Lena Schmidt - New York City

Lena Schmidt's Work Series »New York City«: Cityscape not Landscape

Urban shadow worlds and perspectives saturated with gold are being created in Lena Schmidt’s »New York City« series. Night versus day in timeless spaces. Cityscape not landscape. These alienated parallel universes devoid of organics, dissolving entirely into line, perspective, and material structure, have a dreamlike subtility and their very own optical tectonics. Levels shift, oscillate, quietly secret windows are being opened to enigmatic dimensions.
Text: Kristina von Bülow

»NYC No. 8«, Lena Schmidt, 2014, acrylic marker on wood, carved into wood, 48 × 11 × 11 cm

»NYC No. 7«, Lena Schmidt, 2014, acrylic marker, paint, enamel on ply wood, carved into ply wood, 43 × 35 cm

»NYC No. 6«, Lena Schmidt, 2014, acrylic marker, cement, water color, enamel on ply wood, carved into ply wood, 55 × 63 cm

»NYC No. 5«, Lena Schmidt, 2014, acrylic marker, enamel, cement, water color on ply wood, carved into ply wood, 55 × 67 cm

»NYC No. 4«, Lena Schmidt, 2014, marker, cement, water color, enamel on ply wood, carved into ply wood, 61,5 × 55 cm

»NYC No. 3«, Lena Schmidt, 2014, acrylic marker, cement, water color on ply wood, carved into wood, 64 × 67 cm

»NYC No. 2«, Lena Schmidt, 2014, acrylic marker, cement, water color, enamel on ply wood, 51 × 63 cm

»NYC No. 1«, Lena Schmidt, 2014, acrylic marker on ply wood, carved into ply wood, 63 × 62 cm

»NYC Street«, Lena Schmidt, 2011, marker and enamel on wood, scratched and carved into Wood

»NYC Rooftop«, Lena Schmidt, 2011, marker on wood, scratched into wood, 9 × 9 inches

»Factory 232«, Lena Schmidt, 2011, marker on wood, acrylic paint on wood, enamel on wood, scratched and carved into wood