Rosa Loy

Rosa Loy’s paintings and works on paper in her second exhibition at Entwistle, engage with themes of coincidence, chance encounters, the exchange of news and information, and the slippage between the familiar and the unfamiliar.

Naratives have always been central to Loy’s figurative compositions, but the nature of the exchanges between her fairytale-like figures remains precariously balanced on the cusp of this world and some other, nebulous one. Consequently, her paintings never fail to beguile the viewer with their alluring yet elusive botanical impossibilities, surrealistic juxtapositions, and fanciful appropriation of vernacular Germanic mythology.

Rosa Loy was born and educated in what was communist East Germany. Soon after the Berlin Wall came down Loy made her first of many visits to Italy, where she was profoundly impressed by quattrocento wall painting. This led her to experiment with different media, finally choosing casein – pigment mixed with milk protein – as the staple of her painting practice. Loy has since become a key figure in east European painting which has gained an impressive international reutation since the late 90s.

Rosa Loy was born in Zwickau, Germany and currently lives and works in Leipzig where she is part of the city’s flourishing contemporary art scene. She has exhibited widely in Europe including solo exhibitions at Galerie Fiedler, Leipzig, 1993; Winterfestival, Juväskylä, Finland; Bayrische Vereinsbank, Leipzig 1995; Leipziger Hof, Leipzig, 1996 Die Kur-Quelle für Gesundheit und Schönheit, Leipzig, 1998; Kunstverein, Leipzig, 2002; and Die Verbündeten, Kunstsammlung, Gera, 2003. Group exhibitions include Lust und Last, Nürnberg, Leipzig, Goldrausch, Künstlerinnenprojekte, Berlin, 1997; Visitez ma tente, Bahnhof Westend, Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Pictures of Pictures, Arnolfini, Bristol; Norwich Art Gallery, Norwich, 1999; Kunstverein Backnang, 2000; The BIG ID, James Cohan Gallery, New York, Intime Exhibition, Goldrausch Projekt, Karlsruhe and Berlin; 2001; Wunschbilder, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig.

The catalogue ‘Rosa Loy, Die Verbündeten’, published by Kunstsammlung Gera, Germany is available from the gallery.

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Rosa Loy