“The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand. —Yves Tanguy __ Image: Yves Tanguy Shadow Country, 1927 Oil on canvas 39 x 31 5/ 8 in. (99.1 x 80.3 cm) Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan __ #yvestanguy #tanguy #shadowcountry #automatism #surrealism #surrealist #figurativepainting #figuration #surreallandscapes #landscape #imaginarylandscape #art #artist #modernart #museumcollection #diacollection #zeitcontemporaryart

While Benita Koch-Otte is best known for her weaving and abstract textiles, she enjoyed other artistic pursuits as well, as is the case of photography. The artist renewed her acquaintance with Heinrich Koch, who she met while studying at the Bauhaus in 1929 and they married that same year; as he was a photographer and interior designer, she likely explored photography as a result. Water Lily dates to the year after their marriage and speaks to Benita Koch-Otte's deep understanding of balance and form, which is also most evident in her non-figurative tapestries and textiles. Link in bio – Seeing Nature For additional information, please send an inquiry to [email protected] __ Image: Benita Koch-Otte Water Lily, c. 1930 Silver print 8 1/4 x 6 in. (21 x 15.2 cm) __ #BenitaKochOtte #KochOtte #seeingnature #nature #art #artist #waterlily #lily #lilypad #bauhaus #thebauhaus #weaving #textiles #womanartist #womenartists #womenartistsatthebauhaus #photography #modernart #modernism #germany #onlineviewingroom #viewingroom #zeitcontemporaryart

Whether documenting nature or people, Bryson Rand’s black and white photographs are always evocative of an active gaze. Like many artists included in Seeing Nature, Rand feels anxiety regarding the condition of the planet; he describes Skowhegan, Maine, as captured in these images, as a beautiful, meditative setting. Rand notably draws parallels between bodies and landscapes as well as the systems that maintain our bodies, comparing the blood that runs through our veins to the water that runs through plants. He also believes the enduring facet of the landscape can be compared to the gay experience in that, much like nature, in the face of obstacles, they remain strong. Link in bio – Seeing Nature For additional information, please send an inquiry to [email protected] __ Images: Bryson Rand Untitled/Trees and Light (Skowhegan), 2019 Archival inkjet print 40 x 32 1/8 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm) Bryson Rand Untitled/Lake Water (Skowhegan), 2019 Archival inkjet print 40 x 28 in. (101.6 x 71.1 cm) @bryson_d_rand __ #BrysonRand #Rand #seeingnature #nature #art #artist #photography #photographer #skowhegan #trees #water #lake #humanbody #embodiment #blackandwhitephotography #environmentalism #conservation #landscapephotography #contemporaryart #onlineviewingroom #viewingroom #zeitcontemporaryart

Gauguin was inspired by nature throughout his career, whether in Brittany, the French Caribbean, or Tahiti. Les Chaumières is a crucial work in that it dates to the experimental period where the artist shifted from Impressionism and began to utilize color as expressive of feeling. This unique watercolor monotype is revelatory of Gauguin’s admiration for the life of the peasants in Brittany as well as his subjective sense of the respite offered by nature through a palette of blues, greens, and touches of orange. Link in bio – OVR Seeing Nature For additional information, please send an inquiry to [email protected] __ Artwork: Paul Gauguin Les Chaumières, 1894 Watercolor monotype on thin Japon laid down to board 12 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (30.8 x 19.5 cm) __ #PaulGauguin #Gauguin #seeingnature #nature #art #artist #watercolormonotype #monotype #watercolor #breton #france #postimpressionism #postimpressionist #expressivecolor #expression #color #landscape #modernart #modernism #printmaking #onlineviewingroom #viewingroom #zeitcontemporaryart __ Voice: @goulding_josh

Res is renowned for their intimate, personal photographs, many of which are evocative of their experience growing up as a queer teenager. In this particular work, Res is very drawn to what they view as flowers’ mysterious quality. The artist believes flowers are universally resonant, stating “We feel a connection to flowers, we relate, we yearn, we want to hold on to them, to keep them. We see life, we see our youth, we see our longing, we see our sex, we see joy, we nourish them and we watch them die.” Link in bio - Seeing Nature For additional information, please send an inquiry to [email protected] __ Image: Res Blåsippor Smiley, 2020 Archival pigment print 12 1/2 x 10 in. (31.8 x 25.4 cm) @restagram __ #Res #seeingnature #nature #art #artist #flowers #flower #blåsippor #lily #photographer #photography #purple #landscape #queerexperience #queerart #symbolismofflowers #contemporaryart #onlineviewingroom #viewingroom #zeitcontemporaryart

