‘Memory Foam’, Charlotte Klobassa’s third solo exhibition at Zeller van Almsick centres upon the permeable polyphony of memory through the process of painting. The artist’s canvases are preceded by an investigation of unconscious marks and gestures within her spatial and social environment, which she includes in her abstract paintings in a process of appropriation. Scribbles of unknowns in stationery shops, details of situations, or the characteristics of a person are detached from their original setting and inscribed into her subtle oil paintings, not unlike memories to our minds. Through her gentle brushstrokes, Klobassa reconstructs relics of these encounters precisely, and in doing so, not only blurs the line between what belongs to her, and what is borrowed from others, but also foregrounds the constructiveness of memory as such.

Franz-Josefs-Kai 3/16, 1010 Wien
Zeller van Almsick
MEMORY FOAM
12 Dec 2020 - 18 Feb 2021