Jens Wolf
dal 20/10/2005 al 31/12/2005
Segnalato da
20/10/2005
Jens Wolf
Le Grand Cafe' Centre d'art contemporain, Saint-Nazaire
The forms that the artist paints, off-centre or cut short by the broken edges of the support, seem spatially and temporally unstable. This opens up an imaginative space for the viewer. Whether we take them to be sketches or to be rebuses, these paintings propose a sensorial experience being played out in the here-and-now.
Solo show
Curator Sophie Legrandjacques
From the 22nd october to the 31st December 2005, the Grand Cafè contemporary
art centre hosts a solo show by Jens Wolf, his first in France and his first in a
public institution.
Like all abstract painters of his generation, Jens Wolf (born in 1967) is faced with
the question of the meaning that form - in this case geometric form - has for us
today.
Though he deals with the question of surface and ground, of colour, of the limits of
painting, as did the 1950s american abstract painters to whom he occasionally
directly refers (Frank Stella, Barnett Newman), he does not follow them in looking
to neutralize the picture plane.
Quite the opposite: he (re)introduces imperfections (the roughness and the patterns
of the wooden support, breaks) which amplify the painting's materiality and our
perceptual sensations.
The forms that Jens Wolf paints, off-centre or cut short by the broken edges of the
support, seem spatially and temporally unstable. This opens up an imaginative space
for the viewer. Whether we take them to be sketches or to be rebuses, these
paintings propose a sensorial experience being played out in the here-and-now.
The exhibition at the Grand Cafè brings together a group of older and recent
works, and unveils a wall-painting created for the event.
Opening: Friday, October 21, 7 PM
Le Grand Cafè
Place des Quatre Z'Horloges - Saint Nazaire
Hours: Daily (except Monday) 2 PM to 7 PM, Sunday 3PM to 6PM