Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn

2023
Acrylic, lacquer, frottage on canvas
180 x 130 cm

God's battle at Jabbok ends with the fulfillment of Jacob's defiant demand: “And he blessed him there” (Genesis 25-31)

Lara replaces the male figures in the story, in which Jacob gets his true identity, with female figures. The battle becomes a pantheistic dance of blessing in which the demanding and the muse seem to be one. It is her struggle with the divine creative power in everything for the artistic consecration of her work and her selfhood.