Simone Nieweg

Simone Nieweg (*1962 in Bielefeld) has photographed lakes, ponds or the Baltic Sea in her series of water bodies, focusing in particular on motifs that move between pristine nature, cultivation and renaturation. In their motifs, imagery, and atmosphere, her images are in part based on art-historical predecessors. For example, her "Buchen an der Ostsee IV" (Beeches on the Baltic Sea IV) is reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich's paintings, and indeed the artist is interested in whether and to what extent feelings of awe and sublimity in the face of nature are still relevant today.