03 Dec 2014

New Edition by Kai Althoff for Provinz

New Edition by Kai Althoff for Provinz now available:

Kai Althoff
(born 1966 in Cologne, lives in New York)

A woman with a turban-like head-covering and a plain, buttoned-up dress with a pale collar dominates the scene, looming over an excited crowd of people. All of them men who are expectantly looking upwards; their hairstyle and hats mark them as Hasidic. The woman’s gaze is purposefully aimed out of the picture. She knows the significance of what is going on because she is the picture’s creator; she holds colored pencils in her hand. Beside her is a slim introverted youth whose strikingly exotic profile shows closed eyes and a tight-fitting red cap shielding his head. He is lightly touching the fabric that links him not only optically to the artist and otherwise seems unaffected by the goings-on around him. Prism-like windows in the background allow a glance into a barren landscape, here and there interspersed with trees and submerged in ocher-tinted light. A landscape populated by another group of Hasidic men in ecstasy or involved in ritual acts. Everything we see in this picture seems to hint at a mystery that dominates the scene, a mystery that is perceptible to the protagonists and has animated them into joyful expectation of something that remains invisible and incomprehensible to the viewer.

untitled, 2012-2014
Offset lithograph in nine parts on Design Offset naturweiß 250g
Overall dimensions: 139,5 x 161 cm / 54,9 x 63,4 in. Printer: Zimmermann, Cologne
Edition: 90 / 30 EA. signed, numbered
Linen portfolio
2.600,- € (exclusive of VAT)

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About Provinz

Provinz--in collaboration with outstanding contemporary artists--pursues the goal of promoting and offering you editions, multiples and works on paper. Provinz's focus is on works by younger artists who take a lead in the international, avant-garde discourse. The Provinz editions are produced in close collaboration with artists, publishers and the most experienced printers and technicians in the field of contemporary art.

Provinz was founded in 2011 by Dr. Stephan Strsembski. In 2014 Provinz became a joint project by Dr. Stephan Strsembski und Vera Gliem.