galerie le chiffre

Philosophy of the Galerie le Chiffre

Le Chiffre. This word embodies the uniting element between
the artlover and the artwork. An artwork is never
completely accessible at first sight, it requires time, patience
and the natural passion for contemporary art to uncover all
the layers it implies. As it is described in the theory of
hermeneutics by Friedrich Schleiermacher, the observer
tries to empathize with the creative thoughts of the artist in
order to reveal and understand the content of the artwork.
The process of decryption of the chiffre, which is part of
every piece of art, will become a personal experience. That
way the chiffre has the meaning of a connecting link and
intense artexperience at the same time. But that not only
the art of every artist is individual but also the relation
between artwork and its unknown opponent is unique, is an
important aspect we want to emphasize with every future
exhibition. We do not want to influence the personal
relation to art, thus we want to incourage the independent
view in connection with thought-provoking impulses. A
quote from Joseph Beuys says: „In the human being ideas
move on, while in the artworks they freeze and will be left
behind.“. For Beuys, a major german artist of the 20th
century, the human being becomes necessary to enable the
idea to survive: without us the idea fades and then
becomes meaningsless. He elevates the recipient to a
responsible carrier of the initial idea and also says that it will
develope by the personal interaction with the artpiece.