Barbara Hauser

Short cutting from a report in ART PROFIL Magazine, Okt. 2001, about the

„Girls“ Exhibition
One doesn‘t forget Barbara Hauser‘s paintings easily. The energetic

brushwork, intensely studied composition and playful color contrasts,

together with their explosion of muscular human bodies (and sheer size!),

make them overwhelming…. a very conscious  comment on the

superficiality and speed of the postindustrialist society.

The difference between Naturialism and Realism in the artistic sense is

deliberate: less important here is the decorative reconstruction of the

human figure than a study deep into the wounded soul attained throug

lifes hardships….

….In her pictures, Barbara Hauser does not moralize. Not does she

denounce a society which leads people to such extremes as

prostitution or drug addiction. More important to her is the aspect

of strength that these women posses in order to cope with life in

this day and age…. ….Remarkable in this pictures is the distanced look that the artist

gives her figures, a look that resembles those in Francisco Goya‘s

„Horror of War“ series where he signed „He visto“ ( I have seen it )

underneath. Similarily, Barbara Hauser has collected real life

impressions in her countless visits to Munichs brothels and LA‘s

strip clubs….

written by Helmut Orpel, Editor of ART PROFIL Magazin