Jungle Beat

After completing her studies in product design, Mahssa Askari (* 1980) went to the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Professor Herbert Brandl, whose master student she became. Askari is concerned with merging the surface, the play of light of the colors in the picture, memory and fantasy into one. These are wishful or fantasy landscapes that open windows, that let us feel atmosphere, warmth and light, and that trigger wanderlust in us. The locations of the paintings are only hinted at, not clearly defined. Mahssa Askari presents the viewer with places of longing in a nebulous blur, while the seemingly weightless images leave the viewer room for his own interpretation.