{"id":14064,"date":"2026-03-02T16:04:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/susanne-herbold.art\/paradox\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:52:13","slug":"paradox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/susanne-herbold.art\/en\/paradox\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradox"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2pi3gv2-9dbb0eb879cbfb8beb328a75cee537da av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mm98i26w-aced0550685ec4af56bb4c5496fb3f78\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mm98i26w-aced0550685ec4af56bb4c5496fb3f78{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mm98i26w-aced0550685ec4af56bb4c5496fb3f78 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mm98i26w-aced0550685ec4af56bb4c5496fb3f78 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mm98i26w-aced0550685ec4af56bb4c5496fb3f78 av-special-heading-h4 meta-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >PARADOX<\/h4><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1zwr67y-efce8e44b5cccba5cde447800b826081 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mm977f7t-eb4e5acc5ce49c39482096061a912d8e\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mm977f7t-eb4e5acc5ce49c39482096061a912d8e img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mm977f7t-eb4e5acc5ce49c39482096061a912d8e .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mm977f7t-eb4e5acc5ce49c39482096061a912d8e av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-14051 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-14051 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/susanne-herbold.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pparadox-susanne-herbold-2025.jpg\" alt='Abstract painting in blue and white tones with gestural brush movements and transparent layers on canvas.' title='Paradox-susanne-herbold-2025'  height=\"2000\" width=\"1525\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/susanne-herbold.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pparadox-susanne-herbold-2025.jpg 1525w, https:\/\/susanne-herbold.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pparadox-susanne-herbold-2025-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/susanne-herbold.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pparadox-susanne-herbold-2025-785x1030.jpg 785w, https:\/\/susanne-herbold.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pparadox-susanne-herbold-2025-768x1007.jpg 768w, https:\/\/susanne-herbold.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pparadox-susanne-herbold-2025-1171x1536.jpg 1171w, https:\/\/susanne-herbold.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pparadox-susanne-herbold-2025-1144x1500.jpg 1144w, https:\/\/susanne-herbold.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pparadox-susanne-herbold-2025-538x705.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1525px) 100vw, 1525px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-1nsxvem-274795113750f4d278683082c38d5296 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-4rlfby-1e7f45b2b5704861a43b58ca2553709a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p data-start=\"36\" data-end=\"251\">\u201cParadox\u201d engages with the tension from which energy emerges. Opposing forces \u2014 stillness and movement, clarity and unrest, expansion and compression \u2014 are not in contradiction, but in relationship to one another.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"549\" data-is-last-node=\"\">The work understands these oppositions as a source of strength. Dynamics arise through contrast; the new does not develop through dissolution, but through the conscious coexistence of different states. \u201cParadox\u201d invites the viewer to experience energy as a process \u2014 open, mutable and alive.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n<div  class='flex_column av-lrp6da-7a13030b9312844d33597915785e6816 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mm96w1jm-d28b05f36d8bf7b012fe6bb8dec2ecfe '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Paradox, 2025<br \/>Acrylic, oil pastel and spray paint on canvas<br \/>160 \u00d7 120 \u00d7 4 cm<br \/>\u00a9 Susanne Herbold<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-mm972atd-53871ca8df49761fc72ffdee8da5323c-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='https:\/\/www.artworkarchive.com\/profile\/susanne-herbold'  class='avia-button av-mm972atd-53871ca8df49761fc72ffdee8da5323c av-link-btn avia-icon_select-no avia-size-medium avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color'   aria-label=\"MORE WORKS \u2192\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >MORE WORKS \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cParadox\u201d explores the energy that arises from opposites. 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