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“Un amico delle acque”, meaning he is a friend of water, was his succinct explanation for the numerous fountain constructions that made Bernini famous even during his lifetime. And a friend of the water, it must seem to the viewer, Luduvico is in fact definitely a friend. This was already the case for her extremely reduced Rhine panoramas, with which the painter, who was born in Espírito Santo in Brazil in 1969 and has lived in Düsseldorf since studying with Konrad Klapheck and Siegfried Anzinger, first introduced herself a few years ago in the Kunsthalle. However, the title of the specially made wall work, which is as delicate as it is powerful and measures a good 20 meters, can be taken literally. Theme, motif and painterly means flow into one another here in sun-yellow, bottle-green or sky-blue whirlpools.
Literally, after all, in addition to rabbit glue and preferably natural pigments, it is vast quantities of water that present her with the material for the painting, which is carried out with a broad brush. “All inspiration comes from nature,” says Luduvico, and in fact the ephemeral character of “Un amico delle aqcue”, letting the color run its course, quite naturally corresponds to its subject. According to the artist, the beauty of nature cannot be captured. “Only the memory remains.” And so it is correct that the wall work disappears again under white wall paint at the end of the Darmstadt exhibition.
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