Like a still from a movie, the painting reveals a young woman emerging from the water, droplets are running over her face. Her gaze locks on to the viewer. She seems surprised, questioning, maybe a little defiant – but also vulnerable.
A closer look reveals the wound below her collarbone: there is a sense of violation; the disturbance of her innermost being and her very soul.
Like a still from a film, the painting shows a young woman emerging out of the water of a lake. Drops and rivulets – painted in perfect transparency – run over her face. Her gaze fixes the viewer with full, slightly curled lips. She seems surprised, questioning, maybe a little defiant – but in any case vulnerable.
Only on second view does one recognize the wound below her collarbone: but more than her body was injured, there is a sense of violation; the disturbance of her innermost being and – not least – her soul.
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