Kunstverein Langenhagen

Sophie Bueno-Boutellier's sculptural work combines material and references from different sources. Due to her selection and combination of divers forms and delicate materials, the French artist evokes different horizons of meaning and gives way to the emergence of new formal and conceptual entities. In a poetic play with indication and fragment she creates spaces, which leave the spectator confronted with a myriad of possible interpretations while opening up new sensual experiences. Working on the series of „Kind of Paintings“ she radicalizes the attempt to rediscover a purely sensual / visual approach, by reducing “painting” to gesture and colour in canvas foldings.

Rive Gauche is based on the concept of repetition, inspired by Gertrude Stein and Gilles Deleuze. It seeks "the possibility of reinvention, that is to say repetition dissolves identities as it changes them, giving rise to something unrecognisable and productive".

Sophie Bueno Boutellier (*1974) projects wooden frameworks, as well as ceramic and bronze forms, that she groups to fragile ensembles for her solo show at Kunstverein Langenhagen. In addition she will present works of the series “kind of paintings”. Due to the delicateness of the works and the artist's minimalist approach to the exhibition space the installation forms a counterweight to the functionalistic architecture.

Kunstverein Langenhagen is delighted to present Sophie Bueno-Boutellier`s first institutional solo show. The French artist living in Berlin studied at Villa Arzon, Nice, France and participated in several shows in Europe and USA. Until 25th of September she is part of the group show Lumière Noire at Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.

The exhibition is generously founded by the Ministry of the State of Lower Saxony, Germany and the Bureaux des Arts Plastiques - Institut Francais, Berlin.