Markus Saile
Markus Saile is a painter who employs an experimental approach to the “all-over” technique commonly used in abstract expressionism. His dynamic brushstrokes coupled with fluid surfaces and complementary colors open up the picture space to a visually vibrating surface. His paintings can be compared to Wolfgang Tilmans's close ups that favor experiments with color and texture. The shapes in Saile's work develop as a result of their own movement. There is no hierarchy within his pictures, allowing the eye to remain in constant stimulation. Saile states, “The paintings are between the picture as a ‘window’ in the classical sense of representation and the picture as a diagram with its pictorial problems.”
Saile’s work was featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein in Aachen, a group show in a book by MÉLANGE at Art Düsseldorf, Markus Lüttgen, Booth G09, exhibitions at
Kosmetiksalon Babette in Berlin
,
Hardspace in Basel
, Galerie Nathalie Halgand in Vienna,
Basis projectspace in Frankfurt
, Zero Fold in Cologne, BMW Stiftung in Berlin, Fiebach Minninger in Cologne,
Arp Museum in Rolandseck
, Koal in Berlin, and
Galerie DREI in Cologne
among others. He is the recipient of the …
Markus Saile is a painter who employs an experimental approach to the “all-over” technique commonly used in abstract expressionism. His dynamic brushstrokes coupled with fluid surfaces and complementary colors open up the picture space to a visually vibrating surface. His paintings can be compared to Wolfgang Tilmans's close ups that favor experiments with color and texture. The shapes in Saile's work develop as a result of their own movement. There is no hierarchy within his pictures, allowing the eye to remain in constant stimulation. Saile states, “The paintings are between the picture as a ‘window’ in the classical sense of representation and the picture as a diagram with its pictorial problems.”
Saile’s work was featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein in Aachen, a group show in a book by MÉLANGE at Art Düsseldorf, Markus Lüttgen, Booth G09, exhibitions at
Kosmetiksalon Babette in Berlin
,
Hardspace in Basel
, Galerie Nathalie Halgand in Vienna,
Basis projectspace in Frankfurt
, Zero Fold in Cologne, BMW Stiftung in Berlin, Fiebach Minninger in Cologne,
Arp Museum in Rolandseck
, Koal in Berlin, and
Galerie DREI in Cologne
among others. He is the recipient of the CCA Andratx award. Saile lives and works in Cologne.
