Natascha preparing one wall for the Blood series, Fotogalerie Wien, 2010
MAJOR INSTALLATION & BOOK LAUNCH as part of GROUP EXHIBITION – video, photography, mixed media (works from secret & The Book of Back), publication |
May 4 – June 2, 2010 | Fotogalerie Wien Austria
Supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria
Artists: Friedl Kubelka, Peter Köllerer, Natascha Stellmach, Conny Habbel, Liza Nguyen
Catalogue: Identität / Identity
Fotogalerie Wien, 22 x 19 cm, deu/eng. 144 pages, ISBN 978-3-902725-30-1
BOOK LAUNCH
Natascha Stellmach: It is Black in Here
24 x 16.5 cm, hardcover, 64 pages
Texts by Amy Barrett-Lennard & Celina Lunsford
in English & German (accompanying flyer)
Edition: 500, ISBN: 13: 978-3-932193-04-0
Published by: cyanpress Berlin, 2010
“It is this wit and wry humour, together with an innate intelligence and sense of the poetic, which has enabled Stellmach to so successfully tackle challenging topics; and to do so in a way that is never clichéd or laboured. Her work clearly sits within a strong European, and particularly Germanic, artistic tradition of melancholy. However, it is also very Australian in its treatment of landscape, brooding darkness and the unspoken.” Amy Barrett-Lennard, Director, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia
“Many of Stellmach’s works share a tone and subject matter with those of French artist Sophie Calle. Like Calle, Stellmach harnesses words and images in order to analyse, fictionalise and reassess. And like a sleuth reporting what happens as the globe spins round, Stellmach observes from a distance, while remaining close to us. Her prose blasts through as if she is not only recollecting what she saw, but what we may feel by being there. Stellmach’s work is powerful and poignant. Even when it is black in there.” Celina Lunsford, Director, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt
Blood No. 2, 2006–09, archival ink on photo rag, 42 x 59 cm
Blood No. 9, 2006–09, archival ink on photo rag, 42 x 59 cm
Blood No. 8, 2006–09, archival ink on photo rag, 42 x 59 cm
More about the BLOOD series.
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