Michael Bauer's 'Helmeted Towards Dawn' at Galleria Federica Schiavo in Rome
Galleria Federica Schiavo is set to showcase 'Helmeted Towards Dawn,' a solo exhibition by German artist Michael Bauer, who was born in 1973 in Erkelenz. This exhibition presents a fresh collection of works that delve into the dynamics of color, examining the interplay of order and chaos. The pieces, such as 'Futile cousin, green shorts and fading sun' (2024) and 'Deflated husband, armpit of the universe and blue sun' (2024), reflect influences from expressionism and surrealism through recognizable forms and dynamic abstractions. Bauer's artistic practice is informed by daily readings from authors like Jack Vance, and he shares a conceptual connection with Maria Morganti, both prioritizing color and pictorial experience as a form of ritual.
Key facts
- Galleria Federica Schiavo returns to Rome after a Milan interlude.
- Exhibition titled 'Helmeted Towards Dawn' features German painter Michael Bauer.
- Bauer was born in 1973 in Erkelenz.
- New works use only color, abandoning extra-pictorial objects.
- Bauer's painting explores tension between control and chaos.
- References to expressionist color, surrealism, and Kandinsky's 'Composition VII' (1913).
- Bauer reads novels by Clark Ashton Smith, Samuel R. Delany, and Jack Vance before painting.
- Conceptual affinity with painter Maria Morganti, recent retrospective at GAM in Turin.
Entities
Artists
- Michael Bauer
- Alighiero Boetti
- Agata Boetti
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Maria Morganti
- Clark Ashton Smith
- Samuel R. Delany
- Jack Vance
Institutions
- Galleria Federica Schiavo
- GAM di Torino
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Milan
- Erkelenz
- Germany
- Turin