Watercolor on handmade paper
sheet: 50 x 42 cm, framed: 51.3 cm × 43.3 cm
unique piece
signed
The series Blätter (Leaves) comprises watercolors of an autumn leaf as a found image. It is depicted in its natural size, as clear and direct as possible. As a “composition of nature,” the painted leaf appears here as a symbol of an image. Because it seems to be a real leaf and its image at the same time, it creates a more impressive effect than the actual natural leaf. It has freed itself from the state of mere imitation to become something else, an image of and about something—about a leaf and leaves in general, about nature, about the relationship between art and nature, about beauty and the spirit of art. (M.H.)
Manfred Holtfrerich (b. 1948, Nordwalde) lives in Hamburg. He studied at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg. Works from his series Blätter are exhibited as part of Kunsthalle Bremen’s permanent collection. Additional and other works were most recently exhibited at Düsseldorf, Galerie Ute Parduhn (2022 and 2019); Kunsthalle Bremen (2022); Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (2022); Galerie für Gegenwartskunst Bremen (2021); Chambre Direkt Schubiger, St. Gallen (2021); Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven (2019); Haubrok Foundation, Fahrbereitschaft, Berlin (2018); and Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen (2018).
