Sabine Moritz: Helicopter – ARTBOOK|D.A.P.

Memory as a dynamic process has been the underlying theme of Sabine Moritz�s (born 1969) drawings and paintings since the early 1990s. In her work, the Cologne-based artist has captured remembered images from her childhood in the GDR; drawn flower compositions; and in recent years has engaged with the motif of war. This publication presents Moritz�s latest work: a collection of drawings and paintings of helicopters created between 2002 and 2013.The Helicopter series has arisen from Moritz�s interest in the shift in their symbolic meaning. They are based on images of helicopters from newspapers and television that the artist transferred into her own language. The outcome is a series of beautiful drawings and paintings that range from objective depictions of helicopters to more poetic compositions. The works are accompanied by poems by Adam Zagajewski and Friedrich Holderlin, and a text by Hans Ulrich Obrist.