MIRIAM TOLKE
Name: Miriam Tölke
Age: 44
Birthplace: Bielefeld, Germany
Home: Berlin, Germany
Discipline: Analog collage
Doom, 2019, courtesy of Stieglitz19 Gallery
Who are you?
born
react
there is a lot to tell.
i am a flaneur
that’s why i live in the city mostly
i love to study people
faces, gestures, movements.
What are the main topics you deal with in your work?
the attempt to combine
reality and dream.
structure
create
Dada
minimalism.
How do you define your artistic search and practice in three words?
following the impulse.
Which techniques do you use to create?
i take everything out of its context
collect
rearrange
put together
i lose parts
mixing materials and techniques.
How do you consider your work in relation to current societal issues? identity is the state of being
one with yourself
the core
recognize and accept entirety
without comparison
without judgement.
What kind of approach towards ‘aesthetic’ does your work provide?
the beautiful opens the view of the heart.
What kind of beauty does your work focus on?
fmame
beloved life
keep moving.
silence
trust grows over time.
nature gives me
horizon.
What does being an artist mean in your opinion today?
modern art
intangible
outgrow classic education.
What is the message you want to deliver with your work?
new ways of seeing.
Haar, 2020, courtesy of Stieglitz19 Gallery