Catching Up

Ten more days to go till the end of my exposition and it’s time for a little mid-term update. Guess what? I got recognized on the street yesterday. “Nice article!” someone said. Palms of my hands sweating, I run walk briskly  to the nearest newspaper stand and buy 5 copies of Aargauer Zeitung - utterly failing to look nonchalant. :-) Frantically leafing through I get to the page 32 and tah-dah! – here I am. 

 

Aargauer Zeitung from 16. Feb 2011. Click to enlarge.

Ursula Burgherr (www.ursulaburgherr.ch), a journalist from the Aargauer Zeitung, did a great job translating my chaotic, mosaic-like bits of thoughts into smooth romantic impressions on life, people and Swiss culture. 

Quite a few visitors passed by the showroom after reading the article, and thank you for all the nice emails and sms :-).  Next Saturday, Feb 26^th I am making a little closing event at Unikat (Obere Halde 32, Baden) from 17h to 21h. I am looking forward to see more of you there, to share a glass of something, and to cheer for the coming spring.

Have a warm weekend.

Love,

AB

Thank you

It is kind of strange, really: I can’t find the right words to share my impressions and thoughts about my vernissage in the showroom UNIKAT last Friday evening… Perhaps because all I wanted to express, I said in my paintings, or because photographs are so vivid, they can speak for themselves…

Looking for quotes about art, I found and liked very much this one of Friedrich Nietzsche: “There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.”  It made me think about the atmosphere at the opening: if it was not cheerful, it was certainly very warm. An intensive exchange of impressions and ideas, and thoughts. Challenging and stimulating at the same time.

So all I want to say is Thank you. To those who came and shared this event with me, and to those who encourage my artistic search from afar. It really means a lot to me.

Last preparations...

 Culture journalist and actress Verena Hoehne kindly agreed to do a reading and share her thoughts about art.

Stella  (left) with a friend

Thank you and have a great week.

Love,

AB

Size doesn’t matter

You are not thinking what I am thinking. Think ART. Think SPACE. Think UNIKAT. It’s a tiny showroom in the old part of Baden (Switzerland) which welcomes artists, big and small, if there is such a thing… Tonight is a vernissage of two sisters: paintings by Heidi Sauter, and wonderful ceramic by her sister Monika.

A perfect harmony of colours and shapes.

It seems this petite atelier expands itself , fitting to the mood of the evening. Large art pieces do not overwhelm the space but complete it. I am fascinated and puzzled. I hope the same magic will happen in February, when my paintings will be shown in Unikat (yey!)… I am thinking lots of tropical flowers, "Glühwein", candles and snow outside…  Let’s see. All  details about the exposition will be posted additionally.

 Esther Domedi, the owner of Unikat and the artist herself welcomes quests...

I wish you a unique weekend.

Love,

AB