The Art Supermarket

Title: The village Grindelwald with the Mettenberg and the impressive Wetterhorn
Image Courtesy: Grindelwald Tourism

5th Swiss Art Supermarket
Reithalle Solothurn
until January 8, 2005

Evening in Grindelwald
Title: Evening atmosphere in the center of Grindelwald.
Image Courtesy: Grindelwald Tourism

Image visiting an art gallery and knowing in advance whatever catches your eye cannot cost more than CHF 599 (519 USD or €391 are approximate conversions) Contemporary art is on display in Switzerland!

Ski slopes with the Fieschergrat and Eiger
Title: Ski Slopes in front of an impressive scenery. In the background the Fieschergrat and the Eiger.
Image Courtesy: Grindelwald Tourism

The goal of the Art Supermarket or Kunst Supermarkt is to bring excellent art to everyone, with the added caveat that is affordably priced. Each artist is requested to present 40 original art works of the highest quality that is available for sale at pre-determined prices of CHF 99, 199, 399 and the highest cost CHF 599.

The artists include Martin Steiner, Brigid Ibell, Theo Noll, Annina Martinoni, Denise Vanazzi and pINg.pONg.

Martin Steiner

Light and Shadow on a Tree by Martin Steiner
Title: Light and Shadow on a Tree
Artist: Martin Stein (Swiss)
Medium: Black and White Infrared Photography
Artist's Web Site: www.martin-steiner.ch
Image Courtesy: Kunst Supermarkt

Martin describes Light and Shadow on a Tree, as, "A black and white infrared analog photo which I printed out on fine art paper. Infrared photography can be done with analog or digital, this one was made on infrared film. The advantage to that film is the sensibility in red color cast reaches lower infrared frequency which the human eye cannot see."

The artist continues to explain his chosen genre, "Infrared is slow photography which I prefer. I started with infrared photography 2 years ago finding that the first weeks it was difficult to learn, yet with practice the results were both acceptable and fun!"

Brigid Ibell

Brigid has lived and worked in Frankfurt, Germany for the previous two decades.

She studied with Hermann Nitsch at the Staedel Academy in Frankfurt. She prefers to work with oil and pigments.

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Artist: Brigid Ibell (German)
Artist's Web Site: www.ibellart.de
Image Courtesy: Kunst Supermarkt

Theo Noll

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Artist: Theo Noll (German)
Artist's Web: www.theo-noll.de
Image Courtesy: Kunst Supermarkt

German Artist Theo Noll explains, "All of my paintings are made with oil colors." He adds, "Often they are landscapes or color bands that fly in the air like flowers or dancing lines."

Annina Martinoni

Annina's work Somebody is Gone was produced in 2004.

The artist works in a mixed medium technique combining tempera, gouache and pencil.

Somebody is Gone by Annina Martinoni
Title: Qualcuno é partito / Somebody is Gone
Artist: Annina Martinoni (Swiss)
Medium: Mixed Tempera Gouache, Pencil
Dimensions: 20 x 20 cm
Artist's Web: www.raffo.ch
Image Courtesy: Kunst Supermarkt

Denise Vanazzi

Untitled by Denise Vanazzi
Untitled, 2004
Artist: Denis Vanazzi (Swiss)
Medium: Acrylic on Paper
Dimensions: 49 x 39 cm
Artist's Web SIte: www.einhorn.ch
Image Courtesy: Kunst Supermarkt

Denise described the painting, left, as part of a series called Wintersymphonie or Winter Symphony. Adding, "On my long walks I tried to grasp a part of the secrets of nature and to translate them into color and shape. My works invite you to mediate until you feel your own creativity, your thoughts and association rising within your mind."

pINg.pONg

Wanda Bader and Adrian Müller are collectively known as pINg.pONg.

Wanda explains, "We are painting together on one image. If it is a big format then we work together at the same time on one sheet. Otherwise one of us begins and the other continues, like ping-pong."

Non Title 2 by pINg.pONg
Non Title 2, 2004
Artist: pINg.pONg (Swiss)
Artist Email: ping2pong@bluemail.ch
Medium: Mixed Media on Paper
Image Courtesy: Kunst Supermarkt

The artists provide a glimpse into the Kunst Supermarkt.

Springtime in Grindelwald
Title: Meadow with spring flowers. In the background the Eiger.
Image Courtesy: Grindelwald Tourism

Excellent affordable art amid a glorious landscape makes for an inviting combination in Solothurn, Switzerland.

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