Gabriele SauerlandIn / Tension

Mixed-media paintings between figuration and abstraction, made without brushes on canvas, cardboard, paper and wood.

Berlin-based Sauerland builds her paintings with spatulas and other materials rather than brushes, layering, reworking and scraping back surfaces so that earlier states stay visible. The title points to both material tension and the artist’s intention.

Subjects come from social issues and personal experience: Femicide and the Apocalyptic Horses address violence, war and scarcity, while Heavy Head deals with exhaustion. Trained as an architect, Sauerland has shown publicly again since 2024.

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