Alke Schmidt Exhibitions Home Exhibitions Back to Our financial times From the Visitors book of the WITNESS Exhibition "A really moving exhibition. In all my years of visiting galleries I have not seen work which so - particularly aesthetically - seems to be everything I love and respond to." "Brilliant show Alke, intelligent, thoughtful and poetic." "Thanks for taking the visual into political discourse. A fantastic show. I thought the quotes softer than the art - the power of the image. The struggle continues." "Great combination of the beautiful and deliberately ugly. Love the two chinese prints - and your phoenix. Find the allusive (large ripped canvas with cards) more powerful than the more literal (roulette) but as before with your work I will take away images and feelings which will stay with me a while." "Very impressive exhibition. I love the creativity of the pieces and the doilies. Apart from adding a striking contrast, it brings to focus the point of intervention - we can change things, it's in our own hands. Very powerful. This is what art is all about." "Very inspiring. I love the fact that you have married a strong political message with a very feminine and beautiful craft." "Important work - your art is a powerful way of being political - it speaks to us in many ways." "Amazing - one of the most inspiring approaches I have seen all week. It really rivets me to the spot and makes me think, laugh, and get angry - not about the work, about the issue!" "I'm so glad I came. This is a beautiful show. The issues are strong and so pressing. I love the depth and the layers to your work. Brilliant." "Elegant and effective. It makes you really look and think." "Absolute genius." Excellent work, very impressive combination of artistic method and political thought." " Very interesting depiction of the state and finance and all the aggression. The montages bring home in one total statement the feelings I have about the world." "Thought-provoking, interesting and beautiful work." "Wonderful exhibition for our Meeting House. It's most appropriate. Expresses our feeling in an artistic and colourful way."