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"Dreamland" by Sonja Kalb - 08 to 18 September 2022, Ross 31, Düsseldorf

Art Calendar, 4 September 2022

"Dreamland" by Sonja Kalb

8 to 18 September 2022

Ross 31 Rooms for the Arts, Düsseldorf

Sonja Kalb - Magic Of Flowers - Mixed media on canvas @Sonja Kalb

Düsseldorf, 4 September 2022: Düsseldorf artist Sonja Kalb takes the viewer on her own imaginary journey into her abstract worlds of colour and places of longing. In her new exhibition, she shows the works she painted during the pandemic years 2020 to 2022.

Elfi Zimmerling M.A. Art Historian, State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia writes: "One senses that the artist has used the absence of anything disturbing as an artistic catalyst to simultaneously create her works, some of which are quite large in format, as if under a burning glass and yet also hazily blurred. With palette knife and brush, she creates colour meshes of impasto and glazed colour application, placing them next to unfinished canvas surfaces. Whether with acrylic, oil pastels, pigments or pencil - a lively multi-layeredness and optical depth emerges, drawing us into the pictorial composition."

The catalogue accompanying "Traumland" also includes works from the "Magic of Flowers" line, which Sonja Kalb has been painting since 2018. Initially in delicate pink tones, the artist now paints them in bold, raspberry red and purple arrangements. Also, the works from the series "Jungle", "Tropical Forest",

"Nature Bathing" or "Longing", which gave the impulse for the title of the exhibition "Dreamland". The exhibition and catalogue are sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Düsseldorf, 4. September 2022: Die Düsseldorfer Künstlerin Sonja Kalb nimmt den Betrachter auf ihre eigene imaginäre Reise in ihre abstrakten Farbwelten und Sehnsuchtsorte mit. In ihrer neuen Ausstellung zeigt sie die Arbeiten, die sie in den Pandemiejahren 2020 bis 2022 gemalt hat.

Elfi Zimmerling M.A. Kunsthistorikerin, Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen schreibt hierzu: „Man spürt, dass die Künstlerin die Abwesenheit von allem Störenden als künstlerischen Katalysator genutzt hat, um gleichzeitig wie unter einem Brennglas und doch auch schemenhaft verschwommen ihre teilweise recht großformatigen Werke zu schaffen. Mit Spachtel und Pinsel schafft sie Farbgeflechte aus pastosem und lasierenden Farbauftrag, setzt diese neben unbearbeitete Leinwandflächen. Ob mit Acryl, Ölkreide, Pigmenten oder Bleistift – es entsteht eine lebendige Vielschichtigkeit und optische Tiefe, die uns in die Bildkomposition hineinzieht.“

Im Katalog, der zu „Traumland“ erscheint, sind auch Werke aus der „Magic of Flowers“ Linie, die Sonja Kalb seit 2018 malt. Zunächst in zarten rosa Tönen gehalten, malt die Künstler diese nun in kräftigen, himbeerroten und violetten Arrangements. Auch sind die Arbeiten aus den Serien „Jungle“, „Tropical Forest“,

„Nature Bathing“ oder „Longing“, die den Impuls zum Titel der Werkschau „Traumland“ gegeben haben. Ausstellung und Katalog werden durch das Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen gefördert.

About the artist:

Sonja Kalb was born in Stuttgart. She lives and paints in Düsseldorf. Represented by international galleries, she exhibits internationally. Her works hang in collections such as the Yukyung Art Museum, Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea and in the Art Collection of the North Rhine-Westphalian Parliament, Düsseldorf, Germany. Sonja Kalb has received several awards such as the WAA Woman Art Award, Musa International Art Space in cooperation with the UNESCO

Learn more:

sonjakalb.com

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Zur Künstlerin:

Sonja Kalb wurde in Stuttgart geboren. Sie lebt und malt in Düsseldorf. Vertreten von internationalen Galerien stellt sie international aus. Ihre Werke hängen in Sammlungen wie dem Yukyung Art Museum, Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, Südkorea und in der Kunstsammlung des Landtags Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Deutschland. Sonja Kalb ist mehrfach prämiert wie mit dem WAA Woman Art Award, Musa International Art Space in Kooperation mit der UNESCO

Exhibition

"Dreamland" by Sonja Kalb - 08 to 18 September 2022

Opening: 08 September 2022, from 18.30 to 21.00 hrs.

Ross 31 Rooms for the Arts

Ross Street 31

40476 Düsseldorf

ross31-halle.de/

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