Hedwig Eberle

The paintings of Hedwig Eberle range from canvas to paper and from abstraction to figuration. She explores the boundaries between lines, surfaces and forms using the power of colour.

The multifaceted paintings and drawings impress in particular thanks to their great strength of expression. They are reminiscent of the informal painting of the 1950s, which rejected classical principles of form and composition as well as geometric abstraction. Spontaneity and the dissolution of forms are also features of Eberle's artistic production. As the lines of determinable motifs are autonomised from the objective world, the beholder only understands at closer glance how the vague and seemingly diffuse web of lines develop into individual fragments of bodies. These forms are inspired by images of people who Eberle finds in newspapers and magazines. The delicate compositions made up of curved ink lines are finished with oil and watercolours. The result is a network of opaque and transparent colour areas, creating a pictorial surface with a truly unique structure and materiality. Trickles of colour flowing into each other reference the process of creation and make it clear that the artist does not just work on the wall but also on the floor, with the surface of the picture being turned and worked on from all sides.

The works of Hedwig Eberle open up a deep space for associations to take hold. The freedom of her artistic gestures translates into freedom in the interpretation of her works.

Hedwig Eberle (born in Munich in 1977) lives and works in Munich.