Exhibitions
Markus Linnenbrink: painting the air we breathe
Es Baluard Museum and Casal Solleric present an installation by the artist that transforms space through color and perception.
Two of Palma's leading art centres join forces for the first time to host a proposal by German artist Markus Linnenbrink. The exhibition displays a set of pictorial installations designed specifically for the spaces of the two institutions. Far from a conventional exhibition set-up, Linnenbrink intervenes in areas that are usually less visible, establishing a conversation between architecture, painting and the way the viewer navigates the places.
Under the title WHATWETHINKASINSIGNIFICANTPROVIDESTHEPURESTAIRWEBREATHE (What We Think As Insignificant Provides the Purest Air We Breathe), inspired by a song by Stevie Wonder, the artist invites us to focus our attention on everything that often goes unnoticed. His work revolves around this idea: color, gesture and matter accumulate, drain and filter through surfaces, generating chromatic landscapes where space takes on a new dimension. Air, emptiness or transparencies are not absences, but living matter with which to interact.
© Max Estrella
Linnenbrink proposes a sensory journey that transforms the way we relate to the work and invites us to look, move and even breathe in a different way. The intense color, the dimension of the spaces and his commitment to immersion are not just visual effects, but mechanisms for memory, perception and emotion to surface on a more intimate level. According to Linnenbrink, in every corner, in every layer of paint that runs off or settles, there is a way of giving visibility to what we usually ignore.
Born in Dortmund in 1961, Markus Linnenbrink trained at the Gesamthochschule in Kassel and the Akademie der Künste in Berlin . Throughout his career, he has presented his work in galleries such as Miles McEnery in New York, Taubert Contemporary in Berlin and Max Estrella in Madrid, as well as in institutions such as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. His work is also part of prestigious public and private collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and the Herzliya Museum in Israel .
© Max Estrella
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