Uwe Wittwer's new large scale watercolour paintings and new oil paintings are on show at the Zurich Gallery of Haunch of Venison. The show comprises new work created over the period of one year, - to a large extent at the Landys & Gyr Studio in East London, where he spent six month on a scholarship.

The precise show is a grand display of Wittwer's masterful painting skills. It offers a rare overview of the sometimes eerie depth of the subject matter behind the often dazzling beauty of his art. Wittwer's habit of displaying a fascist interior alongside a seemingly innocent Still Life, opens a previously hidden, malevolent side to the splendour of the opulent flower painting. Everything is beautiful, nothing is innocent. This is Wittwer's best show to date, - it clearly benefits from the generous space the Haunch of Venison Gallery offers, giving the large scale paintings the space they demand.

The show is accompanied by a book called «Uwe Wittwer, Hail and Snow, watercolours». With a thorough text on Wittwer's work by Sarah Kent.

Uwe Wittwer at Haunch of Venison Gallery, Lessingstrasse 5, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland,
August 26th - September 29th.