About
“shattered certainty”:
Here the collage-like imagery of Bianca Artopé
develops further into abstraction. The motif is no longer immediately identifiable.
Gradually one recognizes fragments of architecture and plants, which only come
together in the perception of the viewer. This work reflects the perceived
chaos of today's world and the shattering of certainties that were previously
believed to be true and safe in a supposedly orderly world. Like a storm sweeping
over us, taking the familiar with it.
About my work in general:
I question our world and our view of it. The conditio
humana - the nature of man and the human being as creator and destroyer is
crucial in most of my works. Due to the inhomogeneity of the used pictorial
elements I create new thematic references. In my collages, I combine various
photographs of nature, architecture with painted fragments and structures. Time
and space, new and old, overlap both in form and substance. I create mysterious
and atmospheric scenes that leave room for the viewers own interpretations and
associations.
About my technique and Material:
With my specially developed technique, I transfer
the digital artwork into an original work in which the haptic materiality plays
a major role. In a complex process the artwork is printed on a canvas which is
covered completely with leaf silver and then poured into epoxy resin. This
gives the works an optical depth and a special quality of the surface. The
silver in the background makes the colors shine from the inside out - so the
pictures have a different appearance from every angle.
