Harder Better
Angélique Heidler

In Angélique Heidler’s paintings, figures are set against a variety of backgrounds, media and motifs. Small add-ons and decorative elements frame, or adorn, them. They are appealing: glittery, fluffy, smooth, pink, shiny and small. Most of these objects were found in charity or 1-euro stores – perhaps cheapness and glamour do not exclude each other. Their placements are based on personal and ad hoc decisions, like a plot that never settles into a single meaning. On large-scale canvases, they sometimes interlock, then dematerialise again. Heidler approaches these visual moments in her compositions: in some paintings, the surface opens up; in others, it withdraws, revealing only hints without anticipating all scope for interpretation.

Exhibition Text (by Leonie Schmiese)
Floorplan

Die Leere im Warenglanz (Berliner Morgenpost)

The exhibition is funded by La Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques.