Sarah Bechter

9 September - 8 October 2022
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    The conditions and ambivalences of artistic production lie at the center of Sarah Bechter‘s practice. Blurring the lines between the private and the public, work and leisure, surface and line, Bechter‘s canvases exist as individual subjects, rather than surfaces of projection, and seem entangled in a vivid debate among themselves. The artist uses a wide range of techniques and references to interrogate the validity of the images she creates, and of painting itself. Furthermore, Bechter invites the viewer to a game of hide-and-seek by often only hinting at protagonists and objects, infusing her works with a mysterious, dreamy atmosphere. 
    • Sarah Bechter Untitled (somebody with an artichoke), 2021 oil on canvas 170 x 150 cm 66 7/8 x 59 1/8 in
      Sarah Bechter
      Untitled (somebody with an artichoke), 2021
      oil on canvas
      170 x 150 cm
      66 7/8 x 59 1/8 in
    • Sarah Bechter Untitled (baroque lassitude), 2020 oil on canvas 170 x 150 cm 66 7/8 x 59 in
      Sarah Bechter
      Untitled (baroque lassitude), 2020
      oil on canvas
      170 x 150 cm
      66 7/8 x 59 in
  • Installation View, Sarah Bechter, 2022, credits to Simon Veres
    • Sarah Bechter PPP (post presentation pain- ting), 2020 oil on canvas 45 x 30 cm 17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
      Sarah Bechter
      PPP (post presentation pain- ting), 2020
      oil on canvas
      45 x 30 cm
      17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
    • Sarah Bechter Untitled (fusspot), 2021 oil on canvas 45 x 30 cm 17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
      Sarah Bechter
      Untitled (fusspot), 2021
      oil on canvas
      45 x 30 cm
      17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
    • Sarah Bechter Untitled (thermal spirals), 2020 oil on canvas 45 x 30 cm 17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
      Sarah Bechter
      Untitled (thermal spirals), 2020
      oil on canvas
      45 x 30 cm
      17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
  • About The Artist

    Sarah Bechter (*1989) lives and works in Vienna. She studied painting at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and has participated in exhibitions at Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen (CH); Intersticio Madrid (ESP); Haus Wien (AT); Exile Gallery (Vienna); tart/Galerie Thoman, Vienna (solo); Pilot Vienna (solo); Kunstverein Schattendorf; eastcontemporary (It/Fr); Not Cancelled Salon (online exhibition); Krinzinger Projekte (Vienna); Kunstverein Bludenz (AT); Haus Wittgenstein (Vienna); Magyar Mühely Galeria (Budapest); summer art picnic, sort (Vienna); and Spazi Aperti (Rome.), among others. 
     
    Her works are represented in several public collections such as Artothekt des Bundes, Belvedere 21; City of Vienna, Wien Museum; State of Vorarlberg, Hypo Landesbank, Illwerke AG. 
  • Installation View, Sarah Bechter, 2022, credits to Simon Veres