Christa Nürnberger

"Signs of light"

01.09.1998 - 30.11.1998

Christa Nürnberger has for many years been involved in psychology, group therapy and relaxation techniques. She passes on her experience through courses and meditative painting and in seminars with adults and also with children suffering from cancer. This activity has a decisive influence on her own creativity. In her paintings she tries to present dreams, internal images and experiences through colours and symbols. The symbolic-abstract image language is her preferred mode of expression. Our intellect which we believe monitors everything through our reasoning faculties, is thus put out of action and the message can reach us more directly. Light is the most important symbol in her paintings. Forms are opening upwards and release something which is raised to the light as newly-born. A mystical bluish-green in her pictures creates an almost magical attraction for the viewer, causing the shining areas to radiate even more brightly. She combines a large number of techniques, contrasting quiet harmonious areas with tactile structures generated through the use of unexpected materials such as shredded rags and sand. Her paintings mirror the process of life: the old dies, the new is created. The old is released and sinks down into the dark, the new opens up, pushes towards the light and becomes alive. While the images first appear abstract and secretive, they become readily accessible to the attentive observer and captivate him. "Signs of light", that is the idea of Christa Nürnberger with her quiet and meditative images full of power and poetry.

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