I am currently working on two series of paintings: a new one (based on the Splendor Solis illuminations) Echo and a continuation of the Osiris Fragments. Working on these images confronts me again with the old question, when is it ‘finished’, when does the process of painting comes to a halt? Do I want to reveal and ‘finish’ figures/objects, make it ‘easy’ for the beholder or stick even more to the joy that comes with breaking figures/objects up, leaving them in a state of becoming, partially manifested and partially virtual? I catch myself sometimes thinking ‘nobody will recognise that …’, reminding myself of the joy of doing ‘precise’ life drawing – although what I want to achieve is to leave the beholder space for associations and feelings. Altogether different registers, I guess.
Read MoreDec. ’14
After a very busy time (also away from studio and home), I have now enough space to experiment again. Working on some commissions (both reflecting Splendor Solis) and am happy to have so much studio time at hand.
A source image for ‘Osiris Fragments’ (2013/4)
The Egyptian god-image Osiris appears in Maier’s Atalanta Fugiens (Fleeting Atalanta) as a placeholder for the alchemical king, a position of power that has to go through a process of death in order to renew; in the upper left corner his wife/sister/mother Isis is depicted contemporarily dressed and approaching the dismembered form of Osiris as if located perhaps in the recess of a cellar.
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Source images from ‘Splendor Solis’
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British School at Rome
Friday 13th – the exhibition of 7 awardholders at the British School at Rome.
Read MoreAbbey Fellowship in Painting at BSR
I have been awarded an Abbey Fellowship Award for Painting by the British Academy/British School in Rome. This grants a 3 months residency in a studio space at the British School in Rome for a specific project. I am very happy about this opportunity.
Is Art Dead? – ArtLyst
Do artists only create for each other? Since Hegel, the idea of the end of art has become a staple of aesthetic theory. Will Post Art be the end of art? The concept of “Post Art” was developed by the happening artist Allan Kaprow, based on his idea that life is much more interesting than art, at the expense of art.
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