Solo exhibition of Leanne Picthall at NEU!, Winterthur.
“A young woman grapples with her companion. They appear related. Her face is painted, the make-up mimicking the pattern of her animal’s fur. Having a dog by one’s side – a companion who expands life. It is a bond without conditions, yet one entangled in a structure of power.
Leanne Picthall works intuitively, yet with a palpable sense of intent. Her painting feels honest, almost eerie in its closeness. You sense something in these images: an intensity hidden in the everyday, the seemingly banal. This ambivalent sensation running through Picthall’s work is a tangle of conflicting emotions – feelings which, when experienced simultaneously, provoke discomfort. An internal conflict.”
© Leanne Picthall & NEU!
Photos : Brechtold Dinkelbrot
