Helene Appel / texts, Rosanna McLaughlin, Matilda Felix, Davide Ferri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Appel, Helene, 1976- artist.

McLaughlin, Rosanna, writer of added commentary.

Felix, Matilda, writer of added commentary.

Ferri, Davide, writer of added commentary.

Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, host institution.

Touchstones Rochdale, host institution.

Standardized Title:

Helene Appel (Hatje Cantz)

Language:

English

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Appel, Helene, 1976---Exhibitions.

Appel, Helene.

Painting, German--21st century.

Painting, German.

Physical Description:

123 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Helene Appel : among trees, among sand grains

Among trees, among sand grains

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2023]

Language Note:

Contributions in English, German, and Italian.

Summary:

"Representations of Our Relation to the Environment.In her painting, Helene Appel reflects the things of everyday life with high precision. Appel presents her cropped subjects in plan view, on untreated canvas in a 1:1 scale. If one takes a closer look, though, this attitude reveals its radical nature. Detaching herself completely from the tradition of still life, Appel does not strive to develop a painterly signature, nor does she emphasize her distinctive ductus. Instead, she carefully seeks an adequate mode of expression for each of her pictorial objects, thus emphasizing their particular physical presence. Despite the realistic representation, Appel's works evoke a sense of a high degree of abstraction. The impression is that of a distanced look that creates a tension between the familiar and the unaccustomed questioning the relationship we have to our environment."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, Germany, February-March 2022; and Touchstones Rochdale, Rochdale, UK, May-August 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of the exhibition "Representation" held at the Städtische Galerie, Delmenhorst, February - March, 2022; "Among Trees, Among Sand Grains", Touchstone Rochdale, May - August, 2023.

ISBN:

9783775752596

3775752595

OCLC:

1328005897

Publisher Number:

9783775752596