Inspired by ornaments and materiality as culturally and historically significant elements of folk art, by fairy tales and myths, as well as traditions and rituals, these influences appear in the work of painter and ceramic sculptor Beate Höing in a unique iconography. The actual, the associated, and the remembered merge in an ambivalent interplay of reality and fiction, in which dreams and nightmares, relaxation and terror lie closely together. Content, materiality, and form are inextricably linked. The artist’s oil paintings, ceramic sculptures, and installations also convey a passion for the beauty, delicacy, and aesthetics of things, as well as a joy in playing with creative possibilities.
Beate Höing’s works offer a highly poetic, at times ironic, view of the past, telling of memories, dreams, and surreal worlds, often with a humorous wink.

Beate Höings exhibition some dreams stay is on view at Borken Art Museum/Germany until november 23d – More information