Angela Hampel

Angela Hampel's paintings embody a self-confident, powerful and passionate femininity. She usually juxtaposes her androgynous protagonists with an animalistic partner. They are often animals that at first glance evoke disgust or fear, but with which the female figure enters into an intimate relationship. In terms of her expressive style, she is often compared to the "Junge Wilde" of the 1980s, but in terms of content, unlike them, she dealt with Greek mythology and biblical themes that put women at the center, such as Medea, Salomé, or Judith. Hampel maintained a friendship with Christa and Gerhard Wolf. Again and again she takes up their literary work and processes it in her paintings, including paintings and prints of the novel Kassandra. (ED)