Image: Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz
The Ludwig Museum Koblenz is presenting Liliane Tomasko’s exhibition ‘Bridge’ from 30 August to 1 November 2026. Tomasko, born in Zurich in 1967, is an internationally active artist whose painting moves between abstraction and figuration. At the exhibition’s centre are transient states between wakefulness, sleep and dreaming, as well as difficult-to-grasp transitions in which perception changes.
Tomasko’s atmospheric still lifes and interiors from the 2000s show pillows, sheets, blankets, and cupboards containing clothing and fabrics. In these early works, the soft, folded textiles appear almost sculptural. She initially studied sculpture before turning to painting in 1999.
A recurring motif in Tomasko’s work is the empty, rumpled bed after a night. In ‘Bed and Dress’ (2002), the absent person is nevertheless suggested everywhere through folds, shadows, and traces of presence; Polaroid photographs serve as the starting point, preserving a personal trace while translating reality into an image.
From this engagement with absence and trace, Tomasko develops an increasingly free and expressive visual language. Folds become lines, textile structures become colour-rich textures, and recognisable forms dissolve progressively into open pictorial spaces. ‘Floating Stack #2’ (2010) is a graphite work on paper.
