06 Feb Bangla Time Travel

Small and large prints of stories from walls and plasters, produced by artist Birgitta Volz during the 9th Episode of Uronto Residential Art Exhcange Programm at Dubolhati Palace in Naogaon, Rajshahi, BD.

Birgitta usually prints the bark of old and special trees. According to her, the trees record the history of their place and of its “clandestine” inhabitants. They often present to her with different stories, depending on their continent and their cultural environment. She rarely see those images on the bark, but they become visible to her later in the studio in the imprints. As most people are usually not able to see them easily, she sometimes shades with colour pencils around the beings and faces which she discovers, carefully trying not to manipulate but only unveil them.

While looking at the romantic ruins of Dubolhati palace, she felt inspired to print some of the rotten plaster structures of the decaying palace walls. It was a magical encounter for her, when she saw, how many Bangladeshi and local mythical stories unfolded from the plaster. For the first time she was taking prints of a wall or a plaster surface and she describes this experience as a new dimension to her practice and passion.  

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Bangla Time Travel by Birgitta Volz at URONTO Artist Community

Small and large Prints of the stories from the walls and plasters, produced by artist Birgitta Volz During the 9th Episode of Uronto Residential Art Exhcange Programm at Dubolhati Palace in Naogaon, Rajshahi, BD. While looking at the romantic ruins of Dubolhati palace, she felt inspired to print some of the rotten plaster structures of the decaying palace walls.

Living between Germany and India, Artist Birgitta Volz comes with background of Graphic Arts and Commercial Art. Most of her work is inspired by nature. with intense engagement she captures the soul of nature into her artistic expression.