Rotwand :: Artists :: Tatjana Gerhard

Artists :: Tatjana Gerhard

Tatjana Gerhard

Tatjana Gerhard
Ohne Titel, 2015
Oil on canvas
170 x 150 cm (66 7/8 x 59 in)
Photo credit: Didier Verriest

EXHIBITIONS AT ROTWAND

Tatjana Gerhard, 2008
In Transit, 2010
Tatjana Gerhard, 2011
Tatjana Gerhard, 2014

Biography_14_Gerhard_2.pdf

Born 1974
Lives and works in Gent/Belgium

The paintings of Tatjana Gerhard provide a glimpse into an unfamiliar territory. She creates worlds inhabited by surreal figures reminding the viewer of gnomes, trolls and ghosts. Her simply constructed images usually consist of nothing more than a figure and a natural object such as a tree trunk or a giant rock. These simple backdrops enhance the mysteriousness of her often disturbing figures. Do they come from another planet, do they belong to an undiscovered species or are these the human survivors of a post-apocalyptic age? The artist enhances the hybrid existence of her figures with washed out colors and blurred outlines. Gerhard paints without any preconceived images. Her pictures express her imagination and mood. In order to retain the concept that she has in her mind, she paints very quickly, trying to capture the essential elements and then overpainting the image several times until its final shape evolves. Gerhard´s style invokes the aesthetics of outsider art as well as old Spanish master paintings.