Charline Von Heyl
Capitain Petzel, Berlin
Karl-Marx-Allee 45, 10178 Berlin, Germany
April 28 – June 3, 2017
Charline von Heyl creates paintings that function as self-perpetuating visual events, enigmatic pre- sences silently seducing or disturbing the viewer. They are often funny, but not afraid of poetic depth and even pathos. The colors are active: they shift, empty out or recharge depending on the time of day and the position of the viewer. Interference colors made to engage paradoxically with light con- fuse the hierarchy of tonality. Copper, aluminum-flakes, dirty pastels, charcoal powder, fluorescents but also graphic black and white are laid down in unstable and abused layers to provoking different moods and feelings.