Bettina Weiß’s Cosme, exhibited at Edward Cella Art + Architecture at the Himalaya Club in Inglewood, dazzled with color and shape. Using geometric abstract forms, she shapes her own unique view of nature, one as bold as it is vivid. Using both oils and acrylics on panel, bringing in metallic elements to add an extra sense of dimension to both her neon and opaque shades, her work explodes passionately on the wall.
Like florals spun out on an abacus, she combines an almost mathetmatical precision with a joyous universe packed with energy and dynamic color.
Soleil, above
Whether creating circular, visually spin-worthy works such as “Etern #1: or a triumphant, crowded series of triangular lines that compel the eye to not-look-away, as with “Rio #2,” or her pinwheel-perfect blue “Lunium” paired with a vibratingly golden hued “Soleil,” she rivets viewers with her masterful use of line and color.
Lunium, above.
This series of paintings is as lush as it is deep; the viewer feels its energy and passion, as well as the perfection of form that barely contains both, immediately upon entering the gallery space. While Cosme has closed, it is viewable online, here –and expect to see more from this potent artist in exhibitions to come.
You can also view several of her images in a group show at Cella’s other exhibition space, Pattern | Nature now at the Edward Cella Gallery @ The Thomas Lavin Showroom in West Hollywood’s Design Center. Weiß’s work stood as a powerful first exhibition in a series of three solo shows at Himalya Space through Edward Cella, with the overall trio of shows titled Berliner Fokus intended as an annual series of exhibitions. Up next at the Himalya Club is Moritz Neuhoff in his first U.S. solo show.
Above, the artist with Edward Cella
- Genie Davis; images, Genie Davis