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

    My way – My art

    Art is a fundamental right There are countless opinions about what art is, what it may be, what it should be, what it must be.Definitions and judgments. Schools, trends and standards. For a long time, I thought I had to listen to everyone, to adapt to them or at least to one of them. Some…

  • 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 the annual series “Your path – your art”.You can find the basic idea in the text of the same name:Your path – your art Admittedly: February can be gray and wet. And in my world of experience, carnival and camels were never the…

  • Ausschnitt eine Collage - aus Schmuckrest und Pflanzenresten wird eine Landschaft

    Beautiful enough to melt away

    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? This monthly impulse is part of the annual series “Your path – your art”.You can find the basic idea in the text of the same name:Your path – your art Silent glow: the snowman and me. We do our best. January doesn’t have a good reputation – too little light,…

  • 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 This monthly impulse is part of the annual series “Your path – your art”.You can find the basic idea in the text of the same name:Your path – your art When the days get shorter and it doesn’t really want to get light on some days, a space…

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

    November: Art is dead!

    Long live art! This monthly impulse is part of the annual series “Your path – your art”.You can find the basic idea in the text of the same name:Your path – your art Oh, this gray! This desolation! Can we perhaps skip this season? Every year it comes back to me without me having ordered…

  • And my soul spreads its wings wide

    The last warm rays of sunshine make the dragonflies dance – and my heart skip a beat Dragonflies have a short life and sometimes I find the remains of one of these fairy-like creatures. Then I am delighted when their delicate wings are still intact. They are tiny works of art – their wafer-thin weave…

  • Encounter with begonias

    October: Time for art

    The world is pink – and October is creative This monthly impulse is part of the annual series “Your path – your art”.You can find the basic idea in the text of the same name:Your path – your art There you go: In the Bad Pyrmont spa gardens, the begonias in perfect harmony provide the…

  • Art with banana

    What is art? Definition and meaning

    Art – Everything banana? Is sticking a banana on the wall still art? Or: what actually makes Salvador Dali famous? And why does the whole world love Mona Lisa? Art is as versatile as the people who create it. It provokes, reflects, poses questions, opens up visions – or conjures up apocalypses. It can heal,…


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