Johanna Obermüller (*1938), Intertwined Figures, Circa 1985

JohannaObermüller (*1938 Timișoara), Intertwined Figures, around 1985. Pigment printon Japanese paper, 25 cm x 33.5 cm (image), 29.8 cm x 42.5 cm (sheetdimensions), signed “Johanna Obermüller” in pencil lower right. 



-Complementary tension -


Green andred figures are connected in a grotesque, symmetrical way. They are sointertwined that the figures form a single figuration, with the complementarycontrast of the colors increasing the inner tension. Only upon closerinspection does it become clear that these are the same figuration of a red anda green figure, which is sometimes overlaid and cropped by the greenbackground. The multiple figuration begins to dance, fragment, and reconfigureitself. A formal game that is at the same time an allegory of inseparableinterconnectedness. 


About theartist

From 1958to 1963, Johanna Obermüller studied at the Munich Art Academy and passed thestate examination in art education in 1965. She then worked as an art teacherin Regensburg until 1980, before devoting herself entirely to art. In 1988,1989, and 1993, the artist was a scholarship holder at the Virginia Center forthe Creative Arts, and in 1994 at the Jerusalem Mishkenot Sha'ananim. JohannaObermüller is a member of GEDOK Munich, BBK Lower Bavaria/Upper Palatinate, theEsslingen Artists' Guild, and the groups KUNST.STOFF and UEKI.