Maruša Sagadin

Luv Birds in toten Winkeln

The artist Maruša Sagadin is redesigning the foyer of the Alte Post with her playful, subversive sculptures.

© Michael Wittig, 2024, Commissioned by Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Courtesy Christine König Galerie, Vienna and the artist
Programline
Contributors

Maruša Sagadin (Artist)

Simone Barlian (Head of Programme Visual Arts)
Teresa Kranawetter (Assistance Visual Arts)

Acquisition from the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Courtesy Christine König Galerie, Vienna and the artist

When
20/01 – 29/11/24

About the project

Who builds what, for whom and where? Influenced by the history of architecture, Maruša Sagadin explores the underlying social aspects of a building or place. Her artistic work operates at the interface between private and public space and combines elements of architecture, sculpture and painting.

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Sagadin employs humor and exaggeration in both her language of form and use of color to reveal mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion and to break with established codes of art observation. In a playful and subversive manner, her works refer to elements of pop and subculture and applied art. In the interaction between gender, language, and sculpture, they subvert existing norms and thematize sculpture as a form of visualization.

The artist Maruša Sagadin is redesigning the foyer of the Alte Post with her playful, subversive sculptures. Sculptural benches and pillars (the so-called Luv Birds) will be artistically placed in the form of a dense forest of sculptures to open up the space for visitors and ultimately create a place to linger and exchange ideas.

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