In her recent works Christa Näher has managed to arrive at her very own version of a baroque imagery. The larger than life pictures and drawings take up some of the artists favourite motives. Like her 'horse portraits'. In the most recent 'castrati portraits' (Kastratenbilder) on the other hand she confronts us with irritating 'artificial figures' (Kunstfiguren) that reflect on today's reality and the conditions of artistic production.
In her first cinematic work 'Nachgesang' Näher looks back on her very personal and nearly life-long relationship to a specific locality, Castle Wolfegg near Lindau on Lake Constance, and thus creates as it were a frame and a setting that help us understand her work better.
Curator:
Nicolaus Schafhausen, Director Frankfurter Kunstverein
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| Photo:
private / Christa
Näher and Georg Herold in front of Goffredo, 2000 |
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