Saturday 26 November 2016

Julika Geissler / Henri Matisse



Henri Matisse
Icarus, plate VIII from the illustrated book 'Jazz'
1947
pochoir
41,9 x 26 cm



With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
Henri Matisse

I’m painting large format flower patterns. It is important that the shape of the flower dissolves into something between testicles, seeds or butts with limbs reminding of arms. These seem to touch and at the same time repel each other. In my paintings it's not clear if the forms are jumping around happily or are just lying there numbed, waiting for their death. The patterns are simple and colorful, the shapes are flat and repetitive. Similar to carpet patterns of which one says that Henri Matisse was also influenced by.
I love the work of Matisse in general but the one I chose stayed in my mind constantly. I was impressed by the beautiful simplified forms floating or falling in front of a pure colorful area, its simple abstraction and the smooth and soft arrangement.
Julika Geissler, 2016




Julika Geissler
BLUE AND ORANGE
2016
acrylic and spray paint on cotton
210 x 400 cm



Julika Geissler
NUDE
2016
acrylic and spray paint on cotton
200 x 180 cm



Julika Geissler (DE)
ORANGE (detail)
2016
textile pattern


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