Text and Images as field of in)formation has been and continues to be the
driving force of my abstract painting/ visual poetry.
Analogue Glow as show title … Why? These 16 paintings are all about
playing with the available aspects of light: natural daylight/ spot light/ lights
off/ dark light. All lights bring forth a unique colour range in accordance to
their specific light range. Each painting creates a glowing correspondence
under each type of light.
Comprising ingredients of special light sensitive pigments facilitate this
versatile correspondence. Each painting not only tells its story, but will also
reveal further details and depth of underpinnings in accordance with the
specific light exposure.
Certain aspects remain hidden until we change the light!
Since 2012, I have been focusing on the text-like notations with marks and
dingbats in my paintings, especially with the use of phosphorescent
pigments. I began to create my own interpretation of illuminated paintings.
In 2013 and 2016, I have presented such works called the “Glyphgraphs”
series at the Peter Robertson Gallery. (Find more on “Glyphgraphs” in the
monograph by Dagmar Täube tilted In)Formation p.90)
In addition to the use of phosphorescent and fluorescent pigments, this
new selection of paintings include the experimentation with UV light
sensitive pigments.
With the help of a dark light/ UV light flashlight ( or spotlights) one gets to
experience a new face to face adventure. The dark light suddenly changes
the aspects to reading and seeing into other dimensions and relationships.
The act of looking becomes a reading/ seeing conversation with a non-
digital phenomenon. The analogue glow is shaping the interpretation and
perception a the visual field of information where backgrounds are calling
forth the interplay of signs co-signing with spontaneous elemental
distributions.
Another fun fact: When photographing these paintings with a ‘smartphone’,
another interaction appears, as the smartphone seems to detect a text!
When pressing the scanning feature, it says: look it up/ translate/ copy
paste …
I would like to invite the viewer to experience the multi-dimensional
mysterious and curious space between writing and painting. We were
taught to decipher a topography. The painterly presence of the text offers
another context which is triggered by a process of playful light play with
unexpected traces.
Thank you for this opportunity:) - Alice Teichert, 2026
