exhibited:

14.03.-12.04. FLORIN KOMPATSCHER, Neonville, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Wien, AT



Neonville brings together works by Florin Kompatscher from the past two years, during which the artist increasingly embraced a new, luminous color palette. The introduction of a layer of acrylic paint in neon colours contrasts with the subsequent layers of oil and pigments. Complex patterns emerge in elaboration with a brush, altered by scraping with spatulas, or distorted by peeling off adhesive tape: fan-like linear structures that begin to vibrate in their overlapping; checkered grids, broken at the edges and set into motion; painted areas with both blurred and precisely executed contour lines. This interplay of light and shadow is created purely through color. The high-contrast juxtaposition within the palette gives the impression of backlighting, defining the character of Florin Kompatscher’s new works.