Detail Wolf, 2015, watercolour on paper, 114 × 210 cm

Wolf, 2015, watercolour on paper, 114 × 210 cm

Our perception of the wolf is strongly characterised by mythology and symbolism, and the categories of the uncanny and wild are firmly linked to its image. Due to the fearful relationship with this animal, the relationship between humans and wolves is not symbiotic, but ambivalent and destructive. The task now is to find an appropriate way of dealing with the wolf packs that have appeared in Europe and to protect their habitat.

My drawing shows a wolf approaching a cultivated landscape, with flowers on the left and stems tied together on the right. A symbolic break.

The challenge is to integrate the wolf and its way of life into a cultivated landscape without provoking unnecessary ‘breaks’. 