The more slowly one approaches Staeglich's works the more they reveal. Stephan Berg Nicola
Staeglich transforms color and traces of the act of painting into complex pictorial spaces that
exude light and make time visible. Using an extra-wide brush she applies luminous oil paints
to (semi-) transparent foils and solid support media made from acrylic glass. Each movement of
her body leaves a distinct mark on the paintings. Once the works are placed in the exhibition
space they absorb their environment and ambient light as well as the eye. The artist's
experimental approach generates a rich dynamic: paint hovers in mid-air disembodied while a
constant oscillation between color and surface between pictorial body and setting unlocks
novel dimensions in space and time. The picture continually coalesces in the eye of the
beholder metamorphosing as the angle of incidence shifts and the mind parses the traces and
strata of paint. Even in printed form Staeglich's works convey a rousing vitality. The
catalogue accompanies Staeglich's solo exhibition at Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg.
