Hauser & Wirth in New York is hosting an exhibition “Kline Rape” by Rita Ackermann that will be on view through January 14, 2017.“Kline Rape” is an exhibition of new paintings by Budapest-born New York based artist Rita Ackermann. The exhibition features two bodies of work- ‘Stretcher Bar Paintings’ and the ‘Kline Rape’ series. ‘Stretcher Bar Paintings’ take their title from the emergence of X-ray like imprints which surface when impressions of paint and pigment become transpired with the structural presence of the picture plane itself. The artist preferred to keep this anomaly intact, forging the series after their disadvantage. Proportionate to the human body, the synthesization of such attributes form fractured compositions where the background and foreground collapse, revealing only as much as it conceals. Whereas in ‘Kline Rape’, masculinity of Franz Kline’s iconic expressionism fuses with the provocatively sensual lines that signifies the universal femininity. Suggesting concurrent discord and reconciliation, the artist’s use of colors and expressive brushstrokes envelope an engagement of both form and allusion, provoking immediate readability as ubiquitous common signage.The exhibition is on view at Hauser & Wirth, 548 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA. For details, visit http://www.hauserwirth.com/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek of the exhibition.
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