The artwork features a vibrant and abstract composition that blends various shapes, colors, and textures. The canvas is filled with a surreal landscape, showcasing a dreamlike and imaginative world. The artist employs a bold and expressive style, using a mix of gestural brushstrokes and intricate details to create a visually striking piece. The work explores themes of fantasy and the subconscious, inviting the viewer to engage with the artwork's imaginative and symbolic elements. The historical context or the artist's intention behind this piece reflects a contemporary exploration of the inner world and the power of artistic expression to transcend the boundaries of the physical realm. ...
Paula Henrike Herrmann (b. 1993, Bern) lives and works in Basel and Zurich. Herrmann deconstructs images through painting and collage and their overlaps. Constantly thinking about counteracting predetermined narratives and expectations in her work by drawing the motifs and narratives in her surroundings and everyday life. Herrmann's work disrupts the fixed nature of images, challenging their inherent meanings and allowing for alternative interpretations. She is also one of the founding members of an artist collective, Natalie Portman, who aims to create moments of friction and contamination between worlds and people. Their work blurs the authorship and the public by creating new situations of encounter. The last formats of the Natalie Portman collective have been presented at the Swiss Performance Art Award in Luzern, Centre d'Art de Neuchatel, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, or the Istituto Svizzero Rome. ...
