Myriam Holme, bifidus, 2020, Aluminum, copper, lacquer, stain, impact metal, ink, 200 x 170 x 30 cm. © Myriam Holme
Instead of sticking to oil and acrylic paints, Holmes‘ repertoire of media ranges from metals, plastic, varnishes and stains to soaps and even gold leaf, which she combines in unconventional ways: soap on canvas, plastic with gold leaf, or hammered metal with ink.
The œuvre of German artist Myriam Holme consciously breaks with tradition and is chiefly characterised by deliberate paradoxes: the artist’s metal works, for example, have clearly been created using great force, bending and deforming the material – and yet they have a delicate appearance, seemingly light as a feather.
Holme is testing the boundaries of painting and attempts to explore them anew. Her artworks can more properly be classified as hybrids that move between the genres of painting, collage, sculpture and installation. They leave the flatness of the canvas and enter three-dimensional space.
Instead of sticking to oil and acrylic paints, Holmes‘ repertoire of media ranges from metals, plastic, varnishes and stains to soaps and even gold leaf, which she combines in unconventional ways: soap on canvas, plastic with gold leaf, or hammered metal with ink.
Typical for Holme, her work deals not only with artistic traditions and material culture, but also, through their ambiguity, they touch on current socio-political or ecological issues.
The artist's works shine, sparkle, blend and reflect; they are burnished and bent. They testify to strength and lightness as well as an intrinsic sophistication.