Reflex Gallery in Amsterdam presents German artist Iris Schomaker with `Come to the Edge`
(Artdaily.org)

Reflex Gallery in Amsterdam announces the first Benelux exhibition of Berlin-based artist Iris Schomaker. The German artist has garnered international acclaim for her expressive large-scale watercolour and oil works on paper featuring figures in various states of repose. The exhibition `Come to the Edge` runs from 25 February until 26 April. The show consists purely of new works, ranging in size from pieces that are 2m40 x 1m60 to smaller works of around 40 x 30 cm. Each of her paintings consists of an arresting close-up of a single figure, lying reading, resting, sitting curled up, unaware of the viewer’s gaze. `My interest is in the private moment,` says Schomaker of the theme that has been preoccupying her. But this is not voyeurism, in the traditional sense – `It is more like a sudden glimpse – something unexpected. These figures do not offer