Künstler*innen
Leah Nehmert *1994, Basel
Leah Nehmert (sie/ihr) wandert in ihren Bildern durch komplexe Farbwelten und sich stetig transformierende innere Landschaften. Durch Aufenthalte in den Schweizer Alpen sowie den koreanischen Bergen hat die Basler Künstlerin ihre Beziehung zu sich selbst, der Natur und ihren koreanischen Wurzeln vertieft. Leah nutzt die Ölmalerei, um emotional-gedankliche Spaziergänge mit breiteren Fragen zu den Themen Erinnerung, Zeitfluss und Veränderung zu verbinden. In einem langsamen, bewussten und kontemplativen Prozess baut sie ihre Bilder mit stellenweise wiederkehrenden Sujets auf. Aufblitzende Lichtquellen, Wege, Sterne, Menschenkörper, Bäume, Blumen, Frösche und Punkte: Motive, die zwischen Erkennbarkeit und Abstraktion hin und her pendeln und uns durch Leahs persönliche, mysteriöse und leuchtende Welten schlendern lassen.
In her paintings, Leah Nehmert (she/her) wanders through complex worlds of colour and ever-changing inner landscapes. Through stays in the Swiss Alps and the Korean mountains, the Basel-based artist has deepened her relationship with herself, nature, and her Korean roots. Leah uses oil painting to combine emotional and intellectual journeys with broader questions about memory, the passage of time, and change. In a slow, conscious, and contemplative process, she constructs her paintings with recurring subjects. Flashing light sources, pathways, stars, human bodies, trees, flowers, frogs, and dots: motifs that oscillate between recognizability and abstraction, allowing us to stroll through Leah's personal, mysterious, and luminous worlds.
Bildcredits: Cedric Mussano
In her paintings, Leah Nehmert (she/her) wanders through complex worlds of colour and ever-changing inner landscapes. Through stays in the Swiss Alps and the Korean mountains, the Basel-based artist has deepened her relationship with herself, nature, and her Korean roots. Leah uses oil painting to combine emotional and intellectual journeys with broader questions about memory, the passage of time, and change. In a slow, conscious, and contemplative process, she constructs her paintings with recurring subjects. Flashing light sources, pathways, stars, human bodies, trees, flowers, frogs, and dots: motifs that oscillate between recognizability and abstraction, allowing us to stroll through Leah's personal, mysterious, and luminous worlds.
Bildcredits: Cedric Mussano
