Born in Munich in 1962. She lives in Paris. Since 1988 Duwen focussed, besides painting, onto photography with which she is constantly experimenting. Thus her tribute to the »Giardino« may be seen as being not very typical for her, but from the point of views of content it is very much related to the subject matters that interest her most: traces of the past, relics of civilization.
Refuse from the Bronze Age
1997
350 x 400 cm, height: 250 cm
stone, bronze
The various items lie together in Duwen’s work as if on an illegal dump site: car tyres, various rods, a ripped suitcase, a broken ladder, a washing basket and a dead cat that becomes just one object among many. These refuse items are made of bronze, contradicting a notion of putrefaction and decay. Let us also not forget that we have obtained important information about past cultures through the examination of antique or pre-historic rubbish dumps. A medieval rubbish damp makes an archaeologist’s eyes light up because it provides evidence of the everyday lives of our ancestors.
Refuse from the Bronze Age
1997
350 x 400 cm, height: 250 cm
stone, bronze
