“LESEN IN STAUB (L.I.S.)“ (READING IN DUST) is a concise formula that describes her working method. She pulverizes the blackened chalk that is especially produced for the artist, throws a layer of it onto the sheet of paper and, with the help of her hands and painting with pieces of chalk, lets the image emerge from the dust. For Miriam Cahn, the artistic creation in the black-and-white drawing is also a conscious decision against the colored painting, which she sees as a ‘burden’ from male-dominated art history. It was only at the beginning of the 1990s that she decided to work in color.

The sheets in the group of works LESEN IN STAUB (L.I.S.) are an invitation to find oneself in these dark, dusty, unfixed works and to understand what Miriam Cahn has put down on paper. They are dream images full of women, wild landscapes with animals and children that are deeply rooted in the liberated female emotion.
In its mysteriousness and mystical entanglement, the artist allows a deep look into her innermost. [EH]