Line/ Colour / Wood
Drawings and Objects
February 12 - April 15, 2012
Opening: February 12, 2012 3.00 p.m.
Official Welcome: Stephan Dransfeld, CEO
Lisa Inckmann, Head of
Kunsthaus Kannen
Artists: Hans-Werner Padberg,
Rosa Benzel, Helmut Paus,
Matthias Klepgen
A varied and colorful prelude to the exhibition year 2012 is the exhibition "line/ colour / wood" with four artists from the studios of the Kunsthaus Kannen. These artists are almost painting, drawing or sculpting for 20 years. The two worlds of sourface and colour provide an insight to the minds of the artists.
The detailed, colourful and carefully drawn works of Rosa Benzel show her sensitivity to the use of colours and forms. Her habit to go into detail as well as her missing strong outlines makes her art fluent, soft and consistent. The artist uses single delicate lines and creates forms and directions by letting them add up to each other. Thus, she lets her thin lines melt into one another and creates impressive pieces of art. Her drawings mostly contain animals, flowers and faces.
For Helmut Paus a line is a possibility to create order. An exact structure and a meticulous working method are very characteristic for his approach to creating art. Every piece is finished line by line. When working on a drawing Paus usually works on the outlines first before filling them with fine lines. By doing so, he creates special colours and shapes. In his late works, though, he begins to break with his sharp outlines and lets go of his exact structures. This is a sign for his constant development as an artist.
Matthias Klepgen combines all of the three elements that lead to the title of the exhibition. His colourful drawings add up to his wooden objects. Many of his pieces contain personal things, which he puts into another context by building them wooden surroundings. In his latest works he uses Christian souvenirs, which he has brought from his pilgrimages, as well as randomly encountered worldly things. By combining these elements he takes them out of their original context and points out a wholly new meaning to them. This makes many of his works bizarre and humorous.
The works of Hans-Werner Padberg have their origin in his perception of his surroundings. His pieces mostly are constructions out of wooden plates and blocks. By combining them, he creates unconventional “landscapes”. Because of their vivid structure and shading the spontaneity of his working process is reflected in his objects. The artist plays with the different qualities of the wood he works with. He uses both smooth, soft surfaces and rough ones, contrasts filigree and coarseness.
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