One of the discoveries from our exhibition »Echtzeit« is the painter Grit Richter. She has found a way to bring emotion onto the canvas, developing a visual language that answers the question of figuration versus abstraction in a distinctly personal way. Her paintings are constructions inspired by a wide range of aesthetic elements – from the smooth surfaces of Pop Art to the semantic ambiguity of Surrealism.
Key themes in her work include love and intimacy. Emotions such as fragility, exhaustion, and connectedness seem to be absorbed and reflected back by her paintings – quite literally, in fact: a phosphorescent glow, as if emanating from within, is one of the defining features of Grit Richter’s approach to colour.
about Grit Richter
Born in 1977 in Dresden
1997 – 1999 Studies at the University of Fine Arts Dresden (HfBK Dresden)
1999 – 2007 Studied Fine Art at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg under Norbert Schwontkowski
2015 – 2018 Lecturer in Painting at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg
Lives and works in Hamburg