Magdalena
Hohlweg
[UN]Apparent worlds
Between fragment and meaning
Botanical fragments, seeds and inconspicuous found objects are used to create pictorial spaces that oscillate between natural history observation and free imagination.
In collage and assemblage, I place these materials in new relationships. What at first seems familiar often turns out to be different on closer inspection.
You are invited to take a closer look and develop your own associations.
At second glance, the small becomes big.
In the miniature compositions, countless parts interlock in just a few centimetres – a network of found objects and shapes. What originally didn’t belong together comes together harmoniously – between sugary sweet and morbid.
The works invite you to take a closer look –
and perhaps also to question your own perception.
Because it often only becomes apparent at second glance,
that the familiar is not quite as clear-cut as it seems.
Size 22 x 22 cm
I even assign a meaningful framework to the last remnants.
The materials are carefully stabilized and permanently presented in high-quality object frames with low-reflection glass and UV protection.
The works are created in different formats –
from intimate miniatures to larger pictorial spaces.
Each work is individually framed in my studio
and unfolds its effect individually or in combination with others.
[UN]Apparent worlds
Some of my works are reminiscent of historical collections or
natural history specimens.
However, my order is a strictly [UN]scientific one.
Nature and found objects, chance and composition tell stories about perception, values and change.
Caution: May contain traces of poetry.
About me
As an artist, I live and work in Bad Pyrmont in the Weserbergland region.
I appreciate the freedom to think without fixed categories.
That suits me – because my materials don’t particularly like to adhere to established orders either.
You can find insights into series, work processes and thoughts under these links and in the journal.
![View of the room installation "Change needs courage" during the exhibition "[UN]seeming worlds"](https://hohlweg.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IS-Ausstellung-Bad-Arolsen__HOH7585_HDR-e1755373064971.jpg)
A letter from the studio
I would be delighted if you would also accompany my work from close up.
About once a month, I send out a letter from my studio.
In the newsletter, I tell you about new series, found objects that suddenly mean the world, and the sometimes somewhat idiosyncratic stories behind my work.
Subscribers are also often the first to know when new works are available.
