Kerstin Grimm. Der 7. Brunnen - Zeichnungscollagen und Skulpturen

In the organizer's words:

Anyone entering the fictional world of Kerstin Grimm's paintings will witness unexpected encounters with girls, animals and demons, between trees, craters and demolished electricity pylons in barren, vast landscapes. If titles such as "Children's Games", the figures drawn with delicate lines and the sensitive use of color initially evoke promises of beauty or promises of fairy-tale, romantic fulfillment of longing, it quickly becomes clear that far from idyllic scenes and the clichés of childlike innocence, this cosmos follows its own laws. Where shadows turn white, games of hide-and-seek end with bodies hanging in willows and ladders lead to skies criss-crossed by drones and comets, the unknown, even the uncanny, awaits.

With their surprising details, ambiguous actions and mysterious constellations drawn from mythology and art history as well as the present, Kerstin Grimm's drawing collages encourage us to take a closer, more searching look. The Berlin artist herself creates the material from which the often astonishingly large-format collages are composed. She draws and paints on different, often transparent, sometimes glossy papers, gluing and reworking them until the scenic scenes take on their dubious depth.