Kunstraum Richard Sorge
Strich & Faden Exhibition: Natasza Niedziolka - Peacock Towers
Berlin based painter Natasza Niedziolka takes the designs and patterns of Eastern European folklore as the basis of her compositions and faux-primitive wooden sculptures, the "Peacock Towers". The incongruous coupling of traditional, naif colors and compositions with punk painterly execution and sensibility adds up to vibrant and surprising work.
From the Strich & Faden - Heimat, Folk-art and Travesty art exhibition at Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Berlin, May/June 2009.
About the exhibition:
The folksy German expression "nach Strich und Faden" means to do something thoroughly, with great artistry and precision, or according to the rules of an art or craft. In contemporary language the term has gained connotations of trickery, deceit and travesty: our belief in authenticity has gone. Travesty (in the sense of deceit and role playing) is a device present in many works in this show, either as an artistic attitude, or as a subject matter. The participating artists use it to subvert both the traditions of Art & Crafts and our expectations of art.
This new edition of Strich und Faden presents outstanding representatives of the thriving US-american Neocraft scene - some of which are shown in Germany (or Europe) for the first time - and presents them alongside their (Eastern) European colleagues. Strich und Faden II goes beyond crafting however, also incorporating conceptual and neo-traditional works on folklore and regionalism.
Strich & Faden Exhibition: Natasza Niedziolka - Peacock Towers
Berlin based painter Natasza Niedziolka takes the designs and patterns of Eastern European folklore as the basis of her compositions and faux-primitive wooden sculptures, the "Peacock Towers". The incongruous coupling of traditional, naif colors and compositions with punk painterly execution and sensibility adds up to vibrant and surprising work.
From the Strich & Faden - Heimat, Folk-art and Travesty art exhibition at Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Berlin, May/June 2009.
About the exhibition:
The folksy German expression "nach Strich und Faden" means to do something thoroughly, with great artistry and precision, or according to the rules of an art or craft. In contemporary language the term has gained connotations of trickery, deceit and travesty: our belief in authenticity has gone. Travesty (in the sense of deceit and role playing) is a device present in many works in this show, either as an artistic attitude, or as a subject matter. The participating artists use it to subvert both the traditions of Art & Crafts and our expectations of art.
This new edition of Strich und Faden presents outstanding representatives of the thriving US-american Neocraft scene - some of which are shown in Germany (or Europe) for the first time - and presents them alongside their (Eastern) European colleagues. Strich und Faden II goes beyond crafting however, also incorporating conceptual and neo-traditional works on folklore and regionalism.