While Maulwurf’s previous work dealt with the remnants and destruction of war, her new work captures our world’s chaos when hit by the forces of nature and ecological disasters; exploring the notion of whether nature is striking back at us for polluting its oceans, poisoning its air, burning down forests and turning the ground we walk on into radioactive wasteland.

In trying to formulate an understanding of why mankind is so eager to destroy, Raquel Maulwurf bases her drawings on historical images which are then manipulated in such a way that only the essence of the event remains. The image no longer shows what we see, but what we know, making current events tangible. Maulwurf’s recent works have all been created on mat board. The thickness of the board allows her to brutalise the surface with sharp objects, depicting violence through violence. The surface is scratched open until the paper pulp almost pours out, literally materializing destruction in both subject and method. Raquel Maulwurf (born 1975 in Madrid, Spain) lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She studied at the Art Academy of Arnhem, The Netherlands, and the SAE International Technology College Amsterdam. Maulwurf’s work is widely exhibited in museums, art spaces and galleries including The Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands; Museo del Sannio Rocca dei Rettori, Italy; CODA Museum, The Netherlands; Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York. Her work belongs to numerous collections including Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands; Prefectural Art Museum Nagasaki, Japan; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands; Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, The Netherlands; Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, USA; Erasmus University Rotterdam Art Collection, The Netherlands; Dutch Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel; Dutch Consulate-General, Miami, USA; Dutch Consulate-General, New York.