Because there is nothing women need more urgently for their self -discovery today than Knowledge of their great predecessors and their own cultural history – Heide Göttner-Abendroth
The aim of my work is to highlight the divine power of femininity and to remind us why this power can be so valuable for peaceful coexistence.
On my travels through Brazil, Thailand, Canada and the Canary Islands, I got to know various indigenous peoples and their ancient customs.
Inspired by archaic matrilineal cultures which are believed to have worshipped the great primal mother, I aim to create modern symbols of female empowerment.
In matriarchal social structures, the biosphere, including humans, is and was viewed as something divine. Everything is sacred, every action, every person, every animal, every blade of grass is an expression of the Great Goddess.
I would like to inspire this view with my work, because if we all see ourselves as part of nature and divine creation, there will be no room for exploitation and a life-affirming and peaceful culture will once again be conceivable.
According to modern matriarchy research, the basis of peace is peace between the sexes, a society in balance based on the spiritual worship of the female creative principle.
Therefore, my linocut prints deal with the power and beauty of the divine feminine and her connection to nature.
Through them, I explore women's empowerment and want to draw attention to the often overlooked challenges of women* and Mother Nature and highlight the connection between the two.
My prints illuminate the different aspects of being a woman that challenge the status quo and highlight the beauty of the feminine.
With my graphic works that combine feminism and nature, I want to visually demonstrate the enormous power that lies in solidarity with women* and inspire a deeper appreciation of our nature.
Represented in an abstract and simplified manner, the goddesses do not have faces. Similar to the numerous figurines of early history (eg Venus of Willendorf, Venus of Hohlefels), they encompass the whole of nature and figuratively connect this with the reproductive organs of their bodies.
My goddesses in the form of linocut prints want to remind us that women have always been and continue to be powerful (peace) forces in the world.
