“These paintings represent a legacy of Northern European painting–Munch, Beckmann, Bacon, and Baselitz are artists that come to mind. Her paintings of “Unrelated Memories” with interpretive titles such as The Stranger, Holding Ground, Looking Back, Sense of Loss, Enshrouded give added access to the meaning of these compelling paintings which affirm the comic tragedy of human existence.”

-Dr. Peter Selz, Art Historian, leading curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1958 – 1964. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1965-1988 where he concurrently served as founder and director of the University Art Museum.

“Swiss-born Marianne Kolb makes paintings that resemble Oliveira’s early work. They exude conviction – of what we cannot guess – and materialize its force, making them impossible to ignore.”

– Kenneth Baker, art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle