Theresa Moller

Lives and works in Hamburg, Germany

Artist statement

My work is inspired by the sensual opulence of colors and forms of cultural landscapes, emphasizing their deep vulnerability and ambivalent frailty. I explore the tragic entanglement and indissoluble interdependency of natural evolution and cultural development. In my current work I absorb subjective experiences and impressions of my surroundings. I am captivated by visual impressions, by the splendor of colors, shapes and by the rich abundance of beautiful details, at the same time I am struck by the fragility of the landscape. I am touched the vulnerability of our life and environment, as it is currently being particularly tangible in the context of the multiple political and ecological crises of the present. I pursue the aesthetics of landscapes, searching less for the supposedly original, but rather engaging with the unclear situations and following my subjective perceptions. I follow the basic pleasure and delight of visual perception, the act of condensing subjective aesthetic experiences into painting itself guides the forms and images of my work. I follow the inherent logic of painting, experimenting with the different colors, paints and materials, and drive the arrangements and structures beyond themselves with the means of painting. Exploring the possibilities of contemporary landscape painting, I follow the inherent logic of painting and drive the arrangements, figures and structures beyond themselves. I guided by the basic pleasure and delight of visual...

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