Category: Collage

Journal articles by Magdalena Hohlweg about collages, found objects, plant remains, bird figures, insects and the creation of her works.

  • July – The Center of the World

    July – The Center of the World

    A heart with wings in the sand I really hadn’t expected to see a belly button piercing that day as I strolled through the Boberg Dunes in Hamburg, with no set destination and in no hurry—a state I rarely manage to achieve in real life, but one that comes easily and naturally when I’m hiking.…

  • Juno and the Art of Imperfection

    Juno and the Art of Imperfection

    Summer at Last It’s finally June. Time for outings, for hikes, for a cup of coffee on the main avenue in Bad Pyrmont—and for all those conversations with the lovely people you rarely saw during the winter. The days are growing longer, the meadows are lush, and the light streams so generously through the windows…

  • Tell me where the bugs are

    Tell me where the bugs are

    About Flying Diamonds, Chocolate Wrappers, and a Spoon Crest from Ulm June has the floor. Outside, there’s a buzz and a hum again—in the hedges, the meadows, and through the warm air—that delicate, humming orchestra of tiny creatures that delights me anew every summer. Not everyone shares my enthusiasm, I know. But anyone who’s already…

  • May – Black as a magic pot

    May – Black as a magic pot

    or – the wisdom of the shriveled rosehip Spring at last. Finally this delicate green that suddenly appears everywhere, as if the world had decided to reinvent itself overnight. As soon as the sun shines reliably through the windows for a few days, you start to believe in new beginnings, in growth, in warmth –…

  • The digitalization of nature?

    The digitalization of nature?

    Who is actually adapting to whom here? About a jay and a discarded telephone card Some artists remain silent about their works. I don’t really like doing that. I’m obsessed with detail—and this piece from my “Pen Marks” series offers enough of it to explore every little detail with lyrical depth. I have a few…

  • Light as a feather and mysterious

    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…

  • March – The art of looking

    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,…

  • 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…

  • So beautiful it makes you melt

    So beautiful it makes you melt

    On Herons, Mud, and the Art of Observation Over the past few days, we’ve really indulged in winter once again. Walks through storm-swept snowdrifts, the crunch of our footsteps, and then that silence—soft and muffled, as if we had cotton in our ears—the full package, right here. Well, that’s over now. The roads are clear…

  • January – silent glow

    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…