'Concealed Spaces: New Works by Tina Buchholtz' Exhibition Catalogue

New Works by Tina Buchholtz

Concealed Spaces New Works by Tina Buchholtz There is a hidden space in Tina Buchholtz’s home in Berlin, a tiny, unassuming room in her basement. Small in size, yet its role in her life is significant. This room is Buchholtz’s personal retreat to pause, synthesise and record her impressions, her observations of daily life and our society, in her signature paintings.

of the artist’s works marks one E ach of these retreats, a personal space

of rest and consolidation, drawing inspiration from a wide range of sources.

Nature plays a big role, its treatment by Man, but also its role as our own place of regeneration, found in works such as Reserve and Winterwoods. Buchholtz’s Christian beliefs find their own theme strand in works such as Freilassung (Liberation), which reflects a desire to let go, to offer freedom to people and ideas. Other works, such as Dragonfly Wedding are literally abuzz with joy, energy and vibrancy. Whatever the mood of each work, each captures a space that is personal to the artist and visualises her emotional discoveries.

Newcomers to Tina Buchholtz’s work will discover canvases that are not created to be looked at, but looked into, and experienced. Each work offers a unique fusion of colour, light and structure, built up in a range of technically challenging processes that often demand several

weeks of work and patience. The artists signature ‘spatula lines’, applied individually by dipping the back of a spatula tool into acrylic paint, then rhythmically pressing this onto the canvas, are perhaps most easily recognisable.

Where Buchholtz’s works have evolved considerably over the past two years is in her treatment of backgrounds. These have become more complex, more layered and also far more of a statement within the individual work. Where spatula lines dominated, and occasionally even covered an entire canvas in her older work, this recent series of paintings present their own ‘Concealed Spaces,’ created by applying and gently removing a number of base layers of paints and glazes. Layer upon layer is filed, rubbed and polished before accent spatula marks are finally added to mark each work’s completion.

Placing Tina Buchholtz into an art historical canon leads us almost immediately

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to the drip canvases of leading Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock (191256). Strong parallels exist between the rhythmic nature of Buchholtz’s work, in which the process of application is of equal importance to the final product.

There is a gentler, more emotional side to the artist’s work however, and here we can look back in time find its roots and inspiration in the romantic landscapes of JMW Turner (1775-1851).

‘Concealed Spaces’ is Tina Buchholtz’s fifth show with Karin Weber Gallery in Hong Kong. Almost entirely self-taught, her somewhat unconventional career path first took her along a graphic design route before she found her true vocation in painting in the uncompromising style she continues to evolve, but has not fundamentally strayed from for the last fifteen years. We are delighted to welcome Tina Buchholtz back to our gallery and hope you will enjoy, and discover your own ‘Concealed Spaces’, in this exciting new series of her paintings.

隱蔽空間

Tina Buchholtz 新作展覧

Tina Buchholtz 在柏林的家，有一個小而隱蔽的地方。此處方雖小，卻對她的生命非常 重要。Buchholtz會在這個空間靜修，將她對日常生活、社會的感覺和觀察，綜合並記錄 在她的繪畫中。

每 個藝術家的作品都記載了個人的靜思及啟 發，從多方面尋找靈感來源。大自然有著重

要的角色，從《保護區》及《冬天的森林》可見，自 然不但能治癒人類，更是為我們帶來重生的地 方。Buchholtz 的基督教信仰能在作品《釋放》中 找到，畫作反映一種對自由、解放的渴求。在她的 其他作品《蜻蜓的婚禮》，帶出歡樂和活力。不論 作品反映什麼情感，每幅都記載並活現藝術家的 個人感受。 初次接觸Tina Buchholtz 作品的觀眾會發現她 的繪畫並非只供觀看，更需要感受。每幅作品都 融合獨特的顏色、光線及構圖，是具挑戰性的過 程，需要大量的時間和耐性。藝術家在抹刀的底 部沾上顏料，再有節奏地印在畫布上，形成她特 有的「抹刀線條」。

在過去兩年，Buchholtz 作品的背景處理逐漸形 成，繪畫中有著更多層次及意義。Buchholtz 過

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往的作品往往被抹刀線條支配甚至覆蓋。在「隱 蔽空間」這新系列的作品中，她運用顏色及釉料 的加減創作。當畫面一層層被填滿，Buchholtz 會在抹刀線條形成前將顏料磨光。

若把Tina Buchholtz 放在藝術史中，我們會立即 想起抽象表現主義畫家傑克遜·波洛克（Jackson Pollock） （1912—56）。過程與效果同樣重 要，此特色在Buchholtz 作品自然的節奏中找到 類同。從約瑟夫·瑪羅德·威廉·透納（JMW Turner） （1775—1851）浪漫主義的風景取得靈感，是 Buchholtz 作品富感性的一面。

「隱蔽空間」是Tina Buchholtz 在凱倫偉伯畫廊 第五次的展覽。近乎自學的Buchholtz 早期從事 平面設計工作，她在繪畫中找到人生歸宿，並貫 徹十五載。畫廊很高興Tina Buchholtz 再次與我 們分享喜悅，我們希望觀眾都能在繪畫中，找到 自己獨特的「隱蔽空間」。

