Charlotte Klobassa »Signature Moves«

Signature Moves (2023)

The new small-scale painting series by Charlotte Klobassa, titled Signature Moves features reproductions of “Scribbles” as they have become characteristic of the artist. However, this time, instead of canvas, she chooses a silky fabric that provides for a milky, semi-transparent background, extending beyond the limits of the frame, thereby expanding the gestural brushstroke. In accordance with her established approach, Klobassa also varies and adapts her characteristic forms regarding colour and composition, establishing subtle connections between individual works.

Charlotte Klobassa

Charlotte Klobassa’s (*1987, Vienna) art is defined by a critical engagement with the medium of painting, where the artist examines her own shortcomings and endeavours to highlight the characteristics of gestural expression. Collecting sample notes or scribbles left by customers in stationery stores to test pens, Klobassa enlarges and processes these gestural and spontaneously formed shapes into her large-scale “Scribbles” during the artistic process. The affective and impulsive gestures are emphasised, and the anthropomorphic forms, to which Klobassa pays human tribute, become a mirror for the viewers. She attempts to shape both herself and the other.

Read our studio story with Charlotte Klobassa.

Photo: Nora Heinisch