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"Virtuosic and powerful, [Bertlmann] puts into effect Adorno’s saying that kitsch parodies catharsis... Trilogic towers, unicorns and magic carpets guide us in another world, to the other side of a dream, the sublime, crucial for understanding our naked self. What was 'banal' can, with the passage of time, become fantastic."
– Felicitas Thun-Hohenstein, art historian and curator of 'Renate Bertlmann: Discordo Ergo Sum,' Austrian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2019
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![Renate BERTLMANN Frühlingserwachen [Spring Awakening], 1989 Acrylic and oil crayon on canvas 320 x 400 cm £ 128,000.00](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Renate BERTLMANN
Frühlingserwachen [Spring Awakening], 1989Acrylic and oil crayon on canvas320 x 400 cm£ 128,000.00
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Originally intended for Frieze Masters: Spotlight, this online display features work from Renate BERTLMANN's Magic Carpet series and related sculpture, a defined body of work created between 1988 and 1998. On view for the first time since their making on both our website and as part of Frieze Viewing Room: Frieze Masters, these works show the more playful side of this radical, scandalous, feminist artist, whose work has challenged male oppression and the way women have been held back by societal conventions throughout the course of her career.
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Bertlmann's Magic Carpet paintings and sculptures are, in the artist's words, a “courageous feminist act.” Embodying a sense of feminine erotica and magical optimism, the works explicitly manifest Bertlmann’s exploration of ‘kitsch’ in the provocative trilogy that defines her practice: 'Pornography', 'Utopia' and 'Irony'. The gallery’s presentation for Frieze Masters features a number of works from the series that continue Bertlmann’s distinctive use of sexualised objects and now incorporate tinsel, baubles and glitter with bright neon paint. Fun and light-hearted works on paper are shown alongside small-scale mixed media sculptures that combine papier mâché, Polaroid photographs, Perspex and postcards.
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Renate BERTLMANN
Vier Jahreszeiten [Four Seasons], 1988Mixed media on wood, in artists frameEach: 33 x 27 cm£ 82,000.00
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Renate BERTLMANN
Bridegroom, Bride & Cardinal, 1975Set of 3 drawings. Pencil, ink, tempera, gold colour on aqua fix.60 x 48 cm each£ 44,000.00
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Renate BERTLMANN
Hokus Focus Fidibus, 1989Set of 4 unique and vintage photographs, each in hand-painted artist's framesEach: 43 x 43 cm£ 70,000.00
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Hocus Focus Fidibus, 1989
4:40min
VHS video, digitalized
Colour, SoundSoundtrack by Jean Michel Jarre: EQUINOXE Part 6
Frieze Viewing Room: Renate BERTLMANN
Past viewing_room
![Renate BERTLMANN Frühlingserwachen [Spring Awakening], 1989 Acrylic and oil crayon on canvas 320 x 400 cm £ 128,000.00](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_3000,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/5dd1ca01489cdbdd51f3f24b553f57a2j.jpg)
![Renate BERTLMANN Zauberturm - Das Einhorn - Modell [Magic Tower - The Unicorn - Model], 1990 Papier-mâché, acrylic and Perspex 67 x 45 x 45 cm](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/820c0b12eb27dc701509c28cd392bfc8j/richardsaltoun-renate-bertlmann-zauberturm-das-einhorn-modell-magic-tower-the-unicorn-model-1990.jpg)
![Renate BERTLMANN Zauberturm.. Modell [Magic Tower… - Model], 1990 Papier-mâché, acrylic, glitter and Perspex 67 x 45 x 45 cm](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/bbc4876270f44b216da11c178d62c28cj/richardsaltoun-renate-bertlmann-zauberturm..-modell-magic-tower-model-1990.jpg)
![Renate BERTLMANN Vier Jahreszeiten [Four Seasons], 1988 Mixed media on wood, in artists frame Each: 33 x 27 cm £...](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_3000,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/e1954cd045eef5a73b1eef2687900c4cj.jpg)
![Renate BERTLMANN Trilogische Türme… [Trilogical Towers…], 1990 Acrylic, oil crayon, coloured pencil on paper 88 x 60 cm](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/58c0605550ad9d10ef959ab0c4a02118j/richardsaltoun-renate-bertlmann-trilogische-t-rme-trilogical-towers-1990.jpg)
![Renate BERTLMANN Trilogische Zaubertürme [Trilogical Magic Towers], 1990 Oil crayon, tinsel, acrylic on canvas in artists hand painted frame 175 x 125 cm](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/06954d0588c6ba7d9b9fff928c55b4aaj/richardsaltoun-renate-bertlmann-trilogische-zaubert-rme-trilogical-magic-towers-1990.jpg)
![Renate BERTLMANN Orangenteppich [Orange Carpet] - magic carpet, 1992 Acrylic, oil pastels and baubles on canvas 250 x 170 cm Each snow-globe: approx. 16 cm](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/5b516b3b2b051ce93d9e78ba1de108bcj/richardsaltoun-renate-bertlmann-orangenteppich-orange-carpet-magic-carpet-1992.jpg)
![Renate BERTLMANN Eisblume (aus der Serie Identifikationen) [Ice flower (from the series Identifications)], 1992 Mixed media collage with plexiglass 25.5 x 15.5 x 4.5 cm](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/8ca8c73b403ed940ec1a31e76c73e055j/richardsaltoun-renate-bertlmann-eisblume-aus-der-serie-identifikationen-ice-flower-from-the-series-identifications-1992.jpg)
![Renate BERTLMANN Boris lügt [Boris is Lying], 1974 Pencil, gouache and transparent paper laid on paper 36 x 49 cm Framed 60 x 72 cm](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/b49a56b261db86c8c1cc4de7daf99511j/richardsaltoun-renate-bertlmann-boris-l-gt-boris-is-lying-1974.jpg)
![Renate BERTLMANN Stele II [Spot II], 1974 Oil and graphite on wood 140 x 130 cm](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/ff3120f9f5ef43f9018949eeb3502492j/richardsaltoun-renate-bertlmann-stele-ii-spot-ii-1974.jpg)
![Renate BERTLMANN Stele VI [Spot VI], 1974 Oil and pencil on wood 110 x 150 cm](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/richardsaltoun/images/view/7f42e534bc03e89af552c08f76fa469cj/richardsaltoun-renate-bertlmann-stele-vi-spot-vi-1974.jpg)
