Eva Okrslar

Masterful, translucently delicate colour plays

01.06.2004 - 01.07.2004

Masterful, translucently delicate colour plays at the LAUDA FabrikGalerie Eva Okrslar presents a selection of her work in oil and verre églomisé Since June 2004, the LAUDA FabrikGalerie is showing more than two dozen paintings by Eva Okrslar-Benninger, born 1952 in Würzburg. From 1968 to 1971, Eva Okrslar studied at the former Würzburger Werkkunstschule with the painter Wolfgang Lenz, and worked as an art teacher afterwards. After a prolonged stay in Slovenia, she is now living and working as a freelance artist in Upper Bavaria’s Ohlstadt near Murnau/Staffelsee. The creative work of the painter Eva Okrslar – oil paintings, verre églomisé, objects – invites the beholders to take time to immerse themselves into an unusual visual offering. Masterfully, the painter creates translucent, delicate colour plays and expressive harmonies in colour. Organized structures, balance, symmetry, and a sometimes ornamental composition can be found in all pieces. It is abstract painting in its original sense. Repeatedly, the beholder is directed towards identifiable motifs and subjects, which are not presented as such, but point towards further levels of meaning and interpretation. It is the naturalism of the transcendental, of the fantastic, which serves as a connection between Eva Okrslar and the Surrealists. In other words: the quest for the many manifestations of the unseen world, the intention to lend a shape to the shapeless. Seemingly small things, simple forms of life, ciliates, moss, with all their inherent possibilities to grow and perish, find their way into the painter’s visual world. The mythic and spiritual icons of ancient piety are particularly important subjects. Biographies always leave their traces in an artist’s oeuvre. Thus, Eva Okrslar examines the cultural landscape around her in a creative manner. At the same time, she is a sensitive collector of contemporary folk art, the themes of which often find their way into the artist’s own work. The magical power of the exhibited verre églomisé paintings suits the artist’s creative urge. After all, the sophisticated technique reflects on the Murnau area, which inspired artists like Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter to experiment with verre églomisé in the early 20th century. Our photo shows the artist (far right) with interested visitors in front of the painting "Opfer", oil on canvas (2000).

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