Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery

Copyright The Artist

Faces fade into and out of focus, dissolving into white light and velvety shadows. Elsewhere, mysterious landscapes seem to rise up out of deep shades of red and blue. In Trickster, Bertram Hasenauer’s solo exhibition at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery Berlin, images hover between recognition and uncertainty, inviting into a world of flickering forms and perceptual play. Across mythology, the trickster appears in many guises: a character who moves across boundaries, eluding social and cultural expectations. There is an element of play, but also deception. When we encounter a trickster, we know…