PETRA DORST

Petra Dorst (1976) has felt a strong desire to create a dream world around her since childhood. That impulse remains visible in her work. For Petra, art comes from within. In the bronze sculptures of her Globe of Freedom series, she expresses her wish for a world connected by freedom. Butterflies, symbols of freedom, link the continents. The idea is simple and powerful: equal freedom for everyone. Petra believes a world in which freedom connects people is a better world for us all. For her, being an artist is an innate state. The impulse to create is unconscious and ever-present, as natural as breathing. Art is emotion, expressed through the different series she has developed. The Stillness offers a counterpoint to Tender Animals, while the abstract forms of Tenderness distinguish it from her other series. All convey the emotion and warmth she believes art should express. Art is emotion. Its purpose is to be enjoyed, whether a work is large or small.