Looking Back ( Helmut Newton ) Installation, 2022
bamboo rings, ink on inkjet prints on rice paper, metal chain, leather strings, metal rings, rope, cork ribbon, recycled yarn, string
Having had the good fortune to work with Helmut Newton in my twenties, I now turn to look back. I gaze back at myself as an object and use these pictures as a starting point to reflect on the act of looking, the male gaze and how I feel about being an object. I am essentially changing myself from an object into a subject again.The object is fragmented, conflicted and tied up in many different knots. There is an underlying structure of reality that is hidden.
I focus in on the eyes that are masked. What emotions do they betray? How do they look at being looked at? How does the object see the viewer?
Ink bubbles and stains add a fantasy layer on top of Newton's fantasy and give the work a dream like quality.
Haus Des Wandels
Artist/Mother
2 Installations, 2022
Healing Plants Mobile and Ritual Circle
Sticks, medicinal plants, string, stones
Impressions of a Place/ Haus des Wandels
Eco prints on cotton and silk
I create fictional ritual sites from natural materials that are reminiscent of times long past and mysterious rites.
Plants are the basis of our lives and so much more... They have a variety of properties such as medicinal uses and dye for fabrics . I walked through the garden with the "Flora Incognita" app to identify plants and get to know my surroundings better. I was amazed at the numerous the properties of common and abundant garden plants . Almost every plant I identified has culinary, medicinal, and sometimes industrial uses. The plants in the mobile are the plants I used for my dying process, but each also has a variety of healing properties.
Another dimension of place is made visible through the imprints of the shapes and colors of the plants on the fabric. In this way I connect more deeply with my environment, I become a part of it. I map it, distill its essence, and at the same time create something new that is absolutely site-specific. These prints are different for every place and every time. All prints are made with the same plants, but there are large color variations due to different additives and backgrounds.
Forest of Memories Series
‘Do you remember the forest? Does the forest remember you?’
Forest of Memories Installation 1, 2021
Forest of Memories Installation 2, 2021
Memory of a Sunrise front, 2021, tree branch, Keramiplast, muslin, acrylic transfer, pen, 132 cm x 36 cm, 52 in x 14 in
Memory of a Sunrise side, 2021, tree branch, Keramiplast, muslin, acrylic transfer, pen, 132 cm x 36 cm, 52 in x 14 in
Memory of the Moon, 2021, tree branches, Keramiplast, muslin, gold pigment, acrylic transfer, pen, 135 cm x 76 cm, 53 in x 30 in
Memory of the Moon detail, 2021, tree branch, Keramiplast, muslin, gold pigment, acrylic transfer, pen, 135 cm x 76 cm, 53 in x 30 in
Memory of Trees, 2021, tree branches, Keramiplast, muslin, gold pigment, acrylic transfer, pen, 99 cm x 102 cm, 39 in x 40 in
Memory of Trees side, 2021, tree branches, Keramiplast, muslin, gold pigment, acrylic transfer, pen, 99 cm x 102 cm, 39 in x 40 in
Memory of a Thunderstorm, 2021, tree branch, Keramiplast, muslin, acrylic transfer, pen, 132 cm x 36 cm, 52 in x 14 in
Memory of a Thunderstorm back, 2021, tree branch, Keramiplast, muslin, acrylic transfer, pen, 132 cm x 36 cm, 52 in x 14 in
Memory of a Glacier, 2021, tree branches, Keramiplast, muslin, gold pigment, acrylic transfer, pen, 135 cm x 76 cm, 53 in x 30 in
Memory of a Glacier side, 2021, tree branches, Keramiplast, muslin, gold pigment, acrylic transfer, pen, 135 cm x 76 cm, 53 in x 30 in
The Veiled Paintings Series
‘Veiling the truth with hidden beauty’
1. Cosmic Background Radiation
Cosmic Background Radiation Installation 2021 Muslin, ink, tree branch, gold leaf, thread and pencil on raw canvas
Cosmic Background Radiation 2021 Ink, gold leaf, thread and pencil on raw canvas 70cm x 60cm 27.5 in x 23.5 in
Cosmic Background Radiation Veil 2021 Ink on muslin 80 cm x 52 cm 31.5 in x 20.5 in
Cosmic Background Radiation side view
2. Sound of Black Holes Colliding
Sound of Black Holes Colliding Installation 2021 Muslin, ink, tree branch, gold pigment, thread and pencil on raw canvas
Sound of Black Holes Colliding 2021 Ink, gold pigment, thread and pencil on raw canvas 70cm x 60 cm 27.5 in x 23.5 in
Sound of Black Holes Colliding Veil 2021 Ink on muslin 64 cm x 56 cm 25 in x 22 in
Sound of Black Holes Colliding side view
3. Starburst in Black Hole
Starburst in Black Hole Installation 2021 Muslin, ink, tree branch, gold pigment, thread and pencil on raw canvas
Starburst in Black Hole 2021 Ink, gold pigment, thread and pencil on raw canvas 70 cm x 60 cm 27.5 in x 23.5 in
Starburst in Black Hole Veil 2021 Ink on muslin 78 cm x 54 cm 31 in x 21.5 in
Starburst in Black Hole side view
4. Quarks and Other Material Matter
Quarks and Other Material Matter Installation 2021 Muslin, ink, tree branch, gold leaf, thread and pencil on raw canvas
Quarks and Other Material Matter 2021 Gold leaf, thread and pencil on raw canvas 70 cm x 60 cm 27.5 in x 23.5 in
Quarks and Other Material Matter Veil 2021 Ink on muslin 83 cm x 45 cm 32.5 in x 18 in
Quarks and Other Material Matter side view
Ink Drawings
When you really look at something an intimacy arises and a connection is revealed.
Heart of the cosmos 2020 Ink and pen on paper 42 cm x 29,5 cm 16 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in
Heart of the world 2020 Ink and pen on paper 42 cm x 29,5 cm 16 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in
Fleur du mal 2020 Ink and pen on paper 42 cm x 29,5 cm 16 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in
Lettuce and Sunflower 2020 Ink and pen on paper 42 cm x 29,5 cm 16 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in
Kale 2020 Ink and pen on paper 42 cm x 29,5 cm 16 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in
Cabbage 2020 Ink and pen on paper 42 cm x 29,5 cm 16 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in
Commissions and Collaborations
Ancient Paradise Redux 2018 acrylic, oil pastel, pen on canvas 88 cm x 152 cm 34 1/2 in x 60 in
In 2018 I was approached by the New York design company “Essence Studio NYC” to collaborate on a woven piece of fabric art. They liked my painting “Ancient Paradise Redux” and we worked together to find a suitable part of the painting. Then we translated it from a myriad of color shades into 9 colors and a weaving process. The result was a hangable piece of fabric art that could also function as a blanket. People were able choose their own color combinations online based on color presets and thereby create new pieces of art according to their own color preferences.