Link in bio. Zeit Contemporary Art is pleased to present Seeing Nature, an online viewing room on view through July 15th, showcasing modern, postwar, and contemporary works related to being in, looking at, and interacting with nature. These artists represent their personal emotions and associations regarding the natural world; as revealed, the experience can result in a range of feelings, alternately joy, awe, wonder, peace, spiritual resonance, or even fear. As nature also invites introspection, many artists included use nature as a way to deepen into their subjective world. Also, in light of the current climate change crisis as well as cultural and geographical specificity, embracing representations of nature is a way of taking a political stand. As such, this exhibition aims to present a variety of mediums, from works on paper to photography, that are engaged with the experience of nature from Modernism to our contemporary world. ___ #AnselAdams #MartinChirino #PaulGauguin #BenitaKochOtte #RobertMapplethorpe #JoanMitchell #BrysonRand #Res #SeeingNature #Nature #ViewingRoom #OnlineViewingRoom #NewYork #art #modernart #contemporaryart #zeitcontemporaryart

“As far as the intellectual questions that propel me, there might be some that I ask of myself or of the material. However, mine is more of an intuitive process. In the recent work, my underlying question is whether it is possible to make an abstract photograph. The camera requires a subject. I avoid representational objects and select clear acrylic planes that block light and therefore create shadow.” —Barbara Kasten __ Image: Barbara Kasten Transposition 3, 2014 Pigmented inkjet print 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York __ #barbarakasten #kasten #transposition3 #inkjet #print #material #photography #photograph #abstractphotograph #womenartists #yellow #blue #planes #light #shadow #contemporaryart #museumcollection #momacollection #zeitcontemporaryart

“I am endeavoring to find that blush of light over light and the color within the light; the depths through which we see when we look into and not at color.” —Leon Berkowitz __ Image: Leon Berkowitz Source III, 1976 Oil on canvas 96 x 72 in. (243.84 x 182.88 cm) The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. __ #leonberkowitz #berkowitz #sourceiii #abstractart #abstraction #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldpainting #colorfield #color #light #modulatedcolor #blush #purple #pink #blue #art #artist #museumcollection #phillipscollection #contemporaryart #zeitcontemporaryart

“For me, painting means the continuation of dreaming by other means.” —Neo Rauch __ Image: Neo Rauch Takt, 1999 Oil on canvas 98 x 78 1/2 in. (248.2 x 199 cm) Private Collection __ #neorauch #rauch #takt #figurativeart #figuration #foreboding #germanartist #coldwar #danger #art #artist #alienation #socialistrealism #surrealism #surrealistinspiration #contemporaryart #privatecollection #zeitcontemporaryart

“Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist.” —René Magritte __ Image: René Magritte La femme du maçon, 1958 Oil on canvas 13 3/4 x 16 1/8 in. (35 x 41 cm) Private Collection __ #renemagritte #magritte #surrealism #surreal #figurative #figurativeart #juxtapositions #outofcontext #mysterious #mystery #art #artist #painting #oilpainting #canvas #color #green #modernart #privatecollection #zeitcontemporaryart

“That’s what I’m interested in: the space in between, the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is.” —Julie Mehretu __ Images: Julie Mehretu Invisible Sun (algorithm 5, second letter form), 2014 Ink and synthetic polymer paint on canvas 9' 11 3/8" x 13' 11" (303.2 x 424.2 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York __ #juliemehretu #mehretu #psychogeography #sociopolitics #abstract #abstractart #abstractlandscape #dispersion #space #largescale #art #artist #layers #gestural #contemporaryart #moma #themuseumofmodernart #museumcollection #zeitcontemporaryart

“I only want to make each work distinctive and unique. Try not to compromise because of other people. This is what I mean by ‘mindset.’ Art is about creating something different to what has been done before and to create something new. There has been all kinds of cross-disciplinary experimentation and experimentation through marrying different philosophies and ways of thinking. Artists are continually pushing the boundaries of art. Every artist is a thinker.” —Liu Wei __ Image: Liu Wei Devourment, 2019 Aluminum plate, cement, wood, resin, and gypsum 92.52 x 70.87 x 88.58 in. (235 x 180 x 225 cm) Installation at Venice Biennale, Padigilione, 2019 __ #liuwei #wei #installation #urban #urbanexperience #cynicalrealism #assemblage #foundobjects #sculpture #contemporaryurbanlife #cross-disciplinary #experimentation #art #artist #artistasthinker #devourment #venicebiennale #contemporaryart #zeitcontemporaryart