On entering the exhibition"LIVING", the two-part work "Frau Debisch hebt ab“ seems to extend the movement of visitors - from Elbestraße into the exhibition space. This movement sets the tension between the exhibition and the theme of living. On the one hand, a mimetic approach to living; the installation of the works in the space almost feel like the furnishing of a living space and thus part of life. On the other hand, the genuine characteristic of art is not to be part of life, but a "special sphere" excluded from it, which thus reflects the living in life. This theme, which is initially evoked in "Frau Debisch hebt ab" through the spatial dynamics of the picture's division into two parts, can also be found in the handling of the pieces of furniture depicted in Maria Moritz's other paintings. While a (living) room can also be seen in that painting, the diptych "Empfang" initially also shows a clearly identifiable office chair. The accompanying lamp, however, has a dual character in that its line simultaneously creates an abstract pictorial composition. In the exhibition's oscillation between a mimesis of life and a reflection of it, this abstraction creates a moment of transcendence, of transcending living, through its non-representational nature.

Leander Ruprecht