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① Artwork:
Plumpsack or Ene Mene Miste-Say It We Play It
The title of this painting refers to children's games where players both chase and are chased—finding their way without seeing anything. The artist commemorates these games in a composition that tells the same story even when it is turned upside down. The artist's dynamic work frequently depicts expressively bent figures in spaces that the protagonists dissect, organize and animate. About the pandemic years, Schwarz says: "The last two years were, and still are, violently turbulent. One repeatedly had to figure out the ground one was standing on and, more importantly—with whom you were standing."
Schwarz's work draws from ancient myth and philosophy as much as from our contemporary moment—combining the present and the past with a subtle portion of sarcasm and dark humor. The artist's paintings function as both inward- and outward-directed observations, exploring personal questions about love, new beginnings and the celebration of life. Schwarz's work also examines identity and current sociological, psychological and political issues. The artist's compositions are both allegorical and steeped in riddles, functioning as dynamic processes suspended in time.
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③ Artist:
Tina Schwarz’s sarcastic and darkly humorous paintings are both explorations of personal questions—including love and the celebration of life—and examinations of current sociological, psychological and political issues. The artist’s dynamic compositions feature expressively bent and transformed figures in spaces that the protagonists dissect, organize and animate. Drawing from ancient myth and philosophy as much as from our contemporary moment, Schwarz’s works are steeped in riddles; they are allegorical and dynamic processes immersed in their time, critically engaging viewers as they lead them floating through a dream.
BIO:
Tina Schwarz was born in 1977. The artist studied painting at the Academie Beeldende Kunst Maastricht in the Netherlands.
Solo exhibitions of Schwarz’s work have taken place at: Slag Gallery in New York City (2021 and 2018); Galerie Kornfeld, in a two-person show with Robert Fry, in Berlin, Germany (2017); MARTINETZ Gallery in Cologne, Germany (2016); Slag Gallery in New York City (2016); Galerie Artepari in Graz, Austria (2015); Galerie Marc Schmidt in Berlin, Germany (2014); Galerie alex51 in Maastricht, the Netherlands (2014); TEAPOT Gallery in Cologne, Germany (2013); Kunstwerke in Cologne, Germany (2013); and the TEAPOT Gallery in Cologne, Germany (2011).
Group exhibitions that have shown Schwarz's work include: Paper Positions Berlin, a two-artist exhibition (2019); Volta Basel in Switzerland (2019); Not Dark Yet, a group exhibition at Kunsthaus Muerz in Mürzzuschlag, Austria (2018); Berlin Calling/works on paper at Galerie Kornfeld in Berlin, Germany (2018); the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Benefit Auction in New York City (2018); the Rema Hort Mann Foundation in Los Angeles, California (2018); We Could Be Heroes at MPHQ London/Cologne Project Space (2017); Future Former at Hooper Projects in Los Angeles, California (2016); DRIFTS at Slag Gallery in New York City (2016); and 20 Jahre Kunstgruppe at Salon in Cologne, Germany (2016); among others.
Schwarz lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
The title of this painting refers to children's games where players both chase and are chased—finding their way without seeing anything. The artist commemorates these games in a composition that tells the same story even when it is turned upside down.More
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