Ralf Altrieth - Too much sleep - XL

Acrylic and oil pastel on heavyweight paper, ivory tone
75 x 105 cm

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

Images in situ and with mat are presentation suggestions.

DESCRIPTION:

A free, sensitive and deeply living presence.

This original work on paper by Ralf Altrieth unfolds an instinctive universe where fragmented figures, floating gazes and animal forms seem to appear and then disappear into the material. Between gentleness and graphical tension, the composition preserves something immediate, which draws the eye in for a long time without ever being fully grasped.

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

The work possesses that rare quality of pieces that you don’t look at only 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 space around it.

At the border between free figuration, instinctive drawing and plastic writing, this work bears witness to a deeply personal approach, without easy decorative effect. A singular, inhabited piece, which naturally finds its place in contemporary interiors 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, 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 the human being."
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, museum director and art historian

"His gesture-based writing and color describe a world open to new voices and experiments never tried. His canvases and works on paper demonstrate that painting remains a major expression of 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 border between figuration and abstraction. Trained in adolescence with painter Georg Schaible and later at the Academy of Fine Arts of Nürtingen in the late 1980s, his work is distinguished by rare pictorial energy and a particularly sensitive language. His works are now in numerous private collections around the world.

SHIPPING:

The work will be shipped rolled in a sturdy tube to ensure secure transport.
It is entrusted to an express carrier providing home delivery, with full tracking and signature on delivery, to guarantee the best protection of the work until handover.