Baar,05.03.2015

She integrates the power of nature into the process

Once she has started something, she can’t quickly let go of it - or, more accurately – it won’t let her go. This is the case with "Traces", a group of works to which Sabine de Spindler has dedicated the last three years. "I have developed the theme" emphasizes the Baar artist, and explains the process. She sews a ring shape from iron wire onto a canvas that has been painted with an acrylic paint, folds them, and then exposes them to the weather on her terrace for a few weeks. The effect of this process can be seen in her first solo exhibition in Galerie Billing Bild in Baar.
 
“It's exciting to see that the work is not destroyed by the weather, but has something added to it," explains the 43-year-old. "The picture develops its own momentum through the uncontrollable effects of the weather." The opened canvas then shows the imprint of another ring. Sabine de Spindler has cut up smaller screens and regrouped them. “In this way, I can create a trail and determine where it leads. Afterwards, I can deliberately intervene where necessary, and, for example, create this diptych. "She is currently exploring the effects of the intentional and the accidental in several groups of works.
 
The artist is presenting spontaneous interactions of various kinds in the exhibition. In the Graphite series, the drawings deal with the oval structures that arise on a subtly-painted acrylic base. She plays with the forms here, bringing them into relationship with each other and thereby achieving spatial depth.
 
Sabine de Spindler also works with the same round shapes in the "Cellula" work group, a lithograph series whose form is reminiscent of Asian subjects. The artist has carved economically spaced characters in stone in a contemplative process, and printed them onto handmade paper with black or red paint. "I produce the lithographs in the studio the School of Art in Lucerne. The whole process is a wonderful piece of work - polishing the stone and then printing it onto paper." A selection then follows.
 
The artists want to emphasize that each piece is unique. Everything she creates comes from her heart, and, even though they often come from the same mould, they always provide new ways of expression.


In the exhibition, Sabine de Spindler surprises through her humorous collages on book pages. It was the works of Michelangelo, which she had enthusiastically discovered years ago in her, as she says, "first" art book. She has now used the pages for her further work, and has emphasised individual parts of the body with cut-out ovals and circles. "It appealed to me to enter into dialogue with the sensuality of this work," she says.
 
Sabine de Spindler, who worked as a primary teacher, and then as a drawing teacher, received the Diploma for Visual Arts at the secondary level in 1997, and then studied the history of art at the University of Zurich. She continued her education for some years in the areas of painting, drawing, ceramics, photography and lithography, and has been exhibiting solo or in group exhibitions since 2012. The City of Zug and the municipality of Baar purchased works from the artist in 2013.
 
Sabine de Spindler has been a freelance artist since 2011, and also runs design workshops. "Today, I put all my energy into art," she says. More exhibitions are planned in the near future, with the next being in Zurich in March.
 
Note
The exhibition "Interaction" by Sabine de Spindler runs until 29th March, and is open on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. (or by appointment). An aperitif will be offered in the Galerie Billing Bild, Büelmattweg 4, Baar, on Sunday, March 8th from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The "Art after Work" takes place with the artist on the last Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.