... not allowing oneself to be degenerated in an academic manner is a quality of modern art that is all too often overlooked. To remain free, to avoid aesthetic niches, to refuse all constraints, be they themes, techniques or even advice conforming to the market, means to be free in artistic creation, as we can read in the works of Olivia Appelius. 

 There are no theories holding back her spontaneous work. New, unknown facets of herself and of art in general are constantly revealed. Whether painting or photography, abstract or figurative, there is always a strong artistic drive, a quest for the unknown. The viewer immediately senses the artist's irrepressible, sensual curiosity, with which she confronts the facts of the world, questioning them through her work and arguing them differently. Her art doesn't like appointments. Magnificent!​

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Dieter Ronte, historien d'art, ex directeur de musée / Vienne (AT) / Hannover / Bonn (DE)