Attersee by Gustav Klimt Bathroom coming to rest

coming to rest

from deep shadow greens to blazing warm oranges

The mood is cinematic

Doudine's eye for balance between contemporary flatness and classical weight is what gives this work its particular authority

Nico Tracey approaches the Guggenheim not as a record but as a graphic proposition

Attersee by Gustav Klimt Bathroom coming to restAttersee is one of Klimt's rare departures from the figure a landscape so saturated with pattern and colour that it nearly abandons depth in favour of surface. The lake, trees and shoreline are compressed into a shimmering vertical field where reflection and solid ground become interchangeable, painted with the same mosaic like handling Klimt brought to his decorative works. The palette deep greens, blues and warm earth tones vibrates against itself