Oil on paper 2007 – 2012

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Martina Büttner: Oil paintings on paper

Martina Büttner painting cannes marilyn
Martina Büttner painting cannes – marilyn, 2011
Cannes – Marilyn, oil on paper, 65 x 50 cm, 2011
Martina Büttner painting cannes - daisy
Martina Büttner painting cannes – daisy, 2011
Cannes – Daisy, oil on paper, 65 x 50 cm, 2011
Martina Büttner painting cannes - grace
Martina Büttner painting cannes – grace, 2011
Cannes – Grace, oil on paper, 65 x 50 cm, 2011
Martina Büttner painting cannes rita
Martina Büttner painting cannes – rita, 2011
Cannes – Rita, oil on paper, 65 x 50 cm, 2011

Cannes series paintings

„Festival de Cannes“ is a series about phenomenon. Dolls in elegant wardrobes, as if they would be ready to walk over the red carpet of Cannes. Through the magnificent dresses, as if they were mannequins, the dolls get an almost trivial and familiar appearance. Do we recognize them, those Marylins, Daisies, Gretas and all the others? Distorted rebirths? This work questions the external appearance and the message associated with it – especially concerning women. What is femininity, what is celebrity, what do we sell – or will we be sold?

Date

2011

Martina Büttner: Painting, Diary-2
Martina Büttner: Painting, Diary-2
Diary #1 – the adjective, oil on paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2010
Martina Büttner: Painting, Diary-1
Martina Büttner: Painting, Diary-1
Diary #3 – the noun, oil on paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2010
Martina Büttner: Painting, Diary-3
Martina Büttner: Painting, Diary-3
Diary #2 – the verb, oil on paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2010

Diary series painting

On the paintings of the „Diary“ series dolls, like little girls, are framed by words: the noun, the verb, the adjective. In german and in french. They speak to us, differently. One word in one language does not express the same meaning as the one in the other … Words are the non-translatable expression of feelings, embossed by history and culture, though philosophy, of the country where these words are used.

Date

2010

Martina Büttner: Painting, 3-frogs-again-2009
Martina Büttner: Painting, 3-frogs-again-2009
3 frogs, oil on paper, 108 x 53 cm, 2008
Martina Büttner: Painting, 3-frogs
Martina Büttner: Painting, 3-frogs
3 frogs again, oil on paper, 108 x 53 cm, 2008
Martina Büttner: Painting, Duck's-portrait-2008
Martina Büttner: Painting, Duck’s-portrait-2008
Duck’s portrait, oil on paper, 72 x 53 cm, 2009
Martina Büttner: Painting, 3-new-frogs-version-2
Martina Büttner: Painting, 3-new-frogs-version-2
3 frogs playing, oil on paper, 108 x 53 cm, 2009
Martina Büttner: Painting, Bear-struggling-2008
Martina Büttner: Painting, Bear-struggling-2008
Bear struggling, oil on paper, 108 x 53 cm, 2009

3 frogs series paintings

Very different from painting in several coats, painting on glassine means painting in a short time, and to have only one try. Astonishing discovery of the possibilities, to represent very different materials, as cloth, velvet, fur in a very realistic manner.

Date

2008 – 2009

Martina Büttner: Painting, Sitting doll, 2008
Martina Büttner: Painting, Sitting doll, 2008
Sitting doll, oil on paper, 53 x 32 cm, 2009
Martina Büttner: Painting, Doll-5
Martina Büttner: Painting, Doll-5
Lying doll, oil on paper, 53 x 32 cm, 2009
Martina Büttner: Painting, Walking doll, 2008
Martina Büttner: Painting, Walking doll, 2008
Walking doll, oil on paper, 53 x 32 cm, 2009

Dolls series paintings

Date

2007 – 2008

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