Visual Art | Natural Science
Microscopy
Making Visible the Invisible
A regard for the beauty of the smallest elements of life is a key characteristic of my work.
Was mich im Innersten zusammenhält…I 2020
graphite, coloured pencil on paper, 95 x 120 cm
Kartoffeltierchen I (2023) represents a spontaneous, tension-filled prelude to the eponymous series of large-scale, biomorphic drawings.
Kartoffeltierchen I
2023
graphite, coloured pencil on paper,
42 x 29,7 cm
Crossing Over V
2024
graphite, coloured pencil on paper, 26 x 42 cm
"Crossing Over" (2024) is a spontaneous synthesis of the various drawing techniques Denise Schellmann has deployed in the last five years of her
work.
A kaleidoscope of the invisible.
At its centre is a condensation from the Black Hole series, a typical formal motif from the artist’s time
collaborating with CERN (2016–2019). The title Crossing Over is borrowed from genetics and refers to a process in which the exchange of
chromosome parts creates something entirely new.
The intuitive drawing "Und Ignaz sagte:" (2024) regales with colour and joy against the black background of the Semmelweis reflex: the initial reflexive
rejection of all that, in its newness, does not conform with prevailing norms and convictions
Und Ignaz sagte:
2024
graphite, coloured pencil on paper,
62,8 x 100 cm