From the 4th until the 7th of November Root Gallery is part of The Others Art Fair in Turin (Italy). The Others is the main Italian fair dedicated to emerging national and international art, created to enhance new creative energies through a unique exhibition system, aimed at rediscovering and give new life to abandoned places of Turin.
At the fair, we show the works of Quinda Verheul, Donald Schenkel and Jan Kuhlemeier.
With subtle oil paint colour gradients, Donald Schenkel creates art works that express a certain clarity and peace. When taking a second, closer look, the digital, visual language of the work seems to be based on the materiality of the paint. Each work is unique. Donald doesn’t approach oil paint as a medium to paint an image, but purely as a material that exposes the behaviour of colours.
Thanks to his fascination with natural energies and phenomena, the experience of a landscape is the common thread that appears in all of his works. Jan Kuhlemeier constantly explores different materials, always with a layered use of colours at the base. Different pigments and materials have various characteristics, and these characteristics are magnified within the framework of his work. Jan’s personal experiences are expressed in the movement and the rhythm of creation, as well as in the use of colour in the abstract images.
Quinda Verheul is inspired by big scientific topics like the hydrological cycle, the erosion of the earth and natural forces like wind, water and sunlight. But also by the practice of mining, where people dig for treasure and ruin and influence entire landscapes. By using mirrors, Quinda shows both the human perspective as well as the experience of emptiness and reflection. With this, she creates strange landscapes that offer some kind of recognition, but which can also be part of an entirely different world. Her work is usually site specific and temporary, an aspect which also questions the value of temporary work and the extent to which physical presence of said piece is still necessary.