Carla Klein
Over the past three decades, Klein’s work has explored the relationship between photography and painting, as well as the layers of mediation involved in the creation and interpretation of images.
At Stey Stavanger, one of Carla Klein’s paintings is displayed above the fireplace in the communal area, with the remaining works found throughout the staircases on each floor.
Though not created specifically for Stey, the large-scale paintings feel naturally at home here. The landscapes, atmosphere and sense of scale echo the Nordic surroundings and the striking landscape of Stavanger, inviting guests to pause, look closer and experience the familiar in a new way.
On display
Carla Klein
Untitled, 2013-2014
Oil on canvas
90 x 220 cm
Carla Klein
Untitled, 2006
Oil on canvas
150 x 400 cm
Carla Klein
Untitled, 2006
Oil on canvas
150 x 400 cm
Carla Klein
Untitled, 2006
Oil on canvas
180 x 350 cm
Carla Klein
Untitled, 2006
Oil on canvas
180 x 350 cm
About the artist
Carla Klein
b. 1970, Zwolle, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Rotterdam
Using her own photography as a point of departure, Klein’s paintings push the original image towards abstraction in ways that reveal inherent flaws in processes of representation.
Many works illustrate artifacts of the imaging process; white borders on the canvas suggest cropping, drips of paint reference scratches on the surface of the negative; which the artist describes as the “abstract consequence” of the photo.
Enlarged from negative to snapshot, and from snapshot to canvas, her sublime landscapes become real objects, far enough removed from their subjects that they take on new and different meanings.
Art you want to live with
At Stey, art and design aren’t just there to look good. They’re there to be lived with. We bring together considered design and art with character, creating spaces that feel personal rather than styled, more home than hotel. Nothing chosen just to match, and nothing that feels out of place. Just good things that grow on you the longer you stay.