Born in Kazakhstan, Munich-based artist Hell Gette (b. 1986) has been profoundly influenced and inspired by digital communication and consumer media while intentionally placing her artwork within the landscape painting tradition. The colors are flashy and are reminiscent of discos from the 90s, and the compositions seem wild and chaotic, while revealing her specific sense of humor.
Read MoreDuring her artistic process, Hell Gette employs digital techniques such as cropping, gradients, and the Magic Wand tool. Subsequently, she incorporates processed images with emojis from applications and then transforms those into an oil painting. Hell Gette's landscape paintings are often influenced by image templates derived from various sources, including art, cinema, television, advertising, and social media. She shrewdly amalgamates the conflict between the realms of reality and the digital world. This approach is rooted in the artist's online research and her connection to digital tools, including hand-drawn elements, mobile photography, experimental printing, and occasionally imperfect graphic design. These elements are seamlessly integrated into traditional oil painting, reflecting the concept that painting should be considered on equal footing with other mediums. Hell Gette has coined her landscape paintings as '#landscape 3.0,' encapsulating her aspirations to craft landscape artworks that transcend prevailing traditions within the genre of landscape painting.
Hell Gette's important exhibitions include: "CyScapes," Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin, Germany (2023); "🦅," Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne, Germany (2021); "#UnzUnzUnz," Nagel Draxler Kabinett, Berlin, Germany (2020); "##," Annka Kultys Gallery, London，England (2020); "An Original Netflix Series," Hubert Burda Media, Munich, Germany (2019); "#LANDSCAPE3.0," Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany (2019); "Reality Ends Here," Nachtspeicher23, Hamburg, Germany (2016); "Die Landung," Akademiegalerie, Munich, Germany (2014). "Cyberpunk," Each Modern, Taipei, Taiwan (2021).
Text courtesy Each Modern.
