Othmar Eder opens up the Kalo Mina in October with "1000 Berge" (mountains).

 

Focusing on what is essential and the ability to slow down time are key factors in the work of Othmar Eder. His proficiency to create drawing images that serve as findings of elapsed time is proof of his power to temporarily undock from the common world. Despite picturing a quietness and reserve, the works are intense moments of life in which Othmar Eder shows compressed layers of time. His overexposed drawings with soft contrasts are characteristic and distinctive. 

 

Othmar Eder enriches his ideas with memories of mountain hikes in the Alps and his strolls through Lisbon and Genova. "How great they are!" he babbled when staring at the home mountains. Just like Bernardo Soares in The Book of Disquiet by Pessoa when he looked up to the sky and to the formation of clouds and said: "Seeing and hearing are the only noble things that life holds for us." Well, Othmar Eder is truly a noble and persistent visionary. 

 

Othmar Eder lives and works in Stettfurt CH and has received various fellowships and grants. His work is part of notable public and private collections.