Matthias Bitzer

Opening: Friday, March 26, 2004, 7pm
Duration: March 27 through May 8, 2004

Matthias Bitzer’s first exhibition at the KUTTNER SIEBERT Galerie presents ample insight into his artistic creation. The very different and unique works of art come together to form an installation, disclosing a rich contrast in both content and form. The centre-piece presented at the gallery is a wall painting. Within its crystalline structure, the lines consolidate into dynamic energy fields. It brings to light the transition between object and space, and acts as an interface between the décor and the severity of the other pieces. The wall painting, as well as the collection of splintered, form-breaking pictures, reminds us of the graphic look of the applied arts and fashion of futurist Giacomo Balla or of Warwara Stepanowa, representatives of the early 20th century avant-garde movement. In the water colours of female fashion models the artist creates an impression, which at first appears altogether contrary. The source for these images can be found in fashion and life-style magazines. The decorative element either finds its way to the clothing or frames the nudes with woven filigree strands of colour. The comparison between the varied samples of Bitzer’s work awakes a polarity between rationality and emotionality, between character and abstraction. The artist’s spray paintings can be seen as the essence of both extremes. The way they have been worked betrays a consciously placed gesture, simultaneously revealing an amorphous space, the imponderable breadth of emotional spontaneity.