Sarah Ettlinger
Sarah Ettlinger is a British artist, born in Denmark and raised in London, who has made her permanent home in Athens. She graduated with distinction from Middlesex University and a 1st class degree in Art & Design from Liverpool University. She has exhibited in Greece, England, France, Sweden and Ecuador. “Lost Innocence” (London) and “In-External contortions” (Athens) are two of her solo shows representative of her work. She holds a part-time teaching post in the Art and Design department of an International School and in 2009 she curated “Common grounds” showcasing for the first time alumni artists, architects and designers. Sarah has been active (co-curating and participating) in a number of artist initiative projects, ―“Athens ArtCore Festival” 2020, “Supermarket Stockholm Independent Art fair” 2019, “Private View” 2014, “ReMap II” 2009, the ground breaking “Where is the art? / Open Spaces, 2007”, parallel event to the 1st Athens Biennale.
The Works
Sarah Ettlinger favors oil painting as her chosen means of expression but does not shy away from changing her style to fit the concept of each body of work or project. The linking factor of her oeuvre is her curiosity to unearth layers of perceptions hidden by the façade of social consensus and preconceptions. Often, this endeavor ties closely to her own experiences as a woman and artist in Athens. The paintings on display are taken from the series “Skyscapes” 2018-2020 which are essentially her first ever “landscapes”. The works indicate an urban setting, yet the focus within each composition is the dramatic expansive skies – uplifting, awesome, oppressive, introspective landscapes. In contrast, her concurrent series “Home-Side”, spotlight details/traces of squats or street dwellings concealed under the city’s veneer and our ‘selective’ gaze. These two series interlink to provoke scrutiny and question our own emotional and spatial comfort-zones.
“The new body of works provokes scrutiny and questions our own emotional and spatial comfort-zones.”
Sarah Ettlinger
Skyscape VII
Oil on canvas
70 × 100 cm
1000 €
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Sarah Ettlinger
Skyscape II
Oil on canvas
50 × 70 cm
650 €
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Sarah Ettlinger
Skyscape VIIΙ
Oil on canvas
35 × 50 cm
450 €
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