Ute Rathmann
Hommage à Goya I. Drawing, 24 in by 16.5 in by 0.4 in.
My medium is drawing. The human being is my motive, and specifically the human body and how it relates to clothes, costume, fashion and fabric. I tend to arrange my work in series with scenes reminiscent of masters such as Gustav Klimt. A model is dressed up according to a particular theme. This is the visual basis. The end result, however, is not directly connected to the depicted subject but takes on a life of its own. My work is a never ending process—old drawings get torn to pieces, then brought together in a new way. These old fragments form new canvases on which I draw. Thus my “final” works can be seen as frozen moments in time, parts of an endless inquiry into the human form and nature. uterathmann.com 54