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Salix is the botanical name for willows, which in turn belong to the willow family, the Salicaceae. Weeping willows belong to this group. A willow also stands symbolically for flexibility, change and vitality.
Anita Oettershagen transfers images of the Salicaceae in the work "Salix 06" from 2026 into a red body that, in its outer form and structure, recalls the bark of old willows, yet in its colouring opens up a new field. Translating these metamorphoses of nature into an independent artistic language is what distinguishes the works of Anita Oettershagen. She uses branches that she collects on walks as brushes and shapes fabrics and felts into amorphous forms that arise from the independence of the material. Craftsmanship and precision combined with the material's own will lead her to forms that reflect nature in its own rhythms and cycles. They take on the forms of nests or cocoons and recall barks and skins, without being moulded from them.