In Seeing and Observing
It is magnificent how effortlessly these paintings capture an overview of reality, while simultaneously fragmenting into a multitude of details and atmospheric nuances! How closely and precisely chaos and order coexist here! Dorothea Breick’s painting style is vivid and fluid, characterized by luminous colors that allow her to transcend the representational nature of her subjects, while capturing the very transitions between one situation and the next…
Them is us
How did these images you see here come to be?
In 1987 I began to investigate how illusion is created on a television screen in order to understand how illusion is created in general. At that time I used a video camera to capture my visual experiences and began to photorealistically copy these video stills in oil on canvas.
I playfully imitated the electronic way of image creation because I was overwhelmed by the rapid change in my field of vision and needed skilful means to record it…
The following texts were recently published in „riding on the sun’s rays“, Dorothea Breick, Lerab Ling 2018
Interview with Dorothea Breick by Dr. Madder Brown // September 2017
MB: In 1987 you started the investigation of how illusion occurs on a tv screen. At that time you were using a video camera and started copying video stills in a photo-realistic manner in oil on canvas. You imitated this electronic way of generating images, right?
DB.: Yes, I was overwhelmed by the rapid change of my field of vision and needed skilful means to record it. I also needed to slow it down…
Die Farbe kehrt zurück!
Sehr verhalten zwar, aber das liegt am Bildlicht und es hängt mit dem Sujet zusammen, welches in dieses gehüllt ist: In ihren Malereien des Jahres 2016 widmet sich Dorothea Breick derLandschaft in Südfrankreich, dort wo sie – in Lerab Ling, nahe Montpellier – einen großen Teil ihrer Zeit verbringt. Der Horizont setzt meist tief ein, die Anhöhen verlaufen sanft, die Vegetation ist betörend karg, die Landschaft im Sonnenlicht…