When poetry only needs a piece of paper
Anna Bellmann’s work could be compared to that of a lace embroiderer. The finesse of the workmanship makes the object so fragile, but thanks to the interplay of light and shadow, it asserts itself in space and freezes our gaze, impressed by so much detail. It gives the impression of an optical illusion made of filigree.
Anna Bellmann grew up on the shores of Lake Starnberg, between Munich and the Alps. An artist from an early age, her fascination with working with paper gave rise in 2008 to her own little art studio called ‘Feine Papierobjekte’.
It’s after a hike or a trip that her creativity is at its peak, and nature gives her the inspiration she needs through the vegetation, the changing forms of nature, the living creatures and landscapes she discovers. She then transcribes her emotions (on a large scale) onto paper (on a small scale), always and only with 2 accessories: paper and a cutter!
Each of her creations is created freehand, without any prior drawing, right down to the smallest detail, using simple white paper, as fragile, light and ephemeral as nature itself, whose shapes she tries to capture with her cut-outs. The interplay of light and shadow is the very essence of her art.
Only a handful of artists in the world have this level of mastery of paper-cutting, which is why she exhibits every year at the INTERNATIONAL PAPER ART BIENNIAL in Shanghai.
With such purity and lightness, this is our artist at heart, who manages to thrill us with a simple sheet of paper!
