{"product_id":"17080-uwe-wittwer","title":"Uwe Wittwer","description":"\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003eUwe Wittwer (*1954 in Zurich) inquires into and disrupts expectations and viewing habits. The entrancing beauty and sensuousness of his paintings and watercolors lure the viewer into a world of ambiguity. Only a second glance reveals that the apparent aesthetic innocence of the middle class he portrays is actually a kind of latent horror. Captured in a blur, the still lifes, interiors, landscapes, and portraits avoid obvious interpretation, so that the question of what is “real” and what is “fake,” where the façade or razzle-dazzle begins and ends, remains open. Fascinated by the imagery of the Old Masters, Wittwer digitally processes the source materials he takes from the Internet and lends them a sense of texture by means of paint, canvas, and paper. His groups of works revolve concentrically around the issue of the reality behind the image. This is the first comprehensive survey of Wittwer’s oeuvre.\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003cFONT size=2 face=TheSans\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"\u003eExhibition schedule: CCA \u0026amp; A Gallery, Hamburg, April 10–May 9, 2012 | Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, May\u0026nbsp;18–June 23, 2012 |\u0026nbsp;Somerset House, London, July\u0026nbsp;4–August 27, 2012 | Haunch of Venison, London May–June, 2012 | SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town, Fall, 2012\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874909647112,"sku":"9783775733168","price":49.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775733168_1134b7f4-b0ae-4cf9-ad11-fbe562fc4c02.jpg?v=1744144060","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17080-uwe-wittwer","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}