The “bloodline tattoo” — or word wound, is a word that is tattooed into the skin without ink. Credit: Natascha Stellmach, Day 1, Kerker (German): Frauke’s Letting Go, Hamburg, 2015.
For more than 20 years, artist Natascha Stellmach has been commuting between Melbourne and Berlin, where she lives and works. Vulnerability, anxiety and letting go are recurring themes of her work — currently on view in the exhibition accompanying her new book “The Letting Go,” which she will launch at the Linden New Art Gallery in Melbourne this weekend.
For more than 20 years, artist Natascha Stellmach has been commuting between Melbourne and Berlin, where she lives and works. Vulnerability, anxiety and letting go are recurring themes of her work — currently on view in the exhibition accompanying her new book “The Letting Go,” which she will launch at the Linden New Art Gallery in Melbourne this weekend.