BGW. Through The Trees. Clara Adolphs

Referencing anonymous found photographs, Clara´s work explores the notion of time and memory. The artist is fascinated by the question of what remains after a moment has passed, constantly trawling for images and photographs that speak to her. She finds them in bulk online or from deceased estates, usually discarded – she thinks that’s because people are unwilling to destroy them. She likes the idea that these moments in time, that are long-forgotten, receive a new life in front of an audience. There is something familiar in these images. They have a universal quality, as though these people are known to her.

Adolphs paints quickly, sometimes making multiple paintings of the same image, attempting to recreate the life of the photograph. Through this process, the life of the recorded moment has been restored, and in a way, still exists. This is what interests her the most. What is the truer evidence of time, the photograph or the painting?