A NC IE NT GA RDEN

acrylic, gold pigments on canvas 布本丙烯及金色顏料 100 x 160cm 2015 HK$ 75,000

古代庭院

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D RA G O N F L Y WED D I NG

acrylic on canvas 布本丙烯 80 x 130cm 2015 HK$ 65,000

蜻蜓的婚禮

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R E D RI V E R

acrylic on canvas 布本丙烯 100 x 200cm, diptych 2015 HK$ 110,000

紅河

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R ESER VE

acrylic, pearlescent pigments on canvas 布本丙烯及珠光顏料 90 x 180cm 2014 HK$ 80,000

保護區

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L IB ERAT I O N 解放

acrylic on canvas 布本丙烯 90 x 130cm 2014 HK$ 75,000

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T H E MOM EN TA RI N ES S O F A B E AU TI F UL M OM EN T 絢麗的瞬間

acrylic, gold pigments on canvas 布本丙烯及金色顏料 100 x 100cm 2015 HK$ 65,000

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W INTERWOODS

acrylic, mixed media on canvas 布本丙烯及混合媒體 100 x 200cm 2014 HK$ 96,000

冬 天的森 林

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T I N A B U C H H OLTZ SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong Albemarle Gallery, London Claire Green Gallery, Melbourne Art Seefeld, Zurich Galleria Gallerati, Rome Friends Of The Art, Christie´s, New York Royal College Of Arts, Shooting Star Chase Exhibition, London Kunsthalle, Halle, Germany Kunsthaus Spiekeroog, Germany Gallery apollo 9, Hamburg (now Gallery Mokross-Holthoff) Capital Club Berlin

ART FAIRS Kölner Liste, Cologne, Germany Affordable Art Fair Hamburg Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong Art Canton, Guangzhou, China London Art Fair Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, Hong Kong Art Fair Postbahnhof, Berlin

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SELECTED COLLECTIONS

香港凱倫偉伯畫廊 英國倫敦 Albemarle 畫廊 澳洲墨爾本 Claire Green 畫廊 瑞士蘇黎世 Art Seefeld 意大利羅馬 Gallerati 畫廊 美國紐約佳士得 Friends Of The Art 英國倫敦皇家藝術學院 Shooting Star Chase 展覽 德國哈雷 Kunsthalle 德國 Kunsthaus Spiekeroog 德國漢堡 apollo 9畫廊（現Mokross-Holthoff 畫廊） 德國柏林 Capital Club

Art Collection German Parliament Hasso-Plattner-Förderstiftung Hasso-Plattner-Institute, Potsdam, Germany Simba Dickie Group, Dubai André Heller Art Collection, Austria SAP AG Walldorf, Germany Bertelsmann AG, Alte Kommandantur Berlin Important private collections in Hong Kong, Dubai, New York, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, UK, Italy, China Commissioned Artworks for Presidential Suites of Luxury Hotel, Shanghai.

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德國科隆 Kölner Liste 德國漢堡 Affordable Art Fair 香港 Affordable Art Fair 中國廣洲藝術廣東 倫敦藝博 亞洲頂級畫廊酒店藝術博覽會 德國柏林 Postbahnhof 藝博

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精選收藏

德國國會藝術收藏 哈索·普拉特纳研究院，德國波茨坦 哈索·普拉特纳基金會 杜拜仙霸集圑 安德烈• 海勒（Andre Heller）藝術收藏，奥地利 德國沃爾多夫 SAP AG 德國柏林貝塔斯曼集團

重要私人收藏來自香港、杜拜、紐約、德國、瑞士、 日本、英國、意大利、中國 為上海豪華酒店總統套房創作委託作品

K A RIN W E B E R G A LLE RY 凱倫偉伯畫廊 in 1999 by German-born E stablished Karin Weber and now in its 16th year, Karin Weber Gallery is one of Hong Kong’s oldest contemporary art galleries. Situated on Aberdeen Street, in the heart of SoHo, the gallery presents a year-round program of curated exhibitions, talks, and collector events.

The gallery’s unique network of partners based in London, Mumbai and Berlin allows it to source emerging and established contemporary art from around the world.

Weber 女士創立，至 在 1999年由德國的Karin 今已有16年，是香港其中一間最具歷史的當 代藝術畫廊。畫廊位於蘇豪區鴨巴甸街，我們每 年策劃不同的展覽、講座及活動給藏家參與。 我們的合伙人於倫敦、孟買和柏林有辦事處，使 我們能夠幾乎遍布世界各地為客戶提供服務並 搜尋新晉和有豐富經驗的藝術家。我們熱愛把 香港本地的藝術推介給全球的藏家。

我們畫廊代表的藝術家通過藝術博覽會，與其 他畫廊的交流，還有駐留計劃發展自己的事業。 面積雖不大，但放眼全球，凱倫偉伯畫廊是香港 真正國際化的精品畫廊之一。

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