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ANJA SCHWÖRER 1971 born in Kandel, Germany lives and works in Berlin
In Anja Schwörer’s pictures, the confrontation between
various creative means leads to a broad surface structure of patterns,
colours and dark/light contrasts. By colouring and discolouring
the canvas, and with the interplay between formal construction and
deconstruction, Anja Schwörer creates abstract worlds of unusual
intensity. When a dark grid of pointed, angular elements stretches
in contrast over a light, shimmering background, or bright lines
radiate towards a point on a dark base, intensifying into a focus
of light, her crystalline structures remind the viewer of both dynamic
futurism and the language of architectural expressionism. When looking
at such details, the creative power of light in Anja Schwörer’s
pictures becomes evident: like an archaic representation of the
sun, the concentration of lines radiates into a point of escape;
in other pictures, by using bleach-treated canvas, the artist surrounds
geometric shapes with an intangible aura.
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| Exhibitions |
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| 2005 | Jacob Dahl Jürgensen & Anja Schwörer,
croy nielsen, Berlin “Painting Matters”, KUTTNER SIEBERT Galerie, Berlin (group) “Andernfalls ist es nur eine Schwingung des Äthers”, glue, Berlin (group) Hammelehle und Ahrens, Köln (solo) |
| 2004 | “Let there be light”, Konsortium, Düsseldorf
(solo) |
| 2003 | “Bang Bang Berlin”, Bergstübl
Projekte, Berlin (group) |
| 2002 | “Pleasing Thoughts”, 12 Positionen der
Malerei, Galerie griedervonputtkamer, Berlin (group) “Die Superzelle”, Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe (group) “Peripher”, Kunstverein Pforzheim (group) |
| 2001 | “Die Vertreibung der Händler aus dem Tempel”, Kunstfabrik, Berlin |
