Anna Bolten

Syria and Coutances
2015
egg tempera and oil on canvas
100 x 190 cm
Dr P/my leg
2016
egg tempera and oil on canvas
50 x 55 cm
Luxembourg
2015
egg tempera and oil on canvas
140 x 190 cm
Is death amongst us?
2014
egg tempera and oil on canvas
140 x 170 cm
(Anna Bolten & Robert Simon) dead horse
2014
monotype, egg tempera on paper
30 x 22 cm

It is not that important to always point at things that have happened to you; the point is to find something recognizable which other people may reflect on.

It is the same with the things that we create our works around. Sometimes one is more obvious than the other. Even when it may not always be clear what you are talking/painting/making art about, it is even more important to continue with the thing you’re doing, because you think this or maybe the next step will be important.

Animals, films, events that happened to you; caught in one view; people who you (dis?)like/admire; landscapes that “are”.

“There is no such thing as freedom. Nor would I know what to do with it.

I pursue no objectives, no system, no tendency; I have no program, no style, no direction.”

“Now that there are no priests or philosophers left, artists are the most important people in the world. That is the only thing that interests me.”

(Gerhard Richter, The Daily Practice of Painting: Writings 1962-1993)

Anna Bolten and Robert Simon will exhibit together: individual works, works and ideas in collaboration.

www.annabolten.com
Syria and Coutances
2015
egg tempera and oil on canvas
100 x 190 cm
Dr P/my leg
2016
egg tempera and oil on canvas
50 x 55 cm
Luxembourg
2015
egg tempera and oil on canvas
140 x 190 cm
Is death amongst us?
2014
egg tempera and oil on canvas
140 x 170 cm
(Anna Bolten & Robert Simon) dead horse
2014
monotype, egg tempera on paper
30 x 22 cm