About Reiner Heidorn
Reiner Heidorn is an autodidact painter living and working in Weilheim, Bavaria. His oversized canvases are mostly monochrome paintings depicting the relationship between man and nature, specifically the urge to connect with nature and to become one with it.
He developed a name for his unique painting technique: ‘Dissolutio’, which means disappearance. His paintings consist of microscopic elements, where shades of green and blue arrange themselves in delicate transitions on the canvas. They symbolize the indisputable worlds of forests, lakes, and plants. Therefore his artistic work stands in the contemporary lesson of social topics issues such as climate change or the alienation of man as opposed to his natural environment.
Reiner Heidorn’s works have been shown in exhibitions in Brazil, Dubai, the USA, and various German and European cities.
Hue&Eye had an interview with him, to better understand what drove him to make his art.
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Hello Reiner! When or how have you understood you wanted to become an artist?
I understood I was becoming an artist in the 90s when I was 20 🙂
Can you briefly say something about your technique and tell us what drives you to make art?
I´m a German painter and work on botanic in large-scale oil painting. I use microscope images of plants and freshwater and transfer them into expressionistic paintings. With my botanical works, I want to point out the co-existence between humans and the smallest critters in every environment.
What is the main feature that has changed in your works or practice throughout the years?
I developed my style also by using the color Green to show large, expressionistic botanical works.
Which artist primarily inspires your work? And is there something else, outside visual arts, that keeps you motivated?
Microscope images from chlorophyll, fresh water, and our local landscape. I also admire Asian landscape painting. My work refers to Hans Hartung and Dieter Roth.
How would you like people to engage with your work?
My work is a clear statement against economic growth, against the exploitation of all resources available. People should find themselves in a memory of a dream, they should realize their smallness as a whole.
Spread the word! Do you have anything exciting on the horizon?
I am in an ongoing huge solo show in the Botanical Garden in Munich, which opened on the 16th of May, 2024 and will last until July the 7th.
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