Galerie Bernhard | Dicke Luft

Dicke Luft, 2019

Sophie Gogl, Anna under Water, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 80 cm

Victoria Palacios, One searches, the other stays, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 166 x 143 cm

Paul Collins, Untitled (Fall), 2018, Acrylic & ink on linen, 100 x 81 cm

David Hominal, Untitled, 2018, Encaustic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm

Victoria Palacios, Untitled, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 29 x 23 cm

Kayode Ojo, You dressed him like me?, 2018, ASOS Slim Blazer in Caramel Velvet, ZEROYAA Mens Regular Fit Long Sleeve Shiny Satin Silk Like Danke Prom Dress t-shirt Tops Z6 Army Green, Bebe Glam Fringe Collar Necklace, Aviator glasses, and DIY Craft Jewelry Making, 230 x 40 x 20 cm

Tadaaki Kuwayama, Untitled, 1966, Acrylic on canvas, 44 x 44 cm

Paul Collins, Muselet (Etude de perspective), 2014, Aluminium, 60 x 80 cm, Open edition

Georgia Gardner Gray, Mariahilfer Strasse, 2018, Oil on canvas, 160 x 90 cm

Leda Bourgogne, Tongue-Twister, 2019, Wood, velvet, bleach & letter slots, 160 x 99 cm

Arthur Chaves, Untitled, 2019, Mixed media, 230 x 82 cm

Laurent Dupont, Twenty Peanuts, 2018, Oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm

Christophe de Rohan Chabot, Untitled (Capture d'écran 2018-01-22 19.07.26), 2018, Digital print mounted on aluminium & acrylic glass, 50 x 50 cm

Christophe de Rohan Chabot, Untitled (horror_mask_scratched_clown_face 2-jpg), 2018, Digital print mounted on aluminium & acrylic glass, 45 x 30 cm

David Ostrowski, Lieber eine Party, als eine gute Partie (Political Paintings), 2019, Acrylic, lacquer & paper on canvas, 201 x 151 cm

Patricio Lima, After William Anastasi, 2019, Oil on wood panel, wax and lead, 26.5 x 21.5 cm

Puppies Puppies, Carton of cigarettes from Thailand, 2012, Tobacco, paper, glue, plastic, 28 x 9 x 5 cm

Anonymous (Alpine Countries), Pestsegen, 18th century, Horn, bone, rock crystal, paper, silver, glass, fabric, 10 x 4.5 cm
Anonymous (Germany), Skull Pomander, circa 1690, Silver-gillt and gold, 6 x 5 cm

Matthew Langan-Peck, Certain Mind, 2016, Plastic bags, electric air pump, LED light, 90 x 290 x 190 cm

Lisa Jo, Put Out and Delete, 2019, Oil on linen, 100 x 80 cm

Lisa Jo, Participation is Everything, 2019, Oil on linen, 100 x 80 cm

Lisa Jo, Breeding Love in Misery, 2018, Oil on linen, 120 x 70 cm

Anne Speier, Windows Shopping, 2019, Acrylic and UV-Print on canvas, 100 x 100 cm

Aribert von Ostrowski, Avantgarde, 2006, Oil, aluminium foil and canvas, 100 x 85 cm

Juliette Blightman, 13th of August Berlin (with World), 2018, Gouache and pencil on paper, 42 x 30 cm

Patricio Lima, Petite Salope, 2019, Oil on canvas, 19 x 24 cm

Giangiacomo Rossetti, Untitled, 2019, Pastel and pencil on paper, artist frame, 52 x 45 cm

Sophie von Hellermann, Die Schlafenden bewegen die Welt, 2019, Oil on canvas, 180 x 220 cm

Dicke Luft herrscht in der Galerie Bernhard. Das bedeutet, es ist merklich angespannt. Eigentlich hiess diese Ausstellung Geisterbahn und obwohl es sich immer noch so anfühlt, stimmt das nicht mehr so. Denn Die Schlafenden bewegen die Welt und das Geschick der Lebenden überwiegt jenes der Toten. Der Tod, der kommt nur einmal pro Leben, gelebt wird aber jeden Tag.

Und die Malerei, die kleine Schlampe, die macht es eh gerne mit Vielen. Denn am Ende geht es nicht darum, worin wir uns gleichen, sondern was wir gemeinsam tun.

Dicke Luft reigns at Galerie Bernhard. The German idiom explains, it’s noticeably tense. Originally, the exhibition was called Geisterbahn (haunted house) and although it still feels like that, that’s no longer true. Die Schlafenden bewegen die Welt (the sleeping move the world) and the fate of the living outweighs that of the dead. Death only happens once per life, but people live every day.

And painting, Petite Salope, gets on with many. But in the end, it’s not about how we are alike, but what we do together.

– Tenzing Barshee