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Trautwein Herleth is pleased to present the gallery’s second solo exhibition with Brussels-based, German-born artist, Jannis Marwitz. The exhibition, titled The Directionality of Fur, comprises new paintings executed on wood panels, linen, copper, brass and board.
Marwitz’s latest body of work continues his engagement with painting’s history – both through direct art historical citation, such as his quotation of Frans Snyder’s 17th century painting, Fable of Fox and Heron, as well as his more elliptical references to biblical themes, mythology and still life painting. The exhibition’s title refers to an essay on adornment, which examines hair as a vehicle for accentuation or “directional ornament” (Richtungsschmuck).
Despite these references, Marwitz paints mostly from life. The figures that populate his chaotic and collaged tableaux are life size puppets, staged in the studio and...More
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Trautwein Herleth is pleased to present the gallery’s second solo exhibition with Brussels-based, German-born artist, Jannis Marwitz. The exhibition, titled The Directionality of Fur, comprises new paintings executed on wood panels, linen, copper, brass and board.
Marwitz’s latest body of work continues his engagement with painting’s history – both through direct art historical citation, such as his quotation of Frans Snyder’s 17th century painting, Fable of Fox and Heron, as well as his more elliptical references to biblical themes, mythology and still life painting. The exhibition’s title refers to an essay on adornment, which examines hair as a vehicle for accentuation or “directional ornament” (Richtungsschmuck).
Despite these references, Marwitz paints mostly from life. The figures that populate his chaotic and collaged tableaux are life size puppets, staged in the studio and...More
