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September 1 - November 3, 2021
RISSA - Back to painting
DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt on the Main

With the exhibition Rissa – Back to painting, DIE GALERIE dedicates to the wife of the painter Karl Otto Götz (1914 - 2017) an extensive overview of her creative work. The artist, born Karin Martin in 1938, was a student of the master of Informel at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and from 1965 also his wife. Both cultivated an intense exchange around art and society, researching, working, writing and thinking in unison. Yet by 1964 Rissa had already distanced herself from the informal style of painting and embarked on her own artistic path towards representational painting. From the very beginning, it was her intention to stand out with her art and to create something innovative and unique. In her compelling, tension-filled works, Rissa deals in her own way with political and socially critical themes that play a prominent role in social life and affect people in their everyday lives: Global conflicts, religion, sexuality, social interactions, the approach to the environment and the use of natural resources, phobias, neuroses and addictions - all these topics are the object of a profound analysis that unfolds within the two dimensions of the canvas. Through the vibrant power of her colours, Rissa draws the viewer in, first shocking him with the brutal honesty of her illustrations and, in the next step, challenging him to think critically about the uncomfortable truths hidden in her works. After many years in which Rissa had put herself on the sidelines, she now finds time and new inspiration for her own art. With around 30 paintings, prints and drawings, DIE GALERIE proudly presents Rissa's figurative, narrative and very individual visual language. Due to the influence of Karl Otto Götz on Rissa's painting as well as the profound connection between the two artists, DIE GALERIE simultaneously presents a cabinet exhibition dedicated to the master of the Art Informel.

 

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RISSA - BACK TO PAINTING

 

 

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PRESS: Rissa - Ich male wieder - Back to Painting. Eine erstaunliche Ausstellung, Feuilleton Frankfurt, September 20, 2021PRESS: Bilder mit Botschaften. Gemälde von Rissa, FAZ, September 18, 2021
September 1 - November 3, 2021
RISSA - Back to painting
DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt on the Main
October 13 - October 17, 2021
KIAF ART SEOUL
COEX Convention and Exhibition Center
May 15, 2021 - April 24, 2022
Herbert Mehler. Growth - Body - Space. Dialogue with the Goethe-University Campus Westend Frankfurt
Goethe-University Campus Westend Frankfurt/Main
November 10, 2021 - January 12, 2022
Max Ackermann - Retrospective
DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt on the Main
June 20 - October 31, 2021
EISENwege: Zeitgenössische Kleinplastik aus Metallen
Museum Schloss Hellenstein
June 19, 2021 - February 6, 2022
Igor Mitoraj - Façade
Museum Beelden aan Zee, Den Haag
2021-2022
L'universo di Riccardo Cordero (The universe of Riccardo Cordero) - Biennale 2021-2022
Monte Tamaro, Switzerland

Highlight of the month


Rissa
Von der Erde kommend
Oil on canvas
200 x 260 cm
Signed, dated and entitled verso

Rissa, civil name Karin Martin, was born in the GDR in 1938, but fled to the FRG with her family at an early age. In 1959 she began studying painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and became the pupil of her future husband K. O. Götz. Unlike her teacher, Rissa opted for figurative painting early in her artistic career. Her paintings are characterised by strong and clear colours that interact as accurate colour surfaces on the canvas. In terms of content, Rissa deals critically with current, political and social issues in her works.

One of these works is the oil painting Coming from Earth from 1994. In this painting she has processed the events of the Balkan wars (1991-2001).An angel, who had visited the people on earth shortly before, is flying in the sky and bleeding from several injuries on his arms and hands. He is on his way back to God to tell him about the events on earth. In the process, the fountains of blood, which appear like a propulsive blast, and the circular target on the back of the angel's head are reminiscent of the inhuman acts during the war.