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Dissolution 06, 2022
Oil, photography, aluminium
22,5 × 30,3 cm
Signed, dated and titled on the verso
Provenance:
Studio of the artist
Literature:
Blau: Von farblichen Akzenten zur Monochromie V, Ausst.-Kat. Galerie Koch, Hannover 2023, S. 70f.
In the series "Grand Dissolution/Dissolution", created in 2022, the artist Andrea Neuman, who lives in Berlin and Brandenburg, reflects "a society in transition", which is characterised by "an aggressive process of decay, destruction and dissolution (dissolution)" (Andrea Neuman). The individual pieces in the series, created using different artistic techniques but with analogue design principles, form independent, self-contained works of art.
In "Dissolution 03 and 06", Neuman combines photography with oil painting, figuration with abstraction and contrasts a grid structure with diffuse formlessness. The creative process of the works reflects the social change Neuman has observed. Dissolution 03 and 06 are based on the artist's photographs of urban landscapes, which are synonymous with social coexistence. Neuman breaks this up by reworking the figurative depictions with a polychrome colour composition in a grid structure. In a further step, the artist deconstructs this spatial order by blurring the blue and grey tones and exposing details of the photograph by scratching the surface. The result is diffuse colour spaces with isolated human figures, detached from any spatial and social context.
In "Dissolution 03 and 06", Neuman combines photography with oil painting, figuration with abstraction and contrasts a grid structure with diffuse formlessness. The creative process of the works reflects the social change Neuman has observed. Dissolution 03 and 06 are based on the artist's photographs of urban landscapes, which are synonymous with social coexistence. Neuman breaks this up by reworking the figurative depictions with a polychrome colour composition in a grid structure. In a further step, the artist deconstructs this spatial order by blurring the blue and grey tones and exposing details of the photograph by scratching the surface. The result is diffuse colour spaces with isolated human figures, detached from any spatial and social context.