A Sea Drowning in Turquoise
A Sea Drowning in Turquoise
December 20, 2021
Knut Wolfgang Maron: Farne Island, England, 2000, Polaroid SX-70
© Knut Wolfgang Maron
Against the background of climate change, the political dimension within Maron's work becomes especially palpable. Ecological issues have had an influence on Maron’s view of nature as far back as the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. His chosen colour palette transports the viewer to a different world, where shrubs and trees look as though they are bathed in extraterrestrial light, reducing them to white silhouettes. The skies glow yellow, the karstic rocks veer into blue, the soil turns purple, and the sea is drowning in turquoise. The natural world appears illuminated from within, and becomes a reflection of the space between memories and dreams. Characterised by warm tones and concentrated, serene compositions, Maron’s images are understated expressions of the sublime that echo the visual principles of Romanticism.
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Knut Wolfgang Maron: Farne Island, England, 2000, Polaroid SX-70
© Knut Wolfgang Maron
Knut Wolfgang Maron: Unterwegs / On the Road (Camargue, France), 1991, Polaroid SX-70 © Knut Wolfgang Maron
Knut Wolfgang Maron: Sonnenfinsternis / Solar Eclipse (Sea of Marmara, Turkey), 2000, Polaroid SX-70 © Knut Wolfgang Maron
Knut Wolfgang Maron: Bad Orb, Germany, 1979, Polaroid SX-70
© Knut Wolfgang Maron