Recovered Memories
The series "Recovered Memories" tells the story of the fragmentation and recomposition of our memories.

The "Recovered Memories" series explores the psychological process of remembering – not as a linear sequence, but as a fragmented, emotionally charged reconstruction. The works refer to the fragmentation of memory – a phenomenon rooted in both neuropsychology and depth psychology. Memories do not return as unaltered replicas, but as newly composed narratives, colored by emotions and time.

Every image is an invitation to connect with memories and gain insight for future decisions.
The lines that run through the images can be interpreted as a metaphor for this path of return – as a narrow passage through the tangle of repression, forgetting, and inner resistance. The strong contrasts between warm and cool tones reflect the ambivalence often associated with such memories – between comfort and pain, between recognition and unease. Thus, in the painting "The Return of Broken Memory," the uncertainty, fragility, and inevitability of remembering are manifested – an artistic attempt to make visible the incomplete, the fleeting, and the deeply formative nature of our inner archive.
Available artworks from the series
"Recovered Memories"
For pricing, additional images, and commission inquiries, please get in touch.
The Return of the broken Memory I
55 x 90 cm | 2025
Oil and Chinapaper on Canvas
The Return of the broken Memory II
55 x 90 cm | 2025
Oil and Chinapaper on Canvas
Study I to Broken Memory
36 x 20 cm | 2025
Oil on Tile
Study II to Broken Memory
36 x 20 cm | 2025
Oil on Tile
We are here!
90 x 125 cm | 2025
Oil and Chinapaper on Canvas
The forgotten Path to the Shores of Fantasy
90 x 125 cm | 2025
Oil on Canvas
The recovered Landscape
45 x 100 cm | 2025
Oil and Chinapaper on Canvas
Over the Lakes of Broken Memories
90 x 120 cm | 2025
Oil and Chinapaper on Canvas
© 2025 Jochen Ulmer. Alle Rechte vorbehalten