EXPOSITIONS
Simon Nicholas / Petra Sedlaczek
Roland Quetsch
Paintings / Bilder der Nacht
Entre abstraction picturale et recherche minimaliste, entre objets et tableaux, les œuvres de Roland Quetsch s’inscrivent dans le prolongement d’une histoire de l’art et des formes du 20e siècle. Les agencements de figures géométriques, les choix colorés, les variations de matité de la peinture produisent des jeux optiques efficaces qui tentent de redéfinir l’espace dans lequel les œuvres s’inscrivent. Nourries de problématiques formelles essentielles des arts visuels, les œuvres de Roland Quetsch interpellent notre appréhension de l’espace avec efficacité.
Le travail pictural de Simon Nicholas transcrit des visions des villes à la frontière entre réalité et fiction. Les points de vue plongeants, le choix des cadrages donnent de la ville une vision quasi futuriste et néanmoins familière. Il présente cinq séries de peintures réalisées depuis 2010 : espaces publics, chantiers en construction, intérieurs de galeries, parcs et promenades. Tout autres, les photographies de Petra Sedlaczek saisissent des paysages de nuit. Très cinématographiques, ces images arrêtées figent des espaces désertés dont émane une atmosphère troublante, saisissante, proche d’un thriller.
The work of Roland Quetsch is located somewhere between painterly abstraction and minimalist research, between object and canvas, and falls easily within the history of art and forms of the 20th century. The arrangement of geometric shapes, the choice of colours, the variations in texture and flatness produce some very effective optical games that attempt to redefine the space in which the works are located. Roland Quetsch’s art is rife with an exploration of formal visual arts issues that challenge our understanding of space.
The pictorial work of Simon Nicholas shows a vision of cities that lies somewhere between reality and fiction. The points of view change wildly, the choice of perspective and framing gives the city a quasi-futuristic yet familiar feeling. He presents five series of paintings produced after 2010 that explore themes such as public spaces, construction sites, gallery interiors, parks and promenades. The Gallery’s other space displays photos of nocturnal landscapes by Petra Sedlaczek. Her hugely cinematographic images capture deserted scenes that are frozen in time and from which an intensely disturbing and thriller-like atmosphere emanates.
exposition monographique
falling under the title of Into the Process, these two exhibitions cast a critical light on the role of contemporary design.
Photos : Roland Quetsch / ADAGP Paris, 2014. Courtesy Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Simon Nicholas
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he Design Biennale organised by Mudam and the City of Luxembourg launches for the third time this April. This edition focuses on political, economic and social issues. Indeed, in a contemporary society where major upheavals call into question the value of work, goods and money, design has to do things differently. If design nowadays incorporates all of human production, far surpassing its role of reflecting daily life, its gestures and objects to become an aesthetic, a culture at the service of commerce, what is its place and role in a post-capitalist society where the vast majority of individuals do not have the material means to afford the unnecessary nor much more to consider it? The exhibition Never for Money, Always for Love curated by Anna Loporcaro of Mudam and Portuguese designer Bruno Carvalho presents a selection of designers hailing from Luxembourg and Portugal whose approach to their work raises the question of their role in the context of economic crisis and increasingly scarce natural resources. The two countries have come together to consider the evolution of new uses and needs for the world of today and the society of the future. In the public space, this time on Kinnekswiss in the municipal park, four groups of Luxembourg, Belgian and French designers have created specific pieces for the site incorporating the multiple habits of the park’s users. The spirit of the Biennale can be found in theorist Anselm Jappe’s idea that consists of a theoretical approach that pays particular attention to the fetishistic nature of commodity production, the abstract dimension of all work and the distinction between value and material wealth.
Art contemporain
Jusqu’au 12/04, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, www.bernardceysson.com
Free
peinture et photographie
Jusqu’au 26/04, Galerie Clairefontaine Espaces 1 et 2, www.galerie-clairefontaine.lu
FREE
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