The Nature of Light
January 31 – March 7, 2026
Bremond Capela is pleased to present The Nature of Light, a solo exhibition by Annabell Häfner.
Installation views
About the exhibition
Annabell Häfner’s paintings unfold in a suspended space where landscape, architecture, and atmosphere coexist without ever fully stabilising.
At the core of her practice lies color, used not as a decorative element but as a primary means of constructing space and emotion.
Through color, Häfner builds environments that are felt as much as they are seen, inviting the viewer into fields of perception rather than into clearly defined places. Light plays a central role in this body of work, not as a rupture but as an extension of this chromatic exploration. It operates as a structuring force that modulates how color behaves, how depth is suggested, and how space unfolds across the surface.
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Shadows, dusk-like tones, and subtle shifts in luminosity guide the viewer’s eye, shaping the atmospheric conditions of each painting rather than describing a specific time or place. Häfner often begins her works with warm or dark-toned grounds, allowing light to emerge from within the painting itself. These chromatic undertones permeate the composition, creating a temporal ambiguity, suggesting twilight, the blue hour, or an indeterminate moment between day and night.
Light here is inseparable from color; it is carried by it, absorbed by it, and transformed through it. These paintings are informed by Häfner’s sustained observation of a recurring landscape, where the same environment reveals itself differently each day through shifts in light, weather, and season. Color remains the central organising principle of the paintings.
Exhibition details
- Dates
- January 31 – March 7, 2026
- Location
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Bremond Capela
13 rue Béranger, 75003 Paris - Artist
- Annabell Häfner
- Photography
- Nicolas Brasseur