Donata Benker
02.08.2025 - 29.08.2025
Donata Benker - Topographic Twists
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Donata Benker's works are created in the field of tension between stability and instability. The focus is on the paradox of spatial order: her architectures initially appear clearly structured, but at the same time begin to dissolve in their statics. They are pictorial spaces in transition, in which fragility and inner logic exist simultaneously. States that appear neither completely solidified nor entirely unbounded.
In her current works, Benker expands this constellation to include a new pictorial level: the human figure. The bodies are tangible, fit into the architectural structures and yet remain intertwined with them. They appear neither isolated nor clearly embedded, but occupy an ambivalent position - between presence and dissolution, integration and alienation.
Benker's work is characterized by its multi-layered composition: superimpositions, breaks and shifts in perspective create a spatial ambiguity that defies quick comprehension. Color is used both constructively and atmospherically and functions as a means of creating space and as an expression of an internal pictorial climate.
Donata Benker was born in Nuremberg in 1982 and studied painting and art education at the Nuremberg Academy of Fine Arts under Peter Angermann. She then continued her studies in the class of Thomas Hartmann, who made her a master student in 2009. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions and is represented in public and private collections.
Opening on 02.08. at Offspace (Gutleutstraße 16), from 19:30, registration at: bode.anna@bode-galerie.de, artist present, introduction by Anna Bode.
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Kaiserstraße 30
60311 Frankfurt am Main
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Gutleutstraße 16
60329 Frankfurt am Main
E. bode.anna@bode-galerie.de
T. +49 69 711 692 00
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