Group of works
The Center of the World
Unique – including certificate of authenticity
Framed with anti-reflective museum glass
Space and effect
The work can often manifest itself in different ways in the room.
Size, distance and light determine how the collages are perceived – not just as isolated objects, but as part of a situation. Each work in this group unfolds its effect on its own or can form its own small order as an ensemble on the wall.
The photograph shown conveys this relationship and perhaps gives an impression of how the work is in dialog with its surroundings – placed on the wall or closer to the viewer. Further views allow the structure, details and composition to be discovered more precisely.
Change of perspective
Sometimes I step outside the door and let the world affect me in a way that goes beyond the everyday. Perhaps I manage to see past the obvious…
Inconspicuous fragments can suddenly reveal themselves as small treasures. For the smallest finds, there is then a space in which they can be something else. This shift can sometimes reveal something new. The inconspicuous appears mysterious, the discarded seems to tell new stories.
This often opens up a space in which I can discover new perspectives – on the material, on the world and on myself.
This view gives rise to works such as this series: small settings that perhaps slow down the gaze and allow it to perceive things anew. This is particularly evident in the juxtaposition of the collages in this group of works – similarities seem to emerge, differences become perceptible and the gaze can begin to wander freely
Effect and scale
The collage The Center of the World of the work group often only reveals its presence on closer inspection. The works are small-format, deliberately restrained and invite you to get closer. Structure, material and subtle nuances only reveal themselves on closer inspection.
The framing creates a self-contained pictorial space that looks like its own habitat. Organic found objects and everyday fragments meet as equal elements. The surprising combinations create a field of tension in which nature, everyday fragments and art can coexist.
This impression is often reinforced in the series: return and deviation stand side by side without explaining each other. The change of distance – stepping back, coming closer, comparing – can become part of the observation.
Each work is framed dust-tight (anti-reflective museum glass) and comes with a signed certificate of authenticity.
A small winged heart made of pink cubic zirconia serves as the starting point for this assemblage. Found in the Boberg Dunes in Hamburg, it is a fragment of a lost belly button piercing—and gave the work its name.
The navel marks our personal origin—a former connection that has long since been severed yet remains visible. In this work, the small piece of jewelry becomes the center of a world all its own: a landscape of grasses, seed pods, plant remains, and small found objects, in which each element brings its own story.
Materials:
- Grasses
- Rosendorn – as the Thornbird
- yellow parakeet feather
- Alder cone – as the “Alder Wren”
- Poppy Capsules
- Fluttering elm seeds
- Birch seed leaves
- Pea vines
- Wrapping paper
- Ceramic Cigarette Filters
- Check slip No. 49
- other dried plant and natural materials
- Fragment of a lost belly button piercing with pink cubic zirconia and silver wings
“Navel of the World” is part of the “Federzeichen” series . From the chance discovery of a small piece of jewelry emerges a multi-layered assemblage exploring the center, the origin, and the meaning that things take on as soon as we begin to look more closely.
Work data
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| Attributes | Value |
|---|---|
| Work type | Assemblage, Miniature collage |
| Series | Pen-and-ink drawing |
| Material | Found plant remains and small pieces of waste arranged and preserved on watercolor paper |
| Technology | Assemblage / Collage |
| Dimensions (object) | approx. 12 x 11 cm |
| Passepartout | Acid-free, natural white, cut-out 19 x 19 cm |
| Glass / Protection | Low-reflective museum glass with UV protection |
| Frame | Silver-plated wooden frame |
| Overall size (incl. framing) | 33 × 33 cm |
| Condition / Processing | Dust-tight seal, suspension available |
| Suspension | The frame is fitted with a single-point suspension |
| Edition | Unique |
| Certificate | Certificate of authenticity (signed) |
