This November, Escat Gallery is pleased to present Unfolding, the first ever solo exhibition by Carolin Kreutzer (Hamburg, Germany, 1981).
Each of Kreutzer’s compositions unfolds, layer by layer and edge by edge, a delicate tension between control and freedom to their essence. Through geometric forms and fields of homogeneous colour tones, the German artist creates a space of calm and stillness. The unfolding process mirrors the artist’s own journey: the gradual revealing of her voice, her reflection and her evolving relationship with the world around her in which she observes, shifts perspectives and translates through forms and colours. In her own words, “I have painted for as long as I can remember, and I have been thinking for as long as I have been painting”.
I have painted for as long as I can remember, and I have been thinking for as long as I have been painting
Carolin Kreutzer
Through the precision of her geometric abstraction and the invisible brushstrokes, Kreutzer explores the balance between shared values and individual freedom, questioning how we define ourselves amidst societal pressures. Her shapes hold within them the quiet complexity of human experience between contrast and harmony, where introspection becomes possible.
Each hue, carefully chosen after sketches and compositional studies, offers a moment of pause, a chance to engage intangible emotions visible through abstraction, where perception itself can be shifted and unfolded.
© Text and Photo Courtesy of Carolin Kreutzer and Escat Gallery
