Down from the trees as if they were waiting for eternity. Now they decide to explore the world. They walk with light steps, as if there was no up or down. They connect at a certain point of their path, ready to explore the world.
Susanne Neumann
Susanne Neumann is a German artist from the Waldassen region of Baviera – born in 1975. From 1997 to 2001 she studied painting at the Accademia of Belle Arti in Florence in the class of Gustavo Giulietti and in 2002 she obtained the diploma of the Academy of Florence.
In 2000 she became assistant to Daniel Spoerri and in 2004 she moved from Tuscany to Berlin opening the 'Gallery Sleeping Dogs'. In 2005 Susanne opened studio OMA in Waldassen and in 2007 managed the "Garden of Daniel Spoerri" of seats in Tuscany.
Now living and working in Berlin, Waldassen and Italy, Susanne's work and interests include video, interactive photo projects, painting, travel, mapping, and archiving.
Susanne has exhibited her work in Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Poland and Italy.
Susanne Neumann's installation is set in a forest, where she created a dynamic crowd of shoes in order to regain the purity of their origins.
It's an introspective exploration of the world whose aim is embracing the knowledge.
Shoes and trees merge into a single form and the gesture of the artist becomes work.
Susanne's work is based on action which give rise and determine the shape of her installation.
The tree is something solid but also fluid, malleable, and it becomes the way of the symbolic journey of lots of coloured shoes; it changes its aspect continuously, but at the same time, it stores memories, emotions and experiences.
Susanne Neumann doesn't want to give a simple explanation about her work, but through the association of ideas and images, she wants to raise interest, give food for thought and achieve an ecological consciousness.
Monte San Vicino, Italy • 2009
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