Dana Widawski - Blaupause

PRESS RELEASE
Berlin, October 16, 2014
Fayence Tableaus: Dana Widawski at Galerie Gilla Lörcher

Galerie Gilla Lörcher is pleased to present the new works of artist DANA WIDAWSKI in a solo exhibition. For the exhibition "Blaupause," the Berlin-based artist has created several Fayence tableaus in 2014, produced using traditional craftsmanship techniques. The choice of classic blue, reminiscent of high-quality Delft and Portuguese tile panels from past centuries, is entirely intentional. Each scene is intricately hand-painted underglaze and fired onto ceramic tiles: in DANA WIDAWSKI's work, craftsmanship and thematic choices create an intriguing juxtaposition. For instance, in the diptych "Garten Eden," composed of 24 tiles, we see a modern-looking couple, armed with an axe and chainsaw, seemingly on the verge of chopping down the Tree of Knowledge. The nine-part series "Artist’s Rest" depicts a woman lost in her absurd daydreams within tiled spaces. "Blaupause" follows the exhibition "Arts & Morris" in 2012, where the artist engaged with the craft tradition of stencil printing and paraphrased ornaments by William Morris, marking her second solo show at Galerie Gilla Lörcher.

DANA WIDAWSKI
Blaupause (Glaze Painting on Ceramic Tiles)
Exhibition Duration: October 25 – November 28, 2014
Opening Reception: Friday, October 24 from 7 PM

Dana Widawski (born 1973) lives and works in Berlin.

The artist studied textile design from 1995 to 2000 at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle/Saale (Diploma) and from 2004 to 2006, Art in Context at the University of the Arts in Berlin (Master of Arts). In 2011, Dana Widawski was awarded the Art Prize of the City of Schwabach for her installation "Aurum Roses." In 2001, she received the Art in Architecture Implementation Award for the foyer of the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle (Halle) and the Wilhelm Lorch Foundation's Promotion Prize. In 2000, she was granted the Graduate Scholarship from HKD Burg Giebichenstein (Halle). Her works have been exhibited in various venues, including: Stadtgalerie Schwabach; Freies Museum Berlin; Kunstfaktor Produzentengalerie, Berlin; ART MAMA/Tasumi Orimoto, Tokyo (Japan); Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop; danubeVIDEOARTfestival, Grein (Austria); Projektraum Berger Straße, Frankfurt a.M.; Galerie Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art (Berlin).

Images of the works in 300dpi available upon request.

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