MARTINA STECKHOLZER

Belonging. Die Lauer, 2017, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Beth. Die Lauer, 2016, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Clarice’s Garden. Die Lauer, 2016, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Composition D With Blue. Die Lauer, 2017, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

For Me As a Performer. Die Lauer, 2020, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Hin und her. Die Lauer, 2016, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Musse. Die Lauer, 2016, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Nothing Happens For Quite a While. Die Lauer, 2016, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Philein. Die Lauer, 2015, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Postures. Die Lauer, 2017, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Souterrains. Die Lauer, 2016, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Wenn gefragt wird. Die Lauer, 2016, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Who Is Alma? Die Lauer, 2015, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Zwei Hunde. Die Lauer, 2020, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Belonging. Die Lauer, 2017, 140 × 160 cm, pigment on canvas

Ann. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Catherine. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Christine. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Delphine. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Frédérique. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Gloria. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Gretchen. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Helen. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Isabelle. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Joan. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Marie-Françoise. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Paule. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Ann. Un Jeu de Paume, 2019, 22 × 21 cm, pigment on paper

Falk. The Readers, 2020, 34 × 28 cm, pigment on paper

Felix. The Readers, 2020, 34 × 28 cm, pigment on paper

Maresi. The Readers, 2020, 34 × 28 cm, pigment on paper

Markus. The Readers, 2020, 34 × 28 cm, pigment on paper

Mavie. The Readers, 2020, 34 × 28 cm, pigment on paper

Peter. The Readers, 2020, 34 × 28 cm, pigment on paper

Tim. The Readers, 2020, 34 × 28 cm, pigment on paper

Falk. The Readers, 2020, 34 × 28 cm, pigment on paper

The Performers. A Lent, 2018, 140 × 240 cm, pigment on canvas

The Piano. A Lent, 2018, 140 × 240 cm, pigment on canvas

The Doubt. A Lent, 2018, 140 × 240 cm, pigment on canvas

The Mechanical Bird. A Lent, 2018, 140 × 240 cm, pigment on canvas

The Movements. A Lent, 2018, 140 × 240 cm, pigment on canvas

The Noise. A Lent, 2018, 140 × 240 cm, pigment on canvas

The Performers. A Lent, 2018, 140 × 240 cm, pigment on canvas

For. No, 2019, 29 × 35 cm, pigment on paper

That Is. No, 2019, 29 × 35 cm, pigment on paper

To. No, 2019, 29 × 35 cm, pigment on paper

Where. No, 2019, 29 × 35 cm, pigment on paper

Which. No, 2019, 29 × 35 cm, pigment on paper

For. No, 2019, 29 × 35 cm, pigment on paper

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With Martina Steckholzer painting is documentary, deconstructive and poetic. In large-format room images, she looks at exhibition architecture and stages of contemporary discourse. Steckholzer empties, abstracts and generates space. To do this, she uses the most minimal tool in painting: pigment, dense or flowing on the surface. Empty as they are, the picture spaces become open stages and foreboding documentary traces. An affirmative and projective type of institutional criticism is emerging.

Martina Steckholzer understands art, time and others in and through painting.

The gaze is more intimate in the works on paper. Here it is faces and bodies that are quickly applied to small-format paper. Dye and water react in a fleeting moment to form vulnerable surfaces. Steckholzer writes fragmentary texts for the painting and adds them to the pictures depending on the exhibition context.

—Alice Reil, 2020

Design: Astrid Seme, Studio

Code: Gerhard Jordan

Typeface: The Pyte Foundry