Tobias Lehner
dal 9/2/2004 al 27/3/2004
Segnalato da
9/2/2004
Tobias Lehner
Union Projects, London
Music is an important influence on the artist and Lehner draws parallels between the composition of an audio space to that of a two dimensional. He understands the surface of a painting to be a free flowing organisation of space, and as a riverbed flows through dense urban areas, we find that he has created familiar stylistic motifs that link, to create complex and visually tense compositions.
Private View 10/02/04 6 - 9 pm
UNION PROJECTS announces the first solo exhibition in the UK for the
Leipzig-based painter Tobias Lehner.
Breaking away from the Leipzig tradition of figurative painting, Lehner
creates abstract landscapes that start with music as a point of reference.
Music is an important influence on the artist and Lehner draws parallels
between the composition of an audio space to that of a two dimensional. He
understands the surface of a painting to be a free flowing organisation of
space, and as a riverbed flows through dense urban areas, we find that he has
created familiar stylistic motifs that link, to create complex and visually
tense compositions.
These motifs range from pure abstraction to rigid geometry and quotes from art
history. The paintings can be characterised by the strong visual contrast
between these motifs and how they connect uncomfortably with the surrounding
blank spaces that lie on the surface.
Lehner¹s tense landscapes reflect the visual world whereby one has to imagine
and construct the figures as protagonists because his paintings are defined by
a distinct understanding of the abstract and how such a world, seemingly
smooth on the surface operates against the saturation of optical information.
Tobias Lehner was born in 1974 and lives and works in Leipzig, Germany.
UNION PROJECTS presents a changing programme of month-long exhibitions
showcasing work by international contemporary artists, which run in parallel
to the main gallery space at 57 Ewer Street
UNION PROJECTS, 1 AMERICA STREET, LONDON SE1 0NE
The next exhibition at Union will be ŒTo Delphi¹ by Rut Blees Luxemberg which
will run from March  May 2004. We are also pleased to announce the first solo
show of Canadian artist Derek Root at Union Projects which will run from
March - April.
UNION
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