Diana Artus and Karin Fisslthale
dal 10/3/2015 al 7/5/2015
Segnalato da
10/3/2015
Diana Artus and Karin Fisslthale
Galerie Raum mit Licht, Wien
The Broken Telephone. The works of the artists are rooted in a scepticism regarding the 'truthfulness' of images, as well as in the search for multiple, frequently concealed meanings in the ostensibly unambig-uous.
The works of Diana Artus and Karin Fisslthaler are rooted in a scepticism regarding the "truthfulness" of images, as well as in the search for multiple, frequently concealed meanings in the ostensibly unambig-uous. This search occurs in a medial field of mutual interest to both: the depiction of the human body, its actions, postures and gestures, as well as the interaction between these images and the constitution of the contemporary individual. Both artists direct their attention to moments when the body shows itself in its "embodiment" or where imaginings come from illustrations — i.e. those events that move along the boundaries between showing and concealing, appearing and disappearing. Both the photographic and the found image, frequently drawn from popular culture and from different contexts, provides both artists with raw material, however each has developed their own specific processes, depending on the relevant support, for the reworking, deconstruction and reinterpretation of the images.
With this as its background, the shared exhibition is dedicated to the subject of an open communication on collective imagery and perceptions of what surrounds us, what connects us and what separates us from one another. The title of the exhibition alludes to the children's game telephone (Chinese whis-pers), where the messages are subjected to a continual shift in meaning caused by creative misunder-standings as they are passed on.
DIANA ARTUS (*1974 in Bad Salzungen, D) studied German and History at Leipzig University, as well as photography at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig. She completed her art degree with an MA in 2010. She currently lives and works in Berlin. The focus of her art is on an engagement with urban imagery and modes of perception, the interferences between interior and exterior images as well as their narrative visualisation. She also works in various towns and cities with found images — in particular, with old photo novellas — which she subjects to an update and reinterpretation.
KARIN FISSLTHALER (*1981 in Oberndorf near Salzburg, AT) graduated in experimental design at the Kunstuniversität Linz. She works in the fields of experimental film and Fine Art, and has been pro-ducing electronic music since 2003 under the name Cherry Sunkist. In her work she engages with issues concerning media portrayals of the human body, and its body language and the repercussions of the latter on the construction of identity. As material, found footage becomes the subject of fascination, criticism, multiple interpretations and complex approaches. Lives and works in Vienna and Linz.
Opening: Wednesday 11/3/15 from 7pm
Galerie Raum mit Licht
Kaiserstrasse 32
Wien