N贸ra So贸s: Absturz / Falling
A distinguishing feature of N贸ra So贸s鈥檚 oeuvre from the past twenty years is that she uses series of images to explore various different themes. Her early picture series drew on objects from her immediate environment (I-nterior), then she gradually broadened the scope of her attention to include the world around her. She found inspiration in art history, literature, philosophy, economics, biology and the technical sciences for her latest series of pictures entitled Absturz (Falling). These paintings feature, as their central motif, frozen moments of falling and the diverse states of 鈥渂eing鈥� in the air. These include figures in freefall, soaring paper planes, surveillant drones, flittering butterflies, floating airships, descending parachutists and many other unusual flying structures.
Her pictures blend together not only the past and present, but also figures and objects from diverse cultural milieus, depicted with bold contours and shown at differing scales and from differing perspectives. These transparent picture layers and the bold, vibrant colours have become N贸ra So贸s鈥檚 hallmark over the years, to which she has recently added a new technical twist: Certain details are drawn with charcoal, drawing the viewer鈥檚 attention with their sombre tonality and full-bodied forms. This is how current problems, such as climate change, homelessness or our pandemic-stricken world are brought into the foreground; along with those (seemingly) endlessly plummeting figures whose fears are also our fears.
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A distinguishing feature of N贸ra So贸s鈥檚 oeuvre from the past twenty years is that she uses series of images to explore various different themes. Her early picture series drew on objects from her immediate environment (I-nterior), then she gradually broadened the scope of her attention to include the world around her. She found inspiration in art history, literature, philosophy, economics, biology and the technical sciences for her latest series of pictures entitled Absturz (Falling). These paintings feature, as their central motif, frozen moments of falling and the diverse states of 鈥渂eing鈥� in the air. These include figures in freefall, soaring paper planes, surveillant drones, flittering butterflies, floating airships, descending parachutists and many other unusual flying structures.
Her pictures blend together not only the past and present, but also figures and objects from diverse cultural milieus, depicted with bold contours and shown at differing scales and from differing perspectives. These transparent picture layers and the bold, vibrant colours have become N贸ra So贸s鈥檚 hallmark over the years, to which she has recently added a new technical twist: Certain details are drawn with charcoal, drawing the viewer鈥檚 attention with their sombre tonality and full-bodied forms. This is how current problems, such as climate change, homelessness or our pandemic-stricken world are brought into the foreground; along with those (seemingly) endlessly plummeting figures whose fears are also our fears.
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