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Andreas Rüthi

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A Swiss artist who lives and works in South Wales, Ruthi has exhibited in England, Germany, Switzerland and America.

Still life painting has played a crucial role whenever economic or scientific changes take place. The flourishing of Dutch and Spanish still life painting started when the economy in those countries started to accelerate. Chardin was active in Paris at the time of increasing scientific research into human vision. Cubist still life was concerned with different viewpoints.

Matisse on the other hand paints his interiors with windows emphasizing the relationship between interior and exterior. ‘For me the space from the horizon to the inside of my room is continuous, and that the boat which passes lives in the same space as the familiar objects around me; the wall around the windows does not create two worlds.’ (Matisse to a journalist)

These ‘Double Page’ paintings are a juxtaposition of domestic objects such as fruit and toys and an opened up art book. They investigate the relationship of an object and an image, ie. a window located in the book.

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http://www.niagara-galleries.com.au/artists/artistpages/theartists/ruthi/ruthiframe.html

• Mermaid and Monster

  16th September — 29th January 2009
  Contemporary Art Society 11 — 15 Emerald Street, London. WC1N 3QL

• ARTfutures 2007

  7th March — 12th March 2007
  Bloomberg Space 50 Finsbury Square London EC2A 1HD