The works of Donald Baechler are full of contradictions and oppositions. In his work the abstract meets the figurative, the linear contrasts with the physical and scribbles faces accurate signs and forms. Both in drawings and paintings Donald Baechler often works with collages. The images are built up by several layers of different materials such as paper clippings and parts of lace and textiles. The surface becomes physical and conveys an impression of depth, whereas the motif is deliberately flat and more seems to be a contour or a profile. The motifs are objects from everyday life, such as a flower, a ball, an animal or a house.

The flower is the main motif of the new exhibition, but the viewer also recognizes the everyday objects. The flowers often coincide with an additional object or figure, such as a horse or one or two faces. The motifs are painted with strong and direct brushstrokes against an almost grisaille-like background, shifting from grey to terracotta. The exhibition shows also a large bronze sculpture of a flower, which stands as an echo against the flowers on the wall.

Donald Beachler was born in Hartford, New England in 1956. He attended the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Cooper Union in New York. After completing his studies at the Staatliche Hochshule für bildende Kunste in Frankfurt, he moved back to New York where he still lives and works. For the big audience Donald Baechler had his breakthrough in 1989 in connection with the Whitney Museum Biennale in New York. Donald Baechler has participated in exhibitions all around the world and he is represented at, among others, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum in New York, and the Centre Georges Pompidou and Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris.