
Light Is Therefore Colour
22 December 2023 – 23 March 2024
Zuoz
In her monochrome works Martina Klein explores painting to the depth of its foundations. The effects of colour, materials and the perception of viewers in space are the starting point of her artistic work. Her painterly approach follows in the footsteps of so-called “analytical” conceptual painting, but she develops a distinctive formal language that is completely her own. Strictly monochrome surfaces project into the exhibition space due to the unconventional structural placement of her canvases. Other works bend because of their L-shaped supports and are mounted on the wall or freely anywhere in the space. They become paintings that shape space and correspond with each other. Often these are site-specific installations with variable forms and arrangements. In these changing contexts Martina Klein examines the interrelationships between the converging roles of viewer, art work and artist.
Martina Klein certainly does not wish to transcend painting with her work, but rather searches for coherent possibilities of investigating the medium. She begins with paint as a material, referring not just to its abstract appearance but also its physical properties and sensual qualities. The application of paint on canvas is layered and characterised by a precise regularity, producing a maximum radiance of colour. Besides the intense coloration of her work, Martina Klein’s interventions in the handling of supporting structures and their innovative placement in space place an expanded focus on the multifaceted components on which a painting is based. Unobtrusively, her artistic work references developments in art history and reflects the concept of art itself.
Martina Klein studied art history and philosophy at the University of Trier for a year before moving to the University of Fine Arts in Kassel in 1983. She has lived and worked in Düsseldorf since 1989. Her work has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions.
1/25
oil on cotton, wood
162 × 118 × 59 cm
MK/P 236
2/25
oil on cotton, wood
84 × 120 × 82 cm
MK/P 234
3/25
oil on cotton, wood
84 × 120 × 82 cm
MK/P 235
4/25
20 paintings (stored on three metal shelves) which will be placed in the exhibition space by the respective buyers
oil on cotton on wooden construction
five different sizes
MK/P 187
5/25
oil paint on cotton on wooden construction, oil paint on cotton on wooden construction
56.9 × 44 × 24.9 cm
MK/P 202
6/25
oil paint on cotton on wooden construction, oil paint on cotton on wooden construction
71.9 × 56 × 27.9 cm
MK/P 206
7/25
oil paint on cotton on wood with metal stool
90 × 70 × 30 cm
MK/P 209
8/25
cotton, oil paint (Ivory black)
95 × 61 cm
metal can: 19 cm high and diameter 14 cm
wooden construction: 76 × 61 × 29 cm
MK/P 167
9/25
oil paint on cotton on wood with aluminum stick with tape
147.5 × 36 × 21 cm (Stick 100 cm)
MK/P 208
10/25
7 paintings, oil paint on cotton on wooden construction, 3 wooden boards on wood horses
paintings: 46 × 36 × 21 cm
tables: 79 × 110 × 180 cm,
61 × 90 × 145 cm,
46 × 90 × 145 cm
MK/P 166
11/25
oil paint, cotton, wooden frame
145 × 140 × 140 cm
MK/P 92
12/25
oil paint, cotton, wood
wooden construction: 124 × 115 × 54 cm
MK/P 163
13/25
oil paint, cotton, wood
wooden construction: 160 × 80 × 34 cm
MK/P 164
14/25
oil paint, cotton, wooden frame, mirror
canvas each: 100 × 100 cm
mirror: 130 × 130 cm
MK/P 147
15/25
oil paint, cardboard, suitcase
uitcase: 51 × 30 × 30 cm
painting: 27 × 27 × 27 cm
MK/S 6
16/25
oil paint, cotton, wood, coconut mat
painting: 110 × 70 cm
coconut mat: 60 × 90 cm
MK/P 156
17/25
oil paint, cotton, wood
cotton: 150 × 100 cm,
wood: 100 × 100 cm
MK/P 142
oil paint, cotton, wood
cotton: 150 × 100 cm
wood: 100 × 100 cm
MK/P 143
18/25
oil paint
cotton: 150 × 100 cm
wood: 100 × 100 cm
MK/P 139
19/25
colored and lead pencil, sanded gesso, cotton
150 × 300 cm
MK/P 20
20/25
oil paint, cotton, wooden frame
195 × 195 × 195 cm
MK/P 112
21/25
oil paint, cotton, wooden frame
195 × 195 × 195 cm
MK/P 113
22/25
oil paint, cotton, wooden board
200 × 298 cm
MK/P 109
23/25
oil paint, cotton, wood
180 × 160 cm
MK/P 110
24/25
oil paint, cotton, wooden frame
80 × 80 × 80 cm
MK/P 28
25/25
oil paint, cotton, wooden board
290 × 255 cm
MK/P 105
oil paint, cotton, wooden board
308 × 183 cm
MK/P 104
Marina U. Fuchs
15 August 2015
Die Zuozer Galerie Tschudi präsentiert derzeit Einzelausstellungen von Martina Klein, Dan Walsh, Richard Long und Augustas Serapinas.
Marina U. Fuchs
15 August 2014
Die Oberengadiner Galerien Tschudi, Monica de Cardenas und PeterVann informieren derzeit über aktuelle Kunst• strömungen. Unter anderem sind Werke von Martina Klein, Juul Kraijer und Didier Hagi\ge zu sehen.
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