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W i l d A n g e l s In his Angelus Novus (New Angel) 1920 monoprint, Paul Klee alludes to memory; to a historical consciousness. The figure looks forward, but sees history – the past – in front of it. It is the image of an entity that simultaneously belongs and does not belong in the world, a being that is metaphysical and physical at the same time. I sense a strong visual and subconscious connection between Angelus Novus and your works. The works strive to move between different spaces, as far as a picture will allow. They contain abstract spiritual elements, together with worldly ones. Walter Benjamin’s text about the angel of history is powerful and complex. The angel figure that is an interpretation of Paul Klee’s New Angel looks back, but a strong wind carries it to the future, and the only thing it sees there are the ruins of history. The associations between looking back at the fragmentary reality of the past, the failed attempt to create a perfect whole, and anxiety about the future of humanity, all hover over this body of work. I should add, though, that in the face of all of the above, I was also filled with happiness at the very act of artistic creation; itself an enormous privilege. Paul Klee, Angelus Novus (New Angel), 1920