The Art Of Breaking The Mold

The judith & shields.! exhibition juxtaposes objects that could hardly be more different from each other. Internationally acclaimed object-based artist Judith Scott (1943-2005) used wool, yarn and thread to create contemporary art, although she was neither interested in the modern art scene of her day, nor did she become a part of it during her lifetime. Her sculptures provide a visual counterpoint to the painted wooden New Guinea shields - highly masculine objects originally chiefly used for defense in real or ritual warfare. Yet all of these objects have something in common - a primal authenticity uninfluenced by esthetic norms and fashions.

The other exhibition is devoted to Sava Sekulic, who was born in 1902 in Dalmatia and died in 1989 in Belgrade. After serving and being wounded in the First World War, Sekulic roamed Yugoslavia as a casual worker. He began painting at the age of 30. Sekulic's pictures are influenced by popular beliefs, and are characterized by their unique, harmonious style. The forms merge into each another, and beings - half animal, half human - intermingle with each other. A vivid palate of colors is used to create mystical motifs and mythological figures in a partly naïve figurative style.

judith & shields.! - judith scott meets tribal art
sava.! sekulic

both exhibitions form Oct 7 2010-Mar 30, 2011
Museum Gugging im Art/Brut Center Gugging,
Am Campus 2, 3400 Maria Gugging
www.gugging.at

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