Painting, 2012

At first sight, the paintings of Dorothée Zombronner appear like enlarged organic forms seen trough a microscope. Similar to a Rorschach-test, these forms remind of skin, hair, organs and female genitals because of their structure. At the same time, they can't be clearly distinguished by the observer. The series plays with the viewers' cognition and questions traditional conceptions of aesthetics, beauty and sex.
While viewing and discussing the works, a lot more of the viewers' mind and psyche will be revealed than of the paintings themselves. The pictures invite the viewer to question and reflect his/her own stereotypes.
This work raises questions about alleged generalities like common concepts of beauty or sex and opens a view for new perspectives.

(Dorothée Zombronner)

Series of approx. 20 watercolors

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Dorothée Zombronner is artist, culture scientist, feminist and activist. She holds a degree in fine arts (Muthesius-Academy of Fine Arts Kiel) and a degree as culture scientist (Humboldt University). She lives and works in Berlin. Her favorite medium is watercouler-painting, she also works with collages and photography. Dorothée Zombronner arranges different media to visualize them in other or new kinds of ways.
A central issue in her works is a critical discussion of normative beauty and the questioning of assigned visual habits.

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