MARIA SAINZ RUEDA & DIEGO PALACIOS
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Maria Sainz Rueda
Maria Sainz Rueda, an artist with Spanish roots who grew up in Walldorf, reflects a hidden world in her painting. Her parents, Spanish migrant workers, strived for financial security, which stands in contrast to her own path as an artist. The decision to live with art was not a one-off decision, but an ongoing process. She studied painting at the HGB in Leipzig and was lucky enough to study with the renowned artists Arno Rink and Neo Rauch. They shaped her way of working and thinking in painting. The landscape plays a central role in her current works, which are exhibited in the gallery. The landscape in her paintings is ambiguous, misleading and a projection surface that raises more questions than it answers.
Diego Palacios
Diego Palacios' paintings reveal different levels between consciousness and subconsciousness. Light, shadow, transparency and multicolor create this impression. Palacios' old-masterly approach is broken up by contemporary subjects and digital image processing elements.
The focus is on people. Clothing and gestures are reminiscent of times gone by, but shimmering color effects and distortions break through this familiarity and create a connection to contemporary aesthetics. Palacios' pictures provoke us to question our viewing habits.