What you see is what you get

Curated by Caterina Fondelli

Text by Annav. Bülow

Bias FLINTA* Projects Dresden

With the famous words 'What you see is what you see', Frank Stella chose in a 1964 interview to explain his work: the slogan of minimalism was born.

Based on the quote, the exhibition WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET shows ten works by the artist Noemi Durighello, who lives and works in Dresden. The simple concept explains that what you see is what you get: painting on canvas.

It alone should serve as a course for understanding. Formal simplicity, clarity of content, Durighello‘s casual conciseness honours the objective.

What you see is what you get (2023) aims to dissolve the boundaries between painting and installation as a work that projects into space. Similarly, the works Blue Monday (2023), Splendido splendente (2023) and Exit (2023) interact. The inclusion of a mirror creates new delightful ways of viewing Durighello‘s painting. Forms are fragmented, combined, flash or disappear. The work Smoke&Mirrors (2023) mirrors the installative group and stimulates through its nebulous motif. X (2023), 0 (2023), Gossip (2023) and Zorro (2023) add an amusing nuance to the exhibition, revealing the light-hearted treatment of forms in Durighello‘s painting and its impulsively experimental presentation.

Anna v. Bülow