VERA MÜLLER
ITANOS, 2022
Acrylic on paper
190 x 150 cm
MINOAN HORIZON, 2022
Collage
(Watercolor on handmade paper)
39,5 × 29,5 cm
from a series of 18 paper works
LA VIE EN ROSE, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
190 x 150 cm
EROS PSYCHE
REBORN IN BEAUTY
THE CONSTANCY OF EROS
TURNED TO ITS SOURCE
NEEDING NO CONSCIENCE
CONSCIENCE WAS FREE
PSYCHE EROS
EROS PSYCHE
SECRETLY UNSTONED
THE STONED
from: EROS PSYCHE by Michael Lekakis, 1973
In Vera Müller’s works, the movement of Eros is reflected, freeing humanity from its isolation and state of lack. Much like Eros, art serves as a mediator between the conscious and unconscious, between deficiency and abundance. In the end, abundance in art returns to form; indeed, it would belong to the lack of the divine world as a lack in itself.
Eros, as a daemon and mediator between gods and humans, has been a central motif in our art and cultural history since Plato. Eros brings forth love—whether it be the love of the philosopher for wisdom or the love among people. He embodies the impulse to desire to possess the beautiful, the good, and the true forever. Thus, the lack inherent in all humans by virtue of their nature as singular beings is overcome.
Hermine Wehr
VERA MÜLLER studied PAINTING at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and later in Munich, where she completed her diploma as a master student under Prof. Günther Förg in 2007. Subsequently, Vera studied FILM at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg under Prof. Wim Wenders, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in 2011 with her short film „Amor und Psyche.“
Vera has exhibited at Beast Bornholm (Denmark), the Pyramide Exhibition Center (Berlin), Salon Wolfgang Zimmer (Berlin), Kunstraum München, Galerie Royal (Munich), Galerie Braun-Falco (Munich), Reisebürogalerie (curated by Christian Nagel, Cologne), FS.ART (curated by Emilie Bruner, Berlin), Rathausgalerie (Munich), among others.
She has been awarded scholarships from the Stiftung Kunstfonds, Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst, studio support from the Senate Department for Culture and Europe (Berlin), the Young Art / New Media Scholarship from the City of Munich, grants from the Filmförderung Hamburg / Schleswig-Holstein, Erwin and Gisela von Steiner Foundation, Karl H. Ditze Foundation, Academy Association Munich, among others.