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Adelheid de Witte
Any Wishes?, London, 26 April - 27 May 2023

Adelheid de Witte: Any Wishes?

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  • Press Release and E-Catalogue
  • Adelheid de Witte is an autodidact, painting behind closed doors for five years before beginning to show her paintings in...

    Adelheid de Witte is an autodidact, painting behind closed doors for five years before beginning to show her paintings in exhibitions in recent years. Representation proving too restrictive, her works have become progressively more abstract as her practice has developed. De Witte’s works on canvas, combining atmospheric explorations of light and shadow with calligraphic lines in bursts of colour, will be shown for the first time by Cadogan in April 2023.

     

    Her abstract landscapes delegate figuration to the background. With elements that vaguely recall real objects or phenomena in the natural world, she pushed the boundaries of the two-dimensional space provided by the canvas further away. The landscape evoked by her cloud-like structures and mysterious planes, fades out and eventually evaporates. It is left to the viewer to project their own notions of landscape onto the incidence of light represented.

  • Works
    • A Good Night's Sleep, 2023 oil on linen 60cm x 50cm (24" x 20")
      A Good Night's Sleep, 2023
      oil on linen
      60cm x 50cm (24" x 20")
    • Let's Fade into the Sun, 2023 oil on linen 90cm x 80cm (35" x 31")
      Let's Fade into the Sun, 2023
      oil on linen
      90cm x 80cm (35" x 31")
    • Pure Cashmere, 2023 oil on linen 60cm x 50cm (24" x 20")
      Pure Cashmere, 2023
      oil on linen
      60cm x 50cm (24" x 20")
    • The Other Half, 2023 oil on linen 60cm x 50cm (24" x 20")
      The Other Half, 2023
      oil on linen
      60cm x 50cm (24" x 20")
    • Another Day, 2023 oil on linen 140cm x 160cm (55" x 63")
      Another Day, 2023
      oil on linen
      140cm x 160cm (55" x 63")
    • May I Invite You?, 2022 oil and pastel on linen 30cm x 30cm (12" x 12")
      May I Invite You?, 2022
      oil and pastel on linen
      30cm x 30cm (12" x 12")
    • Another Night, 2023 oil on linen 160cm x 140cm (63" x 55")
      Another Night, 2023
      oil on linen
      160cm x 140cm (63" x 55")
    • A Different Direction, 2023 oil on linen 40cm x 40cm (16" x 16")
      A Different Direction, 2023
      oil on linen
      40cm x 40cm (16" x 16")
    • A Flying Carpet Would Be Nice, 2023 oil on linen 63cm (25") diameter
      A Flying Carpet Would Be Nice, 2023
      oil on linen
      63cm (25") diameter
    • A Free Mind, 2023 oil on linen 50cm x 50cm (20" x 20")
      A Free Mind, 2023
      oil on linen
      50cm x 50cm (20" x 20")
    • Hand Drawn Wallpaper, 2023 oil on linen 60cm x 50cm (24" x 20")
      Hand Drawn Wallpaper, 2023
      oil on linen
      60cm x 50cm (24" x 20")
    • A Private Language, 2023 oil on linen 80cm x 100cm (32" x 39")
      A Private Language, 2023
      oil on linen
      80cm x 100cm (32" x 39")
    • A Good Story, 2023 oil on linen 60cm x 50cm (24" x 20")
      A Good Story, 2023
      oil on linen
      60cm x 50cm (24" x 20")
    • Tabula Rasa II, 2023 oil on linen 42cm x 32cm (17" x 13")
      Tabula Rasa II, 2023
      oil on linen
      42cm x 32cm (17" x 13")
    • Tabula Rasa I, 2023 oil on linen 42cm x 32cm (17" x 13")
      Tabula Rasa I, 2023
      oil on linen
      42cm x 32cm (17" x 13")
  • Works on Paper
    • Another Frame, 2023 oil, pastel, coloured pencils and ink on paper 30cm x 24cm (12" x 9")
      Another Frame, 2023
      oil, pastel, coloured pencils and ink on paper
      30cm x 24cm (12" x 9")
    • A Sweet Day, 2023 oil on paper 24cm x 30cm (9" x 12")
      A Sweet Day, 2023
      oil on paper
      24cm x 30cm (9" x 12")
    • A Starless Night, 2023 oil on paper 30cm x 24cm (12" x 9")
      A Starless Night, 2023
      oil on paper
      30cm x 24cm (12" x 9")
    • A Tie Score, 2023 oil and ink on paper 30cm x 24cm (12" x 9")
      A Tie Score, 2023
      oil and ink on paper
      30cm x 24cm (12" x 9")
    • A Rare Find, 2023 oil on paper 24cm x 30cm (9" x 12")
      A Rare Find, 2023
      oil on paper
      24cm x 30cm (9" x 12")
    • A Good Stretch, 2023 oil and ink on paper 30cm x 24cm (12" x 9")
      A Good Stretch, 2023
      oil and ink on paper
      30cm x 24cm (12" x 9")
  • De Witte’s way of working is characterised by an intuitive process, a quest in which the artist allows herself to...

    De Witte’s way of working is characterised by an intuitive process, a quest in which the artist allows herself to be surprised by the rawness of her materials, the emptiness and an unpredictable jumble of movements. De Witte works layer by layer, with alternating dark and light paint applied, scratched, rubbed and reapplied. Line figures are imposed on top of this base, applied in one movement using different materials, from pastel and chalk to crayon and charcoal. Bright colours frame muted landscapes or flash in and out of the paintings. The result is intriguing but also melancholy, drawing the viewer in.

     

    De Witte has exhibited regularly in Europe, in particular in her home-country of Belgium including regular solo shows since she began exhibiting in 2014. Her show with Cadogan will be her first solo show in London.

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  • Video
  • Publications
    • Any Wishes?

      Any Wishes?

      Adelheid De Witte | Exhibition Catalogue 2023
      Catalogue
      Publisher: Cadogan Books
      Read more
  • Press Release and E-Catalogue

    • View Press Release
    • View E-Catalogue
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