Karen Holländer finds her motifs everywhere, but mainly in the city, where she lives. "She is a very sensitive observer of her environment, the social conditions and the nuances of everyday life. She skilfully transfers her own emotions and perceptions into a general statement. In her memorable, reduced image composition, she refrains from narrative excesses."
"In Martin Schnur's works, different levels of reality merge into multi-layered compositions. He transfers water surfaces and reflections, which he captures in photographs in rooms or in nature, into his paintings in great detail. He is particularly interested in the displacement and distortion caused by reflection, He is particularly interested in the shift and distortion caused by reflection, by contrasts of light and shadow, which become the focus of his compositions, in which people are often seen in fragmented sections of
nature."
Both quotes: Silvie Aigner, Parnass 04/2024