Mercedes Corvinus’ paintings explore a subtly alienated reality, offering open-ended narratives rather than fixed meanings. Her work invites viewers to engage emotionally, allowing each piece to resonate on an individual level. Central to her compositions are performative figures situated within sparse, urban-influenced landscapes, where traces of human presence—wind turbines, bus stops, factory buildings—emerge without anchoring the scene in realism. Architectural fragments appear as abstract references, often in tension with subdued elements of nature. Working from photographs and sketches, Mercedes Corvinus employs painting as a tool of distortion, constructing new, collage-like compositions that challenge conventional realism and encourage a critical view of the world.