Ralf Altrieth - New News Now ! - XL

Acrylic, pastel and crayon with sgraffito on strong paper, ivory tone
75 x 105 cm

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

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DESCRIPTION:

A free, sensitive and profoundly lively presence.

This original work on paper by Ralf Altrieth unfolds an instinctive universe where fragmented figures, drifting gazes and animal shapes seem to appear and then disappear into the material. Between softness and graphic tension, the composition retains something immediate, which draws the eye for a long time without ever fully grasping it.

Direct and spontaneous lines dialog with quieter flat areas, creating a work that is both expressive and poetic. The colors, deliberately restrained and then suddenly punctuated by livelier accents, give the paper a very particular vibration, subtle yet intensely present in an interior space.

The work possesses that rare quality of pieces that you do not look at solely for their subject, but for the atmosphere they establish. Framed with a wide mat, it takes on an almost architectural dimension and immediately transforms the surrounding space.

At the boundary between free figuration, instinctive drawing and plastic writing, this work testifies to a deeply personal approach, without easy decorative effect. A singular, inhabited piece, naturally finding its place in contemporary interiors that are sensitive to living and authentic art.

CRITIQUE:

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

"His gestural and color writing describes 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 Franco-German painter and musician recognized for his expressive and spontaneous universe, at the boundary of figuration and abstraction. Trained in his teens with painter Georg Schaible and then at the Nürtingen University of Fine Arts in the late 1980s, his work is distinguished by rare pictorial energy and a particularly sensitive language. His works are now in multiple private collections around the world.

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