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Where the stress falls

Galerie Rainer Gröschl, Kiel
25.01 - 15.09.2024

Sara Petrickova
Ole Goldt In the exhibition “Where the Stress Falls”, the two painters Sára Petríčková and Ole Goldt
engage in an intimate dialogue. Their works reveal numerous parallels in their use of form
and color, which consistently convey a hint of nostalgia. This is achieved through a color
palette dominated by Polaroid-like, muted tones, as well as through direct quotations from
retro films, causing traces and fragments of the past to emerge repeatedly. But what drives two young artists at the beginning of their careers to such a painting style? In discussing their work, they identified a commonality that might answer this question: They feel stressed by the world in which they live. This touches upon a theme that has recently become very popular in the humanities: Society seems to be accelerating, especially since the advent of digitalization, while painting is declared either dead or alive in increasingly shorter cycles. In the resulting, nearly overwhelming maze of styles, Petríčková and Goldt present a great sensitivity to the emotional impact that this global development can have on individuals in their everyday lives. While Goldt's paintings are marked by a visually conveyed disorientation that suggests the perspective of a lost subject, the figures in Petríčková’s paintings are depicted in moments of extreme tension, often in the context of combative confrontation. Both oeuvres create an impression of urgency that seems to approach an inner crisis, thus hinting at a profound engagement with the pace and pressure of modern life. Their paintings are not only an expression of their personal reactions to today’s world, but also a reflection on the emotional and aesthetic challenges brought about by these dynamics.

Maxim Lewandowski

Photos include works by Sara Petrickova.

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