Pala

"My works are unpredictable, growing intuitively from an organic process of improvisation, not only including, but often privileging imperfections and accidents."

The way painter Jessica Buhlmann describes her creative process reads like an invitation to the exhibition of her newest and most recent works. The show opens at Galerie1214 in spring 2017 and bears the enigmatic name Pala. Just as the two-syllable title infers the existence of various sources - so do her paintings, which draw from the visual connection of art and nature, intertwinning them in a multiplicityof form and color.

Abstraction may call for restraint in regardto dogmatic proposition - but not to set limits, rather to break loose: the viewer is confronted by the unleashed energy of the immage narrative in action. Art is action: Buhlmann's works transcend the completed painting process to inspire the beginning of a new experience, to provoke it even.

Ambitious color schemes alternate between colorful and black, focused and orderly, only leading to yet another wild outburst. To experience Buhlmann's works, viewers with an introspective curiosity tend to have a distinct advantage: perception over pre-conception transforms the abstract into an ambiguous image. Geometry dissolves into dance, templates touch mortality; figurations condense into intimacy. Energy pulses through this work, joined by the sensitivity and pleasure of creating something new. In this creative process, Buhlmann explicitly references paragons such as Mondrian and Matisse as well as Constructivism; but she evolves them, driven by the new sources of energy generated by her personal narrative and her artistic reflection.

All photographs of the gallery views: courtesy of Bernhard Strauss 2017