René Holm
UNTITLED
| Contact | Aylin Kowalewsky |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Edition | 120 |
| Technique | Lithograph in 7 colors |
| Image Size | 65 x 48 cm |
| Price | € 500 (incl. 19% VAT) |
| Details | signed, numbered and stamped |
In René Holm’s work, the forest symbolizes the fragility of human existence. The color lithographs, which the artist himself printed at the renowned Atelier Clot in Paris, are an imposing example of his art. The palette of seven colors is dominated by vigorous reds and browns, which bring out Holm’s faceless figures—embodiments of universal human experiences—and the mysterious ambivalence of the forest that surrounds them.
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René Holm
45€ Add to cartRené 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.