Veronika Hilger's Ambiguous Landscapes at Sperling, Munich

At Sperling in Munich, Veronika Hilger showcases her recent paintings that portray landscapes interwoven with human presence, featuring hills, vegetation, violet-grey skies, and figures, all depicted with a palpable warmth. Hilger initiates her process with broad strokes to establish colors, subsequently refining the surface to create ambiguities reminiscent of moonlight illuminating a drooping figure. Her artwork embodies Adorno's perspective on nature being overshadowed by culture, exemplified by the disconcerting song of a blackbird. Hilger's landscapes, echoing the Bavarian hills, infuse disorder into an otherwise serene environment, incorporating unsettling elements such as ghostly light and skeletal figures. The surreal quality challenges traditional views of nature, stirring feelings of loss and unease within a suffocating modernist backdrop.