In art and in many cultures, the garden often symbolizes a paradisiacal, peaceful and poetic place where man can develop himself and reflect on his own self, existence and creation. Also, the word garden originally means enclosed place, which is supposed to be a kind of shelter for contemplation and place of rest and is often found as hortus conclusus - as a closed, virgin place - as an image motif in the symbolism of Mary. Furthermore, the garden plays an important role in the history of literature and art in myths and legends and holds both secrets and dangers.

In today's fast-moving times, however, there seems to be above all a longing and return to the original: Man seeks tranquility, reflection and self-development in nature or in the creation of his own garden.

And in the visual arts, nature in any form has always served many artists as inspiration for their artistic creations.

Carolin Israel's works, for example, reflect her involvement with and impressions of her organic surroundings, plants, animals, the sea and the landscape, which she often translates intuitively into expressive as well as abstract color atmospheres and forms.

Malgosia Jankowska's works have something magical about them, immersing themselves in archetypal images of legends, myths and fairy tales. She works skillfully with ink and felt-tip pen on paper, often in only a few shades of color.

For Tatiana Urban, today's ideas of nature can often be derived from the tension between alienation from nature and longing for nature, a multi-layered to labyrinthine connection that forms the origin of her pictorial worlds.

And René Dante's ́ sculptures illustrate his overwhelming repertoire of a unique formal language. His impressive works, mostly made of steel, thematize the human form and the formal language of nature.

And just as the gallery itself is located at the beautiful Hofgarten of Munich as a green refuge in the middle of the city that invites visitors to linger, visitors to this exhibition can immerse themselves in exciting, mysterious and diverse worlds of art.

Lillian Berger - Curator / Art Historian