Stay Loose

• Prize
  Silver in Portfolio/Fine Art
• Photographer
  Petra Jaenicke
• Technical Info
  Digital Multi-layered Photography
• Photo Date
  2021

The series was created as a homage to Joseph Beuys. He wanted to heal the world with art, and his principle was: "Every human being is an artist". In this respect, my artworks provides insights into Beuys' thinking lab and, with a wink, show what it takes to awaken the artist in every human being. The doubling of the female figure and her simultaneous negative and positive portrayal contributes to blurring the naturalism of the representation and reinforcing the meanings inherent in the image. Every picture is a lyrical approach to subjective visions, something that lies beneath the reality.

PETRA JAENICKE is an experimental photographic artist working as freelance photographer and art director. In 2016, she was able to concentrate her work solely on experimental photography. In 2019, she signed on as artist at Galerie Ahlemann, Duisburg, and became a member of the international artist collective, NNC gallery, London. Her works were published in different art- and photography Magazins, and shown at the Contemporary Art Ruhr Essen, the ARTe Wiesbaden, the PhotoPopUp Fair Düsseldorf. Petra’s works are currently exhibited in and represented by several modern art galleries.