Marie-Luise Stötzel - Raesfeld, Germany
© Marie-Luise Stötzel 2015
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present puzzle with past (Gegenwartsrätsel mit Vergangenheit) - 2015
Criteria
Technique: high-tech Layout: in the form of a diagram, chart, or map Text: none Paper: handmade Colour: single colour Image: extracted from a single image Adjectives: historical; sequential; personal; complicated or confusing; lyrical or musical Statement/Bio
The compilation of criteria left me clueless for weeks. But then, when I was tearing up my etchings of years ago, they fell on a pile that struck me as the beginning of an idea for the project. So it started as a collage of some old prints, only the backsides visible. Balancing and sliding hand over hand along the given criteria and adjectives I added and subtracted again and again. The project (is it a picture?) sat in my studio for months, so that my mind could never be tempted to forget about it. It now shows the past as a part of the present riddle´s solution. Knowing about the past is always indispensable. Marie-Luise Stötzel works in watercolour, acrylic, oil and mixed media. Born in a tiny village in a rural area of Hessen, Germany, she has moved several times to stay in a somewhat bigger community near the Dutch border. She "finds" her pictures, either in her mind, but more often looking at the mundane things around her. Contact Information [email protected] |