Palmadotze presents "Polka", Sabine Finkenauer's first solo exhibition

The Palmadotze Art Space presents on May 27 at 12 p.m. Polka, the first solo exhibition of the German artist, Sabine Finkenauer (Rockenhausen, Germany, 1961). This event will be attended by the artist herself.

This exhibition brings together a set of Finkenauer's latest works; from paintings with gouache and acrylic, as well as drawings made with colored pencils that under their minimalist compositions and a world of elemental and naive forms conceal an elaborate intellectual process of synthesis and simplification. Finkenauer's artistic practice is based on drawing, from which he develops and concretizes his ideas in a visual way.

The motifs appear and evolve in his sketchbooks through a process of observation and perception, waiting for their subsequent transformation and translation to other materials and supports. Finkenauer describes his work process as a process of synthesis and clarification, which starts from figuration, present in his earliest work, which evoked an imaginary related to childhood, nature and the domestic sphere.

Over the years it has crystallized into a vocabulary of simple shapes, inspired by ornament and geometry. Her artistic method can be defined as a game, the rules of which she establishes by playing and above all, an aspiration for simplicity, in which she considers, resides the greatest beauty.

The form and its transmutations between representation and abstraction, as well as the ambiguity of its meanings are the core of his artistic approach.

Her work, as defined by the artist herself, generally deals with "things", objects taken from everyday life, which are portrayed in a simple but rigorous language, using a wide range of supports such as; painting, drawing, collage, textile, sculpture and installation in situ.

Recently, his formal investigations relate to construction and architecture, as well as the play of geometric patterns and ornamentation. Also in Sabine's work we can see a growing interest in the mutual definition of drawing and space, the tension between the plan and the thing, which demands material realization.

Sabine, German sculptor and painter in Barcelona

Sabine Finkenauer, born in 1961 in the city of Rockenhausen, Germany, has lived and worked in Barcelona since 1993. After her training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, she specialized in sculpture, although at the beginning of in the eighties, already based in Barcelona, his work took a turn towards painting.

This German artist has had several years of constant progression and recognition. His individual show at the Städtische Galerie in Villingen – Schwenningen, in Germany and his participation in Non Declarative drawing at the Drawing Center in New York (2007), curated by Luis Camnitzer, confirm the interest in his work.

In the same way as his recent participation in Painting: permanent renewal, curated by Mariano Navarro at the Pati Herrerià Museum in Valladolid (2021) and Drawing Positions, curated by Monica Álvarez Careaga at the CAB in Burgos (2019).

Visiting hours to the exhibition are from Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00. On Sundays and holidays, the art space can be visited by prior appointment.