Galerie Fenna Wehlau - Christine BRUNELLA
Christine Brunella's pictures are insights into an intimate encounter with nature.
In astonishment at the phenomenon, the visible appearance of nature, in the coexistence of plants and animals, in admiration of the beauty of natural forms of existence and in her own echo of this perception, a resonant affiliation, being addressed and resonating develops. We can imagine Christine Brunella as a wanderer who connects with her powers and confronts dystopia.
Brunella consistently works in black and white ink on white or black backgrounds. Setting the entire composition in black and white is an artistic decision with which the artist gives her drawings a strict format. Or rather: a clear format within which she moves with freedom, considers clear rules with complete freedom and conducts clever material experiments. She encloses her drawings in ink or acrylic with a final layer of synthetic resin or shellac. This has a protective function, creates depth in the pictorial space and at the same time reflects the viewer, allowing them to immerse themselves in the pictorial space and thus connecting them with the subject.
We are currently showing works from the series: ‘Dryads’, ginkgo sheets drawn in ink, each individual sheet a work of art in itself, symbolising the immeasurable diversity of life. The drawings in the ‘Moribund’ series in particular tell of the beauty and threat of the forest. Her ‘Poems’ and landscapes are also on display.
Christine Brunella
Christine Brunella was born in 1968 and began to perceive her environment in a special way at an early age. She sees what others don't – or only few are capable of. She is a self-taught artist. She has acquired her skills in order to transform what she sees and experiences (differently) into drawing and/or to design her surroundings. Thus Brunella has found her own very specific, empathetic way of translating what she sees and senses into drawings and objects. She draws ballads. Ballads drawn from her experiences through her visual senses, in this case drawn from nature. | |
Solo exhibitions | |
| 2021 | BOK Galerie Offenbach (with Hannah Schmider/sculpture), Offenbach |
| Arp Galerie (with Hannah Schmider/sculpture), Hanau | |
| Galerie Stefanie Boos, Heidelberg | |
Group exhibitions (selection) | |
| 2021 | Maison d'Art, Paris |
| 2014-21 | "Open Studio Days", ATELIERFRANKFURT, Frankfurt am Main |
| 2019 | "im weitesten Sinne Papier", Galerie KUNST 2, Heidelberg |
Poem 2404 & Poem 2403
2024
Ink on paper on wood under resin • 30 x 20 x 3 cm each
Poem 2405 & Poem 2406
2024
Ink on paper on wood under resin • 30 x 20 x 3 cm each
Ink on black cardboard under resin • 35 x 48 x 3 cm
Ink on black cardboard under resin • 33 x 23 x 3 cm
Ink on black cardboard under resin • 33 x 23 x 3 cm
29,7 x 21 cm
Ink on black cardboard under synthetic resin
Ink on black cardboard under resin • 48 x 35 x 3 cm
29,7 x 21 cm
Ink on black cardboard under synthetic resin
Eisvogel’s home R2309 & Eisvogel’s home, R2309
2023
Acryl, Holz, Harz • je15 x 30 x 3 cm
15 x 15 cm
Acrylic on wood under synthetic resin
10 x 10 cm
Acrylic on wood under synthetic resin
10 x 10 cm
Acrylic on wood under synthetic resin
Ink on black cardboard under resin • 30,8 x 24 x 3 cm
Ink on black cardboard under resin • 30,8 x 24 x 3 cm
