Doris
DITTRICH
free fine artist
frE fine artist
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS
I ask myself what it means to be part of and witness to the complexities of Western society, our culture, and human life itself. I ask myself whether being a witness is an obligation to act, a responsibility to react.
As an artist, I see this as my mission. Art gives form to thought processes, opening up space for communication about the issues that move us as a society and me as a person. Art reflects existence in the present, influenced by the past, with a vision of a possible future. With my artistic practice, I explore the fundamental systemic questions that have accompanied me since childhood and that have been refined in my university and ongoing self-taught studies. My oeuvre is characterised by extensive series and multidisciplinarity; social and socio-critical approaches alternate with those that focus on changes of perspective, hope, alternative spaces of thought, and even on ‘art as a beacon of society’.
CLAY
CANVAS
COPPER
ARCHAEO-POETRY
What constitutes modern Western culture, and how has it developed into what it is today? What traces does it leave behind globally, and what will archaeologists of the future find after its demise?
WITNESS TO OUR TIMES
What are we witnesses to, how does our individual existence and behaviour influence the whole, and how do we deal with our knowledge as a society? What are the consequences?
INTERPRETATIONS
Collective and personal – which stories do we carry within us, which do we pass on? How do we create a change of perspective?