Title: Angel over Berlin or the Shamaness, 2025
Material: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 100 x 80 cm
Black frame with shadow gap

With the painting “Angel over Berlin or the Shamaness”, the artist seeks to convey the tension that arose in Berlin after the fall of the Wall. The figure suggests that something occurred through this event that no one could have imagined. It was a breakthrough guided by an almost magical reality. Therefore, the figure bears the features of a shamaness: earthbound, in warm red tones, with powerful, elemental energy that seems to flow from the depth of the material. The black, expansive shapes resembling angel wings are meant to symbolize protection and comfort. With this dual meaning – shamaness/angel – the artist opens a space of resonance that unites opposites such as history, pain, renewal, creativity, and expectant lightness. The shamaness embodies healing and the archaic, while the angel represents the transcendent, the principle of hope. By combining these two realms of imagery, the artist opens a dimension where human vulnerability and spiritual strength merge, creating a message of transformation and inner protection.