#VivianGreven Quotes

›Reliefs for example can emphasize the illusion of an apple underneath the skin, so that the canvas stretches towards the viewer in the shape of an apple. Or literally, a penetration in the form of a Cutout. I am interested in getting to the bottom of these free associative thoughts and emotions by all available means of painting. How far can I trust in the collective understanding of images? When does a spot become a hole – an open wound – interpreted by the collective consciousness, because on the canvas it’s still a spot. I am interested in the coherences of being human, psychologically, physiologically and spiritually. How did we become who we are? How do stories, mythologies and images deal as archetypical junctions, that demonstrate the connection of everything – timeless as well as placeless‹ – Vivian Greven and Kadel Willborn, 2020