Reiner Heidorn is a German painter with a focus on freshwater microorganisms, plants, and chlorophyll. Using his own technique, he translates the pointillism of microscope photographs into abstract expressionism. He also collects natural materials and uses leaves, twigs, and blossoms as print templates for his abstract, botanical pictorial spaces.

Volume 16.2 ,  Summer 26

Reiner Heidorn

Deutschland Unter Hitler, Nordamerika, and Kolonisation Afrikas

Deutschland Unter Hitler

Nordamerika

Kolonisation Afrikas

The maps have been radically painted over, so that the original content is no longer visible. Only the titles remain as a silent reminder of a dark era. Through botanical motifs, I create a contrast between life and memory: Nature grows beyond the past, yet traces of history remain visible in the choice of motifs, the structure of the image, and the colors. A warning against forgetting and denial of history. The overpainting transforms the maps into new pictorial spaces in which criticism and memory become visible.

Artist Statement