Zürich, Switzerland.- Katz Contemporary is pleased to present “Elisabeth Llach / Luc Andrié: Silberregen”, on view at the gallery from January 18th through March 17th. The exhibition features works by Elisabeth Llach (born 1970 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland) and Luc Andrié (born 1954 in Pretoria, South Africa), both of whom live and work in the French-speaking part of Switzerland and are members of the artists group Makrout Unité. Red or black long hair, red lips, black high heels – Elisabeth Llach has mastered the visual vocabulary of clichéd feminine attributes and dedicates her work solemnly to the feminine – the results are uniquely painted and expressive portraits of women in acrylic on paper. She finds inspiration in fashion magazines, books, advertisements and found images from art history and transfers these visuals to a new context in her works – they get combined, deformed or even disected. Llach’s skillful and subtle play with lighting and staging the depicted figures in a theater-like environment give her works an underlying surreal character: