Solo Exhibition

March 21 – May 10, 2025

Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Project Space, Paris

11-13 rue des Arquebusiers, 75003 Paris

Galerie Peter Kilchmann announces the very first solo exhibition of works by Bernd Ribbeck
(born in 1974) in France, hosted in their Project Space in Paris. For this presentation, the artist has created
works specifically tailored to the space, including an illusionistic wall installation and several small-scale
paintings.

These pieces are intricately designed rhythmic and geometric sequences of forms and colors, which
spread across the entire surface of the substrates and beyond, following an expansive all-over principle.
Ribbeck employs a variety of techniques (acrylic, pigmented markers on MDF) and layers of color,
sanding them down during the process to create translucent layers that evoke an enigmatic energetic
interplay of elements, which seem to emerge and recede in an almost magical way. Despite their almost
rigid compositions, his works transcend pure abstraction and veer into the realm of narrative, encouraging
the viewer to delve into unexpected interpretive spaces shaped by the contrasting forces of compression
and expansion. Despite the outward-tending ‘melody,’ the very small formats also possess a magnetic
pull, drawing the viewer in like rare and complex pieces of jewelry, inviting a profound and intimate
engagement through careful observation.