Article (PDF) published in De Gelderlander, 25th of February 2011 - edition Nijmegen.
Review of Karin Buchholtz’ work
From:
Tubelight 45; review magazine for contemporary art
Edition: July/August 2006;
Title article: “Fear of beards at 'Maximum Resolution' show.”
Author: ms. Anne de Haan
For the third consecutive year CBK Gelderland selected a “colorful” collection of works of art, that had been sampled on website www.gelderland.bkdoc.nl in the previous year. CBK Nijmegen organized the analog presentation of this digital gallery under the title: “Maximum Resolution”. Five works of art in this exhibition stand out …
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The painting “Filmstill 9 – the brick factory” (2006) by Karin Buchholtz expresses suspense and mystery. A boy stands with his back against the doorpost of a deserted storehouse in the evening twilight. He looks out carefully. You want to know what the boy is doing. Is he on the run for a gang of thugs or is he up to something and that he has to keep out of sight of the factory’s security.
The mysteriousness of the setting in combination with the dark colors of the sky and the deserted landscape remind you of magical realistic paintings. The picture could be used as a poster for a psychological thriller.
Buchholtz has been inspired by film before. A series of paintings made in 2005 were called film stills by her. She also made a series of staged photographs in the Arnhem central railway station area. She asked passers-by to act as “models” in the scenery and framework that she had chosen. She considers these photos as part of a storyboard for a possible future film. These pictures of people in a phone booth or a dark bar, set in the twilight of the passing day have thriller like expressions.