SKINAGANZA!

Starting from Atelier LAV's oil paintings, the thread winds its way through the exhibition SKINAGANZA! to the acrylic works of Wolfgang Schwarz.

The two close-up paintings are abstracted into side-by-side skin tones – the colour code of the exhibition – in fabric paintings and skin barks. The colour code extends across several accessories, until it dissolves in the clothing pieces and spatula-applied acrylic works.

In the true spirit of „Skin Extravaganza", the exhibition reflects the beauty, complexity and uniqueness of skin – as well as its inherent artistic and narrative potential. In every work and in the processes in between, both new and specific stories are allowed to take shape.

For the oil paintings, Atelier LAV has overpainted her past work Goose Bumps (2014). The paintings highlight seven complex skin tones of the original motif, which transform in two fabric painting works into a completely abstract colour code.
This colour code is then transferred as a pattern onto handcrafted clutch fanny packs from recycled cellulose-latex mixture as well as scrunchies from undyed and unbleached organic cotton (interlock jersey and tulle).
In the dyed clothing from untreated organic cotton, colour code and pattern dissolve – and become a nuanced unity. The close-up photographs of the worn dyed tulle fabric mirror the original motif and thus close the circle of the series of works.

The spatula-applied acrylic works by Wolfgang Schwarz on reused wooden boards connect and contrast colour and texture. Inspired by the nuances of skin tones and the translucent wood colourations, a harmonious connection between human and nature emerges – contrasted by the accentuated use of vivid colours.
The digitally constructed work Skin Bark connects – as the title reveals – abstracted skin tones with tree bark and thus creates a further arc of tension between the human and the plant envelope.