MONDAY, July 11, 2011 BASED IN BERLIN “Fitness for Artists” – HELGA WRETMAN Performance: Monday, July 5, 5 pm Exhibition: June 8 – July 24, 2011 Atelierhaus Monbijoupark, Oranienburger Straße 77 (click here for map) TUESDAY, July 12, 2011 BASED IN BERLIN “Inner Wealth” – JAN PETER HAMMER Film Screening: Tuesday, July 12, 10 pm… Read more »
Blog Entry by Corinna Kirsch– in Berlin; Wednesday, May 11, 2011.
Kraus takes banal and inanimate objects, then recombines and alters them in a way to imbue them with emotion and a resemblance to living things. For her “ice lamp,” she sealed a light bulb with silicone and then stuck it inside a cube of icy water and ink, causing the lamp to slowly wither and melt away. Regarding this work, Kraus has said: “When you see the lamp, there is something extremely sad about it.”
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