The lines between
March 14, 2026 – May 9, 2026
Verena Freyschmidt, Herbert Hinteregger insert "cerebrum eins" by Myriam Holme, Harald Kröner
Bernhard Knaus Fine Art
Opening: Saturday, March 14, starting at 6 p.m.
Exhibition dates: March 17 to May 9, 2026
Verena Freyschmidt, Herbert Hinteregger insert "cerebrum eins" by Myriam Holme, Harald Kröner
The group exhibition The lines between brings together four artistic positions that understand the medium of paper, the process of drawing, and the phenomenon of light as fields of thought and perception. The focus is on lines and their spaces in between: between trace and form, material and immateriality, structure and movement. Paper functions not only as a medium, but also as an active resonance space. Light appears as an immaterial counterpart that questions vision and its conditions.
Verena Freyschmidt presents works from her Rhizome series, in which drawing unfolds into an open, circular system. Repeated settings, overlays, and subtle shifts create networks reminiscent of biological or geological structures: networks without a center, spaces without fixed orientation. Freyschmidt reflects on the process of drawing itself—as a mental and physical movement in which control and chance interpenetrate. Her approach to paper remains both analytical and sensitive: lines and empty spaces, tension and breathing enter into a precise balance. The sheet becomes a space for thought in which inner growth becomes visible.
Herbert Hinteregger inserts "cerebrum eins" by Myriam Holme. Transformation, reduction, contemplation, and concentration are levels of Herbert Hinteregger's processual and conceptual approach to painting. While he often worked with ballpoint pen ink as a painting material in earlier works, in his current paper works he creates lines from various adhesive tapes in bright neon tones (drawing with adhesive tape), which he applies to cardboard supports. These compositions do not follow a narrative logic, but rather structure the pictorial space rhythmically and energetically. The use of this material, which is taken from the painting process of the pictures, leads the line into the surface and at the same time into the space—a continuation of spatial drawings made with adhesive tape, which Hinteregger realized in 2020 at Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt, and in 2022 at Galerie Lombardi-Kargl, Vienna. In the tension between materiality, color, and light, the line here becomes both a boundary and a transition. For the exhibition, he invited artist Myriam Holme to enter into dialogue with a work on flag fabric. Her translucent fabric, covered with spray-painted neon lines, contrasts Hinteregger's material density with a light, breathing counterpart. Both works address color as a physical trace—condensed in Hinteregger's work, fleeting in Holme's—thus opening up a reflection on duration, transformation, and perception.
In his works on paper, Harald Kröner explores the line as a vehicle for movement, language, and memory. His large-format sheets combine layering, superimposition, and rhythmic structure to create vibrant fields in which the drawing process remains visible. Kröner understands drawing as the language of thought—precise, open, prosaic. He transfers this principle to his neon works, in which light becomes a continuation of the line in space. Luminous lines and wordplays hover between legibility and abstraction. With the help of neon signs, he transforms the gesture of drawing into energy and spatial presence. A field of tension arises between paper and light, in which signs, movement, and perception mirror each other.
In combination, the works of Freyschmidt, Hinteregger with Holme, and Kröner reveal a precise reflection on material, line, and space. The lines between refers to the lines themselves and the relationships that form between them. This refers to tensions, transitions, and resonances that arise through placement, superimposition, and light. The exhibition focuses on perception as a process. The visible and the invisible are not in opposition, but enter into a relationship. The line appears as both a boundary and a connection, as a trace on paper and a presence in space. Movement, thought, and light are condensed within it.
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