"Woman’s Art Emotions": Diana Achtzig at Galerie Bottega Barone

In the fall of 2020, the Corona pandemic determined everyday life, and contact became the exception. Yet touch and togetherness are among our basic social needs. We want to feel secure, show emotions, and let ourselves go in a relationship. This makes us strong and content. But this very openness scares many: those who approach others emotionally make themselves vulnerable, and vulnerability is quickly seen as a weakness in our society.

The Most Important Points in Brief

• The Bottega Barone Gallery showcased "Woman’s Art Emotions" from October 3 to 31, 2020.
• Diana Achtzig's paintings deal with the need for closeness and the strength of women.
• The focus is on couples in love, including same-sex couples, and women with symbolic animals.
• Two videos provide insight into the exhibition.

Despite equality, women in relationships often experience powerlessness. "Many women have no interest in power games and wish for a partner who simply supports them. They are not aware of their own power, perhaps because they cannot articulate what they want," says Diana Achtzig. "It's time for women to learn to assert their goals, demand their desires and needs!"

In her paintings, the Berlin artist combines both themes: the need for closeness and female strength. Sometimes subtle, sometimes provocative, sometimes symbolic, the power of women runs through her works. The couple relationship plays a significant role, not only between woman and man: she also paints same-sex couples and confident women with animals, which usually have symbolic meanings.

The exhibition was opened on October 3, 2020, at 7 PM with a glass of wine, and admission was free. Due to Corona regulations, a maximum of 20 guests were allowed in the gallery at the same time, with mouth-nose protection and according to a hygiene concept. Visitors could see the paintings until October 31, 2020.

Diana Achtzig graduated in 1999 from the Universität der Künste Berlin with a diploma. Her paintings reference artists like Julian Schnabel and Georg Baselitz and are associated with the "Berliner Schule": The poetry of the moment is central, past moments appear from a new perspective.

She has extensive experience in the art trade. In 1990, she founded a gallery in Amsterdam, and in 2009, she returned to her hometown of Berlin and opened a gallery in Berlin-Mitte. In 2015, she moved the Achtzig Galerie to Prenzlauer Berg and ran it there until 2020. She taught for seven years as a lecturer at universities and private schools, and since 1990, she has been involved in art investment. You can find more about her love couples at achtzig-galerie.de.

The Galerie Bottega Barone by gallerist Alexandra Barone is located at Lützowstraße 38, 10785 Berlin. On their website, there is still the announcement of the exhibition opening. Later, the gallery showed Diana Achtzig again, together with Rocco Barone, more about this in the article Galerie Bottega Barone shows Diana Achtzig and Rocco Barone.