Martina Büttner:
Paintings from and about the beach
Afternoon sun, oil on canvas, 185 x 255 cm, 2007
Beach talk, oil on canvas, 190 x 130 cm, 2002
Beach umbrella, oil on canvas, 185 x 140 cm, 2005
Sea view, oil on canvas, 185 x 120 cm, 2008
Morning bath, oil on canvas, 185 x 150 cm, 2005
Out of water, oil on canvas, 175 x 115 cm, 2007
private collection, Malakoff
private collection, Malakoff
Two beauties at the beach, oil on canvas, 115 x 145 cm, 2008
private collection, Malakoff
private collection, Malakoff
Kites, oil on canvas, 185 x 115 cm, 2008
About the Beach series
Martina Büttner paints real and realistic, but her painting does not match reality. Only at the first glance, her paintings appear like a reproduction of reality. Because her images are more than visible reality. (…) Indeed real people are in real places with real objects, but something does not fit together. This is already the known game: what does not fit into the range? Apple, pear, pot, plum. So what comnfuses the observer? The right people in the wrong place? Or – the right place with unsuitable people?
Kathrin Schumann
Kathrin Schumann
Date
2002 – 2007
