23.07. – 10.09.2022
Instant Solutions
Angesiedelt zwischen Bestattungsinstitut, Reisebüro und Concept Store umkreist Lesniewski’s Projekt INSTANT SOLUTIONS den Tod als universelles und traditionelles Thema der bildenden Kunst sowie des Alltags. In einer räumlich verschränkten Präsentation von multimedialen Werken wird der gesellschaftliche Umgang mit Tod und Sterben auf feministische, provokante und auch humorvolle Weise zur Diskussion gestellt. INSTANT SOLUTIONS versteht sich als Raum, der Fragen aufwirft und verschiedene Ebenen unserer Sepulkralkultur, soziale Elemente sowie künstlerische Betrachtungsweisen vereint.
Xenia Lesniewski (*1985) is an ultra-contemporary, multidisciplinary artist. She has studied painting and experimental animation with Judith Eisler at the University of applied Arts Vienna and Visual Communication at Hessen State University of Art and Design Offenbach. Her work includes videos, paintings, installations, collaborative projects, performative situations and curatorial practice. Her oeuvre moves at the interface of art and life as well as within the examination of current social developments and public space. A process-oriented, interdisciplinary approach as well as contemporary discourse are of
Lesniewski’s main interest.
Between funeral home, travel agency and concept store her project INSTANT
SOLUTIONS revolves around death as a traditional theme of visual art as well as everyday life. With the use of spatial installations and performative staging of multimedia works, the exhibition questions society’s approach to death in a provocative, feminist and humorous way. INSTANT SOLUTIONS sees itself as a space that raises questions and brings together different levels of our sepulchral culture.
Where:
Exhibition, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Promenade, Ike Room
Web:
https://www.xenia-lesniewski.com/
Credits:
Xenia Lesniewski – Instant Solutions, © Simon Veres (Detail, installation view) / Eva Kelety (Good Vibrations only / installation view)
Xenia Lesniewski – Portrait, © Eva Kelety