“The aesthetics of the female body and especially its skin gives infinite space for creativity and art.” In Annemarie Faupel’s studio there are huge canvases showing realistic bodies. Last year, the cosmetics company Estée Lauder exhibited its images of breasts in its campaign against breast cancer. A leitmotif in Annemarie’s art is the skin – especially the skin of women.
Her pictures are characterized by the bright colors. Most of the time she uses oil paints because infinite combinations of colors can be achieved here. Then there is the plastic effect. From time to time Annemarie works in gastronomy. “I often spend several hours in front of the screen every day – the gastronomy offers a good social balance.”
Annemarie first studied “Art and Multimedia” at the LMU. Later she studied at the art academy until 2022. In between she was on a scholarship at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. She regularly posts her pictures on Instagram. It has happened that pictures of her were deleted because of “nudity and sexual content”.
Next to her canvas is a photograph of her grandmother’s wrinkled hand. She tries to copy the hands as faithfully as possible. She needs a lot of time for that. Her focus is on the different types of wrinkles, pigment spots and veins. “How much skin changes over the course of a lifetime is incredibly exciting – I want my art to reflect exactly this aesthetic as faithfully as possible.”
This picture is called “Shower Women”. Acquaintances of her were photographed in the shower stall in Munich’s Nordbad and later signed – life-size. It almost seems as if the five women are standing in Annemarie’s studio. “The light and color ratios, the atmosphere, the different female bodies fascinate me a lot.” Every inch of the skin has been meticulously transferred to the canvas.
The first person to see Annemarie’s work is usually her mother – as a photo, sent as a Whatsapp message. She is also an artist and, according to Annemarie, has a good eye for when a work is complete or when something is still missing. Annemarie’s parents were part of the artists’ commune of performance artist Otto Mühl.