The art of Gudrun Dorsch, an artist from Bavaria, is called “Enigmatic Realism”, it refers to art that conceals, hides, veils, and understands mysteries as part of human existence.
(Enigmatic: incomprehensible, enigmatic, incomprehensible, mysterious, unfathomable)
The paintings and drawings of the artist Gudrun Dorsch show charismatic persons, reduced to ribbons. Physical and psychological human limits inspire her in her work. In her search for the ultimate language, one that transcends words, the artist plays and philosophizes with her picture titles and the resulting perceptions. Without a thorough explanation, her mysterious and usually color-intensive paintings offer much room for interpretation and one‘s own sensations. She does not see her works as just paintings, but rather as communicators of interpersonal relationships and transmitters for self-reflection.
The spiral is of great importance to all cultures. It is a symbol of joie de vivre but also of inner order. Last but not least, our DNA is a double helix and without it, there would be no life. So we are connected to the universe with a ribbon!
When you start a play on words with „ribbon“,
„band“ or „wrap“, there are countless terms, which are very often related to borders, e.g. bound, wrapped, connected, entangle, tamed, unleashed.
A person has many limits. One permanently tries to cover them up, to disguise or to euphemise them. Our own body language is treacherous. Unintentionally, it conveys undisclosed and unspoken information very directly. Visual communication through movement is spiritual, magical and expressive.
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DARKENED
overlay, wrap, cover, darken, mask
HUGGED
wrap around, contain, hold on, besiege, crowd around, constrict
MYTHICAL
mysterious, fabulous, mermaid / water spirit, mermaid / mythical creature
MOORED
noble, loving, contemplative, empathetic, subtle, calm, blissfully drunk, dreamy
TWISTED
disappear, immerse, connect, dissolve, turbulent
POWERFUL
energetic, passionate, luminous, striking, strong, intense, full of energy, powerful
VOLATILE
dissolving, briefly, dwindling, blurred, shy, disappearing, in one go, ephemeral, volatile, inconsistent
INVOLVED
binding, chaining, entangling, integrated, constrained, involved, embedded
FREE
burdened, entangled, unprocessed, ambivalent, restricted
SOLVED
relaxed, open, free, uninhibited, at ease
KAZUMI
(Japanese) the beauty, the harmony of the peace
COLORLESS
stealthy, inconspicuous, inconspicuous, natural, unimportant, unadorned, unattractive, ashen, empty of expression, lifeless, flawless
DILUTED
washed out, softened, watery, soaked through, refreshing, standing in the rain
BROKEN
blown up, hit, break open, awaken, wake open
PENSIVE
thoughtful, meditative, brooding, pondering, pondering
BROKEN
hit, break up, wake up, wake up, open up
GROUNDED
close to the earth, natural, original, unadulterated
TEMPTING
seductive, delightful, flirtatious, curly, alluring
THIRSTY
thirsty, eager, lustful
GLOWING
glowing, burning, fiery red, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, possessed, passionate
ENLIGHTENING
illuminated, visible, luminous, into the light
DAZZLING
impressive, attractive, captivating, fascinating, deceiving, hypocritical, beguiling, cheating, imposing
CONTROLLED
disciplined, reined in, secured, tamed
DEVELOPMENT
develop, train, raise, arise
ENTANGLEMENT
merger, integration, context
FLAMED
enthusiastic, obsessed, passionate, ardent, fiery, eager, sensual
INVOLVEMENT
complication, handicap, difficulty, inhibition, hindrance, problem
ON THE WALL
literally standing against the wall
CONNECTION
relationship, touch, togetherness, bond, union, friendship
IN THE FLOW
flowing, steady, development, ongoing, harmony, harmony
GUDRUN DORSCH
The artist spent her childhood in Munich. Her mother, an artist herself, discovered her daughter’s versatile talents at an early age and encouraged her to develop them. Excessively, imaginatively and idiosyncratically Gudrun Dorsch turned her manifold ideas into her first works of art and thus, already at a young age, she received commissions for book illustrations and calendars.
Hieronymus Bosch, Salvator Dali, Gottfried Helnwein, H.R. Giger and Tommy Ungerer fascinated the young artist with their symbols and hidden messages. Eager for knowledge, she immersed herself in the unreal worlds of the artists and tried to decipher their messages. Through her training as a graphic designer, the artist got to know further ways of communication and after successful completion she entered into employment. At the same time she worked for various publishing houses, companies and institutions. Despite animal caricatures, poetry books, and design/advertising commissions, her affinity for drawing people remained. She understood the movement of people and their expressions as a language in its own right, and so she continued to study and draw bodies in sometimes bizarre sequences of movement in order to achieve perfection. Visual communication as a nonverbal language, in any form, fascinated her.
Gudrun Dorsch continuously reduced her figures more and more. The obvious was covered, concealed, veiled… the formerly “wrapped up” became more and more “disembodied”, consisting of ribbons, sensual and emotional beings. The internationally represented artist has unmistakably found her own style with her “wrapped figures”.
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