Sabine Finkenauer

SABINE FINKENAUER (Germany, 1961)
Untitled.2000.
Oil on canvas. Diptych.
Signed and dated on the back.
Measurements: 101 x 105 cm. each one.

These two faces of girls submitted to a process of synthesis are ascribed to a constant search for the essentiality to which Finkenauer submits all kinds of things (figures, furniture, mountains...) Often they are figures related to the children's imaginary and the story, as in this case, which could be described as dolls, girls, or princesses. All this universe of "things" is portrayed through a simple and rigorous formal language, working in a playful way between abstraction and figuration of a reality that evokes without representing.

Sabine Finkenauer, born in the city of Rockenhausen, lives and works in Barcelona since 1993. After her training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, she specialized in sculpture, although in the early eighties, already settled in Barcelona, her work took a turn towards painting. The general theme of Sabine Finkenauer's work, in her own words, is "simple things". This German artist has been steadily progressing and gaining recognition for several years. Her solo show at the Städtische Galerie in Villingen - Schwenningen, Germany and her participation in Non-Declarative drawing at the Drawing Center in New York (2007), curated by Luis Camnitzer, confirm the interest of her work. As well as his recent participation in Painting: permanent renewal, curated by Mariano Navarro at the Museo Patio Herreriano in Valladolid (2021) and in Drawing Positions, curated by Monica Álvarez Careaga at the CAB in Burgos (2019).