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  • New series – new love

    New series – new love

    Fresh from the studio – collages, found objects and their stories A new series is being created: “New Love ” – born out of the gray slushy weather of the last few weeks. Between rain, slush and a few bright moments, creativity has simply broken free.The essence of this series lies in new beginnings and…


  • Collage by Magdalena Hohlweg with owls made from found natural objects

    Light as a feather and mysterious

    A series about bird feathers and their stories Many of my works show bird-like creatures – creatures that do not exist in reality and yet demand their place somewhere between memory, observation and fantasy. And yet the thought always creeps up on me that I am still a long way from the actual diversity of…

  • Detail from a collage of flower remnants depicting a pair of birds.

    April – find out what you really want

    Courage to find your own artistic voice – especially now April is rarely unambiguous – perhaps that’s why it’s the most honest month of the year. At least it doesn’t pretend to have everything under control. Between friendly, bright moments and rough, uncomfortable days, an interplay unfolds that is often closer to our own inner…

  • Ausschnitt einer Assemblage von Magdalena Hohlweg mit Vogelbeere als Eule

    March – The art of looking

    March – The art of looking Between black and white When I work artistically, I quickly realize how many perspectives open up at the same time. There is not one truth, but many possible approaches. Depending on how I look and what I allow to happen, the picture shifts. Some things become clearer, others recede,…

  • Fantasy bird made from barberry fruit, fly wings and scribbly legs

    My path to art – and back to myself

    … impulses for walking your own path in the rhythm of nature … Impulses for your own path in the rhythm of nature There are countless ideas about what art is, what it is allowed to do, what it should or even must do. Definitions, judgments, schools, trends and standards overlap, sometimes so densely that…

  • Collage with a pair of birds made from plant remains in a carnival atmosphere

    February -Diversity

    Fool’s freedom for your own perspective This monthly impulse is part of an annual series of monthly personal notesYou can find the introductory text here: My path to art – and back to me Admittedly: February can be gray and wet, and in my world of experience, carnival and camels have never been the saving,…

  • Detail of a collage - a landscape is created from the remains of jewelry and plants

    Meltingly beautiful

    About herons, mud and the art of looking Over the past few days, we have once again indulged in winter to the full. Walks through stormy snowdrifts, the crunch of footsteps and then this silence – soft and muffled, as if you had absorbent cotton in your ears – the full program, here you go.…

  • Magdalena Hohlweg stands next to a snowman in a wintry landscape

    January – silent glow

    Happy New Year! And now? Silent glow: the snowman and me. We do our best January doesn’t have a good reputation – too little light, too much stagnation. It’s like the big yawn after the party.The music is off. The glasses have been washed. Somewhere between tiredness and anticipation, I ask myself:And now? Yet every…

  • Macro shot of small plant remains against a light background

    THE Christmas story

    My art is still about the small finds, the subtle wonders along the way. Today I would like to share a fascinating story with you that has particularly touched me in recent weeks – a true winter story about light, darkness and rebirth – and for me the spark for a new, small series that…

  • Round, silver pendant (1.5 cm) with miniature collage of plant remnants arranged like small birds.

    December magic

    – the light in the dark time When the days get shorter and it doesn’t really want to get light on some days, a space emerges that no other month creates: an in-between place full of memories, longings and small wonders. I often perceive December in exactly this way – as if it has its…

  • November collage by Magdalena Hohlweg: dried rosehip as a figure, text 'Art is dead - long live art

    November: Art is dead!

    Long live art! Oh, this gray! This desolation! Can we perhaps skip this season? Every year it comes back to me without me having ordered it – this miserable wet, this drizzly weather. Nature is dying before our very eyes. It doesn’t help to look away. Anyone who didn’t make it to the sunny south…


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