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Almine Rech

Jenny Brosinski TOO FAT TO FLY

May 12 — Jun 24, 2023 | Shanghai

Opening on Friday, May 12th, 2023, from 5 pm to 7 pm.

Almine Rech Shanghai is pleased to present German artist Jenny Brosinski’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, showcasing the artist's new canvas paintings and works on paper. The exhibition will be on view from May 12 to June 24, 2023.

Brosinski is one of the prominent figures of a new generation of contemporary abstract painters in Europe. The Berlin artist's aesthetic is unmistakably her own, setting a new standard in the styles of 'dirty minimal' and 'conceptual expressionism’. One adjective keeps coming up in connection to her painting style: cool. But what does the word 'cool', so exceedingly overused in everyday language, actually mean for a painter and her pictorial world?

In the Oxford Dictionary, this adjective is defined as follows: "always keeping calm, not being afraid, not getting nervous, not letting oneself get upset; calm, collected, casual". This describes Brosinski's hand precisely. Although her pictures can be riotous –  yes, they are energetically charged and vibrant – at the same time a calmness emanates through them, a composure in each individual stroke, in the way they are painted over and rewritten. Her paintings exude confidence in the way figurative forms are expelled, the abstract retaining ambiguity in a few swift detours. This is exactly the drama of the works: Abstraction and figuration play off each other, one sometimes yielding more than the other, fighting yet laughing. Enveloped in a sovereignty that seems very casual, as if she were pirouetting on the ice while smoking a pipe.

— Dr. Larissa Kikol, independent art critic and art historian

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Selected artworks

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Hello, welcome home, 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Hello, welcome home, 2023

    Oil, spray paint and oil stick on canvas
    183 x 167 cm
    72 x 66 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      C.U.C.T.G., 2023

    Jenny Brosinski C.U.C.T.G., 2023

    Oil, spray paint and oil stick on canvas
    202 x 168 cm
    79 1/2 x 66 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      So I guess I gotta stay now, 2023

    Jenny Brosinski So I guess I gotta stay now, 2023

    Oil, spray paint, pencil and dirt on canvas
    213 x 183 cm
    84 x 72 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Need a place to hide, 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Need a place to hide, 2023

    Oil, olive oil, graphite and spray paint on canvas
    162 x 132 cm
    64 x 52 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Thought I found a way, 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Thought I found a way, 2023

    Oil and charcoal on canvas
    162 x 132 cm
    64 x 52 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      If you let it go I will go up, up, up, 2023

    Jenny Brosinski If you let it go I will go up, up, up, 2023

    Oil, acrylic, spray paint and oil stick on canvas
    162 x 132 cm
    64 x 52 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D030), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D030), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    46.5 x 36.5 cm
    18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D029), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D029), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    38.5 x 28.5 cm
    15 x 11 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D021), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D021), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    38.6 x 28.2 cm
    15 x 11 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D024), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D024), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    40.5 x 30.4 cm
    16 x 12 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D023), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D023), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    33.1 x 24.1 cm
    13 x 9 1/2 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D022), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D022), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    38.1 x 28.5 cm
    15 x 11 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D014), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D014), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    57.5 x 52.5 cm
    22 1/2 x 20 1/2 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D026), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D026), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    40.2 x 31.2 cm
    16 x 12 1/2 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D020), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D020), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    62 x 52 cm
    24 1/2 x 20 1/2 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D028), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D028), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    38.3 x 28.5 cm
    15 x 11 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D027), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D027), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    43 x 33.1 cm
    17 x 13 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D019), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D019), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    48 x 36.8 cm
    19 x 14 1/2 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D018), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D018), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    33.1 x 24.1 cm
    13 x 9 1/2 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D017), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D017), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    47 x 37.5 cm
    18 1/2 x 15 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D013), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D013), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    57.5 x 52.5 cm
    22 1/2 x 20 1/2 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D015), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D015), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    33.2 x 24 cm
    13 x 9 1/2 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D025), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D025), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    38.2 x 33.1 cm
    15 x 13 in

  • Jenny Brosinski,                                      Untitled (JB23D016), 2023

    Jenny Brosinski Untitled (JB23D016), 2023

    Mixed media on mould made paper
    33.1 x 24 cm
    13 x 9 1/2 in

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