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| Ulrike Lienbacher 25 November 2006 – 7 January 2007 |
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Opening: Friday,
November 24, 2006, 6:30 p.m. as part of the Innsbrucker Premierentage Exhibition to be opened by Dr. Erwin Koler, head of the Tyrolean’s government office for cultural affairs Dr. Silvia Eiblmayr, director of the Galerie im Taxispalais will speak about the exhibition |
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The
body figures centrally in
Ulrike Lienbacher’s sculptures, drawings,
photographs and videos, as a means for conveying an individual and
socio-cultural history. As the artist herself put it: “The
values of a society can be seen in the way we deal with the body. The
discourse on hygiene and health, the way we deal with filth and
cleanliness, the fitness cult and the wellness boom Europa’s
tourism industry is now experiencing are reference points that I find
interesting in this regard. Cleanliness is order, filth is associated
with disorder and threats, they are social norms that dictate for
individuals what is regarded as precious or as inferior.“ In Lienbacher’s subtle, always erotic drawings there is a sort of reconstruction of the processes of soiling and cleaning – the actions of the often fragmented female figures have something compulsive about them. In her works, Lienbacher tries to balance between definitive claims and openness. The wall installations consisting of numerous drawings are sometimes densely hung, one drawing next to the other, and sometimes in a slightly loose arrangement, encourage this associative reflection. Ulrike Lienbacher produced some of the works specially for this exhibition. In these and her most recent pieces other aspects can be found, namely, performance orientation; discipline and (self)control, which are manifested primarily in sports, but also in play. Ulrike Lienbacher speaks of the “ambivalent feeling of deriving a certain pleasure from being able to ’achieve’, to function, but at the same time to also harbor certain fantasies of salvation and liberation. It also has to do with the aspect that great effort and routine reside behind things that seem easy and natural – a kind of outwitting matter“, as for instance, reflected in the video of Will who swings a Hula Hoop (Will I+II, 2006). Ulrike Lienbacher addresses her subject matter using different artistic media. She will be showing various groups of works at the Galerie im Taxispalais, primarily very recent pieces: Two sculptural installations, one series of photographs, two videos as well as series of her subtle-erotic drawings of female figures. The wall and floor installation Hula Hoop (2005) is composed of 30 tires which quote the familiar exercise and recreational object in a body-related alienation and concentration. Lienbacher’s most recent piece, untitled (2006) consists of 50 mouth-blown, ball-like objects, a “fragile glass prison for the breath“ (Lienbacher) whose different size refers to the lung capacity of the producers, to their “output body“. The photo series Portraits (2006) depicts young athletes who were photographed during workout in a moment of exhaustion and relief. The faces reflect this exertion – sometimes more, sometimes less. Lienbacher is interested in the “moment of exhaustion“ but also in “excitation“ or “excitement “, “somehow also ’being beside oneself’“. Typical of Lienbacher’s technically highly precise works is a state of fragility – both in terms of material and content. The artist succeeds in giving her works a compulsive and at the same time playfully light impact. Ulrike Lienbacher was born in Oberndorf / Salzburg in 1963. She lives and works in Salzburg and Vienna. |
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| Catalogue Ulrike Lienbacher Ed. Silvia Eiblmayr, Galerie im Taxispalais Contributions by Reinhard Braun, August Ruhs and Silvia Eiblmayr (German/English) COMET, Vienna 2007 144 pp., approx. 120 ill. in colour € 21,- ISBN: 978-3-9502046-6-7 An edition will be published on the occasion of the exhibition Edition of 25 + 25, silkscreen, hand made paper, two colored, 65 x 75 cm, € 140,- Thanks to William Light Johnson Günther Pertler, Oberglas Bärnbach |
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