Berlin | ArtRegion: Berlin, Kreuzberg

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Grace Weaver: DROOP

11. Juni – 29. August 2021

Grace Weaver went inside herself. And stayed for almost a full year. In introspect seclusion, she read and looked and reconsidered her vocabulary: What of all images, motifs and colors? What’s viable, what carries on? She wanted to paint up close, be present. And she did. Her new paintings might well be her most personal ones, so far.

To begin with, she muted her colors, made them sombre. Yet once the eyes become acquainted with their sparsity, ochres and browns, subtle yellows, reds and rosy hues of flesh, shimmering whites, greys and blacks are as nuanced as ever, possibly even richer. This warm tonality brings forth an unrestricted openness—as expressive as sensual—which evolved with Weaver’s own growing sensibility.