Work from the Collection

Seelische Oxidation

Artist: Michaela Eichwald

Date of creation: 2012

Domain: Peinture

Medium: Painting

Materials: Acrylic, Oil, Varnish, Graphite, Cotton, Polyester

Collection: Lafayette Anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin

Date of acquisition: 2013

Michaela Eichwald, Seelische Oxidation, Peinture, 2012, Collection Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin © Marc Domage

This abstract interlacing of colours, created in large brushstrokes using a variety of unusual techniques and media, belongs to the tradition of abstract expressionism, and in particular of the creative gesture of the artist such as in Jackson Pollock’s action painting. Here, however, the canvas engages in an unexpected dialogue with three assemblages of everyday objects, with which it is associated through the same ochre and rust palette, colours reminiscent of the resin used in the sculptures. This material, which symbolises immortality and purity in many civilisations, contrasts with the title of the painting, a linguistic invention with poetic implications. The notion of oxidation, which seems to explain the chromatic range of the work, gives the soul a tangible dimension and makes it subject to physical transformations just like those of an object.

Text written by Chiara Perez as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.

Exhibitions

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Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (France)
from 11 Oct 2019 to 16 Feb 2020

5e édition des Ateliers de Rennes : Incorporated!
Biennale d'art contemporain de Rennes, Rennes (France)
from 01 Oct to 11 Dec 2016

À propos de l'artiste

Michaela Eichwald

Born in 1967 in Allemagne

Michaela Eichwald a d’abord créé des œuvres plastiques avant de se consacrer entièrement à sa pratique artistique. La place du corps comme outil dans sa démarche picturale, ce qui la rapproche de la performance, est l’une de ses particularités. Comme elle a étudié la littérature et la philosophie, elle construit son œuvre en relation étroite avec l’écriture, consignant ses textes, pensées et notes de travail sur son blog uhutrust.com.

Née en 1967, Michaela Eichwald vit et travaille à Berlin (Allemagne).