Picture "Venice" (2014) (Original / Unique piece), framed
Picture "Venice" (2014) (Original / Unique piece), framed
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original painting | signed | oil on canvas | on stretcher frame | framed | size approx. 105 x 85 cm (h/w)
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Picture "Venice" (2014) (Original / Unique piece), framed
Through this work, which was created after a trip to Italy, Kutter's passion for capturing the actual atmosphere of a place becomes clear. For that, the light plays a significant role. The artist deliberately keeps objects and people that do not seem to fit into the idyll in the picture.
Original painting 2014, signed on the back. Oil on canvas, stretched on stretcher frame. Stretcher frame size 100 x 80 cm (h/w). Framed in solid wood shadow gap frame. Size approx. 105 x 85 cm (h/w).
About Ulla Kutter
"The process of colour-sensitive, soft and slow painting contrasts with the speed and indifference of everyday life. I absorb my surroundings and make art out of it."
Ulla Kutter's perception of her surroundings is shaped by a focus on discordant compositions and their aesthetics. The Hamburg-based painter portrays the broken, chaotic and luminous aspects of everyday life in the city. Through her paintings, she creates possibilities for different levels of perception. Her focus lies on the fascinating everyday scenes that most people miss because they want to get to their destination as fast as possible or are even thinking of other things. She takes a lot of her own photos to find a very condensed scene. She often uses several photos for only one picture. After a quick preliminary sketch, these cityscapes are painted with oil in two layers using an old technique. The less pretty and picturesque the surroundings are, the more exciting they are for Ulla Kutter.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art that has been personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolours, drawing, etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there exist the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a type of modern art, that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.
In the history of arts, the starting point of this trend was the work "Les Meules" (1890/1891) by Claude Monet, in which for the first time a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.