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12/4/2008

Alge - Dillmann - Krauskopf

Lingen Kunsthalle, Lingen

The presiding chairperson of the Lingen Kunstverein, Marleen Oberthür, will open the exhibition entitled ‘Alge – Dillmann – Krauskopf, Landscape between Realism and Abstraction’ on Sunday, April 13th, at 11.30 a.m. All rooms in the spacious, light-filled Lingen Kunsthalle will be used to showcase an encounter between three painters who view landscape from highly diverse perspectives, presenting it – often on a large scale – from very different positions. A vast cosmos of perception – whether of the world or of the self – is thus created between apparent photo-realism and pure abstraction

The realism evident in the images created by Ingmar Alge – born in 1971, in the Austrian Vorarlberg region – are aimed not at an unbiased representation of reality, but rather at emotion: at representing “that which lies beyond the horizon, behind the façade”. His preferred subjects are houses and landscapes caught between civilisation and nature: they emit a sense of the melancholy and romantic, but can also be aloof and cool

At first glance, Thomas Dillmann – born in 1968 – appears to paint in the style of photographic realism. His landscapes, with streets and houses, appear over-sharp, and are presented in a semi-monochromatic palette of greys which relies on gently modulated transitions rather than on harsh contrasts. The calculated inhospitality of his scenarios appears to offer a narrative, but – in the final analysis – that promise proves illusory.

Born in 1966, Peter Krauskopf works with glass-like surfaces to create atmospherically charged fields of colour. Mirages, shimmering layers of colour and deep “horizon lines” open up depths in the painting's surface, allows the viewer’s gaze to travel into the distance. The element of air allows infinite space for associations. In this space, despite the essentially pure abstraction of Krauskopf’s work, room is created for emotion and memory

These are just some brief thoughts on an exhibition which, in the form of painting at its purest, focuses on landscape in its broadest sense – a landscape from which, however, mankind and all life forms are largely excluded. This exhibition will truly allow the viewer’s thoughts and gaze to wander into the distance offered by these paintings

Lingen Kunsthalle
Kaiserstrasse, 49809 - Lingen
Opening hours: Tue, Wed, Fri 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Thu 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Sat, Sun 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Free guided tours: Sundays at 11.30 a.m., Thursdays at 6.30 p.m.
Free entrance on Thursdays from 6 p.m.
Entrance: euro 3, concession euro 1.50.

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