Scherben Berlin Presents Black, Green, Pink with R.H. Quaytman, Frances Scholz, Nandi Loaf
Scherben in Berlin will host an exhibition titled Black, Green, Pink, commencing on September 9, 2026, as part of Berlin Art Week. This showcase will feature recent works by R.H. Quaytman, Frances Scholz, and Nandi Loaf, along with Scholz's paintings from the 1990s. The exhibition delves into pareidolic vision—derived from the Greek words for "beyond" and "image"—as a method for enhancing creativity. It references Leonardo da Vinci’s Treatise on Painting, which encourages intense observation of chaotic surfaces to inspire imaginative compositions. Quaytman and Scholz view painting as interconnected with architecture, photography, and social contexts, while Loaf's work engages with digital culture, provoking viewer anxiety in the quest for meaning amid saturation. Collectively, they investigate perception's ambiguity and the interplay between fantasy and reality.
Key facts
- Black, Green, Pink opens on September 9, 2026, at Scherben in Berlin as part of Berlin Art Week.
- The exhibition features new work by R.H. Quaytman, Frances Scholz, and Nandi Loaf.
- Paintings by Frances Scholz from the 1990s are also included.
- Pareidolic vision, from para (“beyond”) and eidon (“image”), can be deliberately practiced to cultivate imagination.
- Leonardo da Vinci’s Treatise on Painting describes looking intensely at raw, naturally chaotic surfaces to spark original compositions and fantastical imagery.
- The reading of the obvious and trivial—seeing, signifying, or concealing something else—is central to apophenic paranoia.
- R.H. Quaytman and Frances Scholz place painting in relation to architecture, photography, film, history, language, and social contexts.
- Nandi Loaf continues the inquiry under digital image culture, eliciting anxiety in the viewer’s search for meaning through saturation.
Entities
Artists
- R.H. Quaytman
- Frances Scholz
- Nandi Loaf
- Leonardo da Vinci
Institutions
- Scherben
- Berlin Art Week
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany