Uwe Wittwer - Judin Juerg; Lullin Etienne
paintings
KORTE INHOUD
First monograph of the Swiss artist's paintings.
Uwe Wittwer (*1954 in Zurich) inquires into and disrupts expectations and viewing habits. The entrancing beauty and sensuousness of his paintings and watercolors lure the viewer into a world of ambiguity. Only a second glance reveals that the apparent aesthetic innocence of the middle class he portrays is actually a kind of latent horror. Captured in a blur, the still lifes, interiors, landscapes, and portraits avoid obvious interpretation, so that the question of what is "real" and what is "fake," where the façade or razzle-dazzle begins and ends, remains open. Fascinated by the imagery of the Old Masters, Wittwer digitally processes the source materials he takes from the Internet and lends them a sense of texture by means of paint, canvas, and paper. His groups of works revolve concentrically around the issue of the reality behind the image. This is the first comprehensive survey of Wittwer's oeuvre.
Exhibition schedule: CCA & A Gallery, Hamburg, April 10-May 9...
Uwe Wittwer (*1954 in Zurich) inquires into and disrupts expectations and viewing habits. The entrancing beauty and sensuousness of his paintings and watercolors lure the viewer into a world of ambiguity. Only a second glance reveals that the apparent aesthetic innocence of the middle class he portrays is actually a kind of latent horror. Captured in a blur, the still lifes, interiors, landscapes, and portraits avoid obvious interpretation, so that the question of what is "real" and what is "fake," where the façade or razzle-dazzle begins and ends, remains open. Fascinated by the imagery of the Old Masters, Wittwer digitally processes the source materials he takes from the Internet and lends them a sense of texture by means of paint, canvas, and paper. His groups of works revolve concentrically around the issue of the reality behind the image. This is the first comprehensive survey of Wittwer's oeuvre.
Exhibition schedule: CCA & A Gallery, Hamburg, April 10-May 9...
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2012Uitgever: Hatje Cantz Verlag208 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 3775733167ISBN-13: 9783775733168Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original silver lettered half cloth, numerous (Full page_) colour illustrations, 4to.; Small light stains spine. [Auteur: Judin, Juerg & Etienne Lullin & Ben Tufnell] [Pagina's: 183] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Otfildern : Hatje Cantz Verlag] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: Uwe Wittwer: Paintings]
