EAN: 9783969121900

RENÉ HOLM - KARINA CHERNENKO GEBUNDEN

René Holm goes for the big picture  painting the ambivalence of human existence and our
relationship with nature. Some of his protagonists are physically naked  and all embody an
interior life through their poses. The faceless figures function as screens onto which the
beholders can project their own feelings  as symbols of universal human experiences. That is
why  Holm notes  people very often recognize themselves in his protagonists. The effect is in
part due to the forest  the setting of all pictures in this catalogue  which has been Holm's
studio and preferred backdrop for decades. It is where he finds the twilight that glows in all
of our souls: woodlands nourish and menace us  they are home to helpful fairies and nasty
demons  one can find life and death alike in them. He translates the sublime of the forest-a
central motif in the Romantics-into a contemporary visual idiom. In his pursuit of this
endeavor  he has recently ventured a radical aesthetic change: instead of using thick paints as
before  he now applies the pigments to the canvas in thinner and drier layers. The book
illustrates this spectacular fresh start  carrying us off into the depths of the soul and
mysterious woodlands.

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