Chris Roth

I study perception, bias, memory and filtering. As a psychologist I am conscious of the information processing involved in perception and memory. I work with the ever-changing recollections and filters that we consciously and unconsciously superimpose on our memories.
I make filters visible. I distort colors, I warp forms. I often scratch image surfaces to emphasize the two-dimensionality of the canvas, to turn it into a scratched glass pane or mirror. I deliberately choose non-natural colors, I shift into the colorful, garish, absurd.
At the same time, drippings, brushstrokes with a clear flow and engraved messages make the artistic process as visible as possible. I want the image (like memory) to be decodeable as a product of conscious and unconscious work. I want to make the color tangible and the process observable.

I work fast and mobile. Acrylic paint is usually the medium of my choice. I use paint from tubes as well as acrylic markers and acrylic paint in spray cans. I see myself as an urban flower: What is good enough for graffiti tags is good enough for my art.
I work on unstretched canvases. I appreciate the lightness and - at the same time - sturdiness. I frame them in heavy oak slats, which maintains their relativ...

Studied media design. Studied psychology.
Worked. Wrote. Painted.
Always painted.

Single Exhibitions:

18. Oktober - 10. November 2019
“vibration - dazwischen”, Villa Wieser, Herxheim (Pfalz), Deutschland

Group Exhibitions:

Seit Januar 2020
„19.1.1919 – 100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht“, Rathaus Herxheim, Herxheim (Pfalz)

31. Oktober – Mitte November 2019
„19.1.1919 – 100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht“, Kreishaus des Landkreises Ahrweiler, Bad-Ems, Deutschland

Oktober – November 2019
Ausstellung der drei Gemälde „I Can Not Stand By“, „Straight Ahead“ und „I Envy You The Flowers“ im Rathaus Herxheim (Pfalz), Deutschland

05. Oktober – 26. Oktober 2019
„Internationale Kunstausstellung – ROT“, Besteckfabrik Hesse – Technisches Museum, Schmallenberg-Fleckenberg, Deutschland

17. Mai - August 2019
„19.1.1919 – 100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht“, Blaues Rathaus, Bockenheim, Deutschland

14. Februar - 30. März 2019
„19.1.1919 – 100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht“, Stadtmuseum Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Deutschland

23. November 2018 - 19. Januar 2019
„19.1.1919 – 100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht“, Museum Herxheim, Herxheim (Pfalz), Deutschland

Performances:

29. März 2019
„Free Art.“ Stadtgebiet Mannheim, Mannheim, Deutschland

16. März 2019
„Revolt.“ Stadtmuseum Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Deutschland