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One Day, 2009, painting on glass ,installationTabou Taboo, Austrian Pavilion, Venice Biennial 2009 Tabou Taboo, Installation view Austrian Pavilion, Venice Biennial 2009 My Four Year Old Daughter Could Do That, 2009, 300 x 200 cm Lakshmi, 2007, accryllic on canvas, 200 x 300 cm Virginia, 2007, acryllic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm Proust is Everywhere, 2003, acryllic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm Sir John Suckling, 2004, acryllic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm Jean Royère sphere coffee table, 2004, on Island of Chance, 2006
One Day, 2009, painting on glass ,installationTabou Taboo, Austrian Pavilion, Venice Biennial 2009
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Elke
Krystufek's
(1970, Vienna) spiritual pedigree is impressive given that she grew up
with, among other things, the tempestuous work of the Vienna Actionists.
For instance, in 1997 she performed a much-discussed striptease at the
Galerie Nikolai Wallner in Copenhagen. The shocking aspect of this act
was that it did not represent any traditional striptease act, but rather
was ‘restricted’ to the act of removing clothes. The highlight was when
she shoved a large cup between her thighs and urinated in it – only to
drink its contents a short while later. Over the years Krystufek has
continued to expand her artistic repertoire. Aside from her subversive
performances, her search for ‘self exploration’ manifests itself
primarily in her paintings. In the countless self-portraits she had made
in the past, Krystufek has ‘exposed’ herself to the viewer – literally
and figuratively. Her autobiographic search in her paintings has now
reached the point where past and present personalities who fascinate her
are intermingled, personalities she has never met personally but appeal
to her nonetheless.
Krystyfek
has exhibited widely in museums and galleries in Europe and in the
United States, including at Haus am Waldsee, Berlin (2011), Gallery Susanne Vielmetter, Los Angeles
(2011), Venice Biennale (2009), Gallery Meyer-Kainer, Vienna (2009),
Gallery Basrbara Thum, Berlin (2008), Nicola von Senger, Zurich (2008),
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover (2009), Österreichische Museum für
angewandte Kunst, Vienna (2007), Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (2005),
Kunstraum Innsbruck (2004), GEM, Den Haag (2003), Sammlung Essl,
Klosterneuburg (2003). She participated in group exhibitions at
Contemporary Museum, Baltimore (2011), S.M.A.K., Gent (2010), Centre
Pompidou, Paris (2009), Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem (2009),
Kunstmuseum Linz (2009), MOCA, North Miami (2008), Museum der Moderne
Salzburg (2007), Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College,
Wellesley (2007), MoMa Contemporary Art Center, New York (2006), Espace
des Lices, Saint Tropez (2006). |
