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090608: hilger contemporary: Miha Strukelj – Virtual networks
hilger contemporary: Miha Strukelj – Virtual networks
Painting is code
Miha Strukelj lets the onlooker impressively take part in the development of his works by tracing and painting the different stages of photo coding. When looking at a photograph of poor quality enlarged to one and a half square meters and thereby attaining the effect of a pixel array, it is no longer possible to recognize what was originally depicted.
However, this process of abstraction does not always succeed in producing consistent compositions. Only the smaller black and white works on paper are remarkably harmonious. In two of these one can easily recognise the underlying street scenes. They are the most remarkable pieces in this exhibit and remind of Cartier-Bresson motifs.
The artworks, which are dissected into pixels, clearly remind us of how digitalised the world is in which we live. The special charm of this exhibit lies in the fact that the works shown are all hand painted.
Could it be a coincidence that those pieces with less coded motifs are the most powerful?
hilger contemporary
1010 Vienna, Dorotheergasse 5, until 19. 06. 2008
www.hilger.at
090608
hilger contemporary
1010 Wien, Dorotheergasse 5
Tel: +43-1512 53 15, Fax: +43-1-513 91 26
Email: contemporary@hilger.at
http://www.hilger.at
Öffnungszeiten: geschlossen
hilger contemporary
1010 Wien, Dorotheergasse 5
Tel: +43-1512 53 15, Fax: +43-1-513 91 26
Email: contemporary@hilger.at
http://www.hilger.at
Öffnungszeiten: geschlossen
