Barbara Rieder

"Art is Art. Everything else is everything else."

Ad Reinhardt

Barbara Rieder is a serious Artist, with a capital A. She pursues her art with sensitivity, calm and - yes - perseverance. She works mainly in series. She has one signature trait: She doesn't limit herself to one style. She changes freely from Abstract Expressionism to Constructivism right up to strikingly figurative portraits.

There is the series called "Structures". Mid-sized canvases that are covered with multiple coats of paint with various tools until a chapped surface is achieved through which all the other layers of color are visible. A risky business because every further coat of material can either kill the painting or give it more life. Its all up to the expertise and know how of the artist. She uses color hues inspired by nature: Earthy colors, Natural Sienna, Burnt Umber, flowery Yellow. Magical landscapes emerge. Then again, through cold Blue and Green with lots of White cloud formations seem to pass by.

Very different her series "Stripes". Tight geometric shapes, squares, stripes in various widths in often contrasting color combinations. Their strict tectonics bring a pleasant organization into the paintings while the treatment of color is simi...

2015: noi - concepts in art, München
2016: Forum, München