Werkstättengalerie der Deutschen Werkstätten, Elisabeth Sonneck, Passaglia, 2016

Exhibition Elisabeth Sonneck: Passacaglia

27.4.2016-26.8.2016

It’s about ... connecting this simple and lucid painting with an equally simple and lucid movement of the body. The application of the colour and movement of the body form a symbiosis.

The formal structure of the image field due to contradictions and their removal results in a dynamic balance, counteracting the fixed definition of visual facts. You could say that the process-bound form of production of the image is translated into the simultaneous movement of the finished painting, and vice versa, this is a reminder of the physical process of the creation.

Ulrich Loock (From: Elisabeth Sonneck – In Farbe, 2011)

View into the exhibition

The title Passacaglia (originally a Spanish dance of the late Renaissance) addresses the central aspects of Elisabeth Sonneck’s work: the rhythmic organisation of colour in relation to the physical range of the artist, the frequent motif of passage in her site-specific works and the temporary, varying experience of colour.

Werkstättengalerie, Exhibition Passacaglia, © art Elisabeth Sonneck, © Photo Lothar Sprenger