.
The indicated dimensions correspond to the artwork once stretched on a frame. The canvas includes extra white margins allowing easy tensioning by your local framer.

EXPÉDITION:
The work is entrusted to an express carrier providing home delivery, with full tracking and signature on delivery, to guarantee the best protection of the artwork until it is handed over in person.

EXPOSITIONS NOTABLES:
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