Marco Reichert
Pareidolia

Duration: May 30—July 3, 2022
Location: Viewing room

CAI and CAI Gallery is pleased to present Pareidolia, a solo exhibition by Marco Reichert. The exhibition consists of a selection of eleven paintings exploring the notion of pareidolia — the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern — in Marco Reichert’s painterly practice.

Marco Reichert’s works seemingly depict a veiled face or fingerprint, using black and wavy horizontal lines to create quasi-abstract paintings with a hint of figuration. However, Reichert has no interest in a representational image, as the faces are the result of pareidolia in which the mind of the viewer completes incomplete structures with familiar forms. It’s these structures that form the foundation of his artistic practice. His unique technical procedure consists of a sophisticated and unique creative process, implementing machinery using computer technology. The German artist studied Information Technology before dedicating his life to painting. Doing so, Reichert’s works hover between painting, graffiti, and computer art, creating a play of balance and contrast between the mechanical character of his black lines and the expressive interventions by the artist himself.

The exhibition runs from May 30 until July 3, 2022, in CAI Gallery’s viewing room.