LATEST EXHIBITION

OLAF BISSCHOFF
CHOAS

18 MARCH – 30 APRIL

Working in oils with technical finesse and intimate focus, Olaf Bisschoff's muse lies firmly with landscapes.

But the true edge in his work lies not in the mountains and skies but rather in the mindset of the viewer. His first sell-out solo "Terra Incognita" (2008) probed the romantic concepts of the invented landscape and its illusive ability to evoke melancholy, longing and recognition. His new body of work "Chaos" aspires to change the cycle of landscape painting and makes the outcome of the new works as unpredictable as the weather. Bisschoff's focus now falls squarely on the fragility of the viewer's mindset.

The paintings still remain an exploration of the fabricated landscape but take on a more expressive direction. An abstract element is introduced which in certain cases consumes the work much like a natural process (be it constructive or destructive).
Further, the notion of "things falling apart" is dealt with as an exorcism of sorts and the distorted outcome is an expression of the artist’s own state of mind on the canvas, creating a personal record of the trials and tribulations of personal life. It remains the place where individual opinions, ideas and beliefs are dealt with.

Ultimately, the works are about the decaying of the artist's understanding or misunderstanding of the certain aspects of life and dealing with one's own demons, and the viewer is once more able to share and identify with the underlying concepts of melancholy, frustration, grief, longing and joy.

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Private Property
Oil on Canvas
81cm x 81cm

Black City
Oil on board
50cm x 39.5cm

Everywhere but here
Oil n Canvas
51cm x 65,5cm

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