René Holm
UNTITLED
| Year | 2023 |
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| Edition | 120 |
| Technique | Lithografie in 7 Farben |
| Image Size | 65 x 48 cm |
| Price | € 500 (inkl. 19% MwSt.) |
| Details | Signiert, nummeriert und gestempelt |
Der Wald symbolisiert in den Werken von René Holm die Zerbrechlichkeit der menschlichen Existenz. Die Farblithografien, die im renommierten Atelier Clot in Paris vom Künstler selbst gedruckt wurden, sind ein eindrucksvolles Beispiel seiner Kunst. Unter den sieben verwendeten Farben dominieren kräftige Rot- und Brauntöne, die Holms gesichtslose Figuren – Sinnbilder universeller menschlicher Erfahrungen – und die geheimnisvolle Ambivalenz des Waldes, der sie umgibt, zur Geltung bringen.
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René Holm
Let me be your everlasting light25€ Add to cartLight is the theme of the new paintings by René Holm (b. Esbjerg, 1967). Faceless protagonists traversing symbolic forests with leafless trees occurred already in previous works, stripping them of individual or local signifiers and moving them into a spiritual and universal realm. Skulls with burning candles in Still lifes symbolize the fragility of life and unavoidability of death. Holm goes a step further and makes his figures carry the symbols in their hands or even has them become themselves live “still lifes” with burning candles on their backs. The presence of death is not a picture to behold from afar but a truth to be aware of and carry with us every day. The burning candles also mean that we’re here with our sorrow as well as our light. We must burn to shine. This book accompanies the artist’s gallery exhibition Let me be your everlasting light in Horsens, Denmark.
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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.
