Eva Castringius
dal 10/4/2003 al 31/5/2003
Segnalato da
10/4/2003
Eva Castringius
Galerie Wieland, Berlin
In her new series of paintings, Point Brake, Castringius combines isolated architectural and structural elements with colorful backgrounds which flow, ebb, and dissolve. Interactions develop between the depiction of three-dimensional objects, bits of text, and areas of color, intensified by the foreshortening effects of her perspectival drawing.
'Point Brake'
galerie wieland is pleased to announce Point Brake, a solo show of new works by
Eva Castringius.
As an artist, Castringius is interested in the solutions developed by urban
planners in dealing with the perennial water supply problems of Los Angeles - a
city which is, after all, built in a desert by the sea. She is intrigued by the
Los Angeles River Aqueduct and especially in the numerous flood control channels
snaking maze-like throughout the urbanized Los Angeles basin. These deep
concrete trenches - familiar as backdrops to many Hollywood thrillers and TV
crime dramas, and exploited for their characteristic look of abandonment and
futuristic austerity - were built to protect the city from inundation by
periodic flash floods. Their Spartan forms are the result of both ambitious
engineering and pragmatic construction concerns, with very little consideration
given to the ecological problems that these artificial rivers create.
During her residency at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles in 2001 and in subsequent
visits to the city, Castringius investigated the phenomena of these dense
networks of 'water freeways,' manmade riverbeds which strangely remain empty and
bone dry for most of the year. She transforms these amalgamations of nature and
artifice into psychedelically inflected views that are pushed to the point of
abstraction.
In her new series of paintings, Point Brake, Eva Castringius combines isolated
architectural and structural elements with colorful backgrounds which flow, ebb,
and dissolve. Interactions develop between the depiction of three-dimensional
objects, bits of text, and areas of color, intensified by the foreshortening
effects of her perspectival drawing. Within these rainbow-hued - and decidedly
'So-Cal' landscapes - isolated terms like Control, Point Brake or Flood add
further associative layers to the contemplation of these graceless and ominously
vacant architectural environments.
In the image: 'pint brake'.
opening reception: Friday, April 11, 2003, 7pm
gallery hours: Wed-Fri 2pm-7pm, Sat 12-5pm
open weekend: April 11 & 12, 2003, 7pm-11pm
Further information: Please contact the gallery at tel. +49-30-28385751 or go to
the website.
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On April 11 & 12 the 'open weekend Kunst Mitte Nord' will take place for the
third time. The art spaces north of Torstrasse will be open from 7pm-11pm.
exhibition recommendation:
David Galbraith / Teresa Seemann
'Secret Chance Landscape'
at Innocence & Mystery, Ackerstr. 18, 10115 Berlin
open: April 11 & 12, 2003, from 4pm - 11 pm
galerie wieland
ackerstr. 5
10115 berlin
fon: +49-30-28 38 57 51
fax: +49-30-28 38 57 52