Kiki Kogelnik

Kiki Kogelnik (born 22 January 1935 in Lead Castle, Carinthia, † February 1, 1997 in Vienna) was an Austrian artist. Her work includes painting, sculpture, graphics and Installation ( Art). Kogelnik is referred to as Austrian representative of Pop Art, even if they did not think of himself as a pop -art artist.

Life and work

1960s

Kogelnik began her artistic training in 1954 at the Vienna University of Applied Arts and moved a year later at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.

During the years at the academy Kogelnik belonged together with Arnulf Rainer, Wolfgang Hollegha, Josef Mikl, Markus Prachensky and Maria Lassnig to the circle of young avant-garde to the Gallery Next St. Stephen under the direction of Monsignor Otto Mauer. She participated in the first group shows the gallery and presented abstract works that were influenced partly by Serge Poliakoff of the Ecole de Paris.

1958/59 Kogelnik spent some time in Paris and became friends with the American artist Sam Francis, which she moved in 1961 to its move to America. She spent the first year in Santa Monica, California, but in 1962 moved to New York. There, she was part of a closely - friendly group of artists, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, Tom Wesselmann and others belonged. " Pop Became a way of life" and by their extravagant outfits and headgear Kogelnik itself became the changing Happening.

Kogelnik work at this time was heavily influenced by the colors and materials of the Pop Art, and she produced numerous colorful, euphoric space art works. In contrast to the Pop Art artists, she avoided the glorification of commerce and the representation of everyday objects, even though they are known to preferred plastic and artificial as the theme.

In the early 60s Kogelnik life- real stencil their artist friends began to cut out of brown paper, in order to transfer the data to the screen of her paintings. These templates were in 1965 as the " hangings " to separate art from vinyl, which were presented on department store racks. Kogelnik saw such stand daily on the streets of New York's Garment District, where they had their studio.

1966 Kogelnik married in London oncologists George Black. After the birth of her son, mono, she returned in 1967 to New York.

1969 designed Kogelnik a Moonhappening in the Vienna Gallery Next St. Stephan. During the live broadcast of the moon landing of Apollo 11, she produced a series of moon thematic screen printing.

1970s and later

In the 70 years Kogelnik began her Women works, and dealt with a critique of the role of women in advertising. Tackle feminist issues with irony, humor and cool pop aesthetic was unique in Kogelnik work at this time. In 1974 she began to work occasionally with pottery, and used the plastic form as an extension of the scene.

In the 1980s, began dismembered human body, everyday objects and characters Kogelnik to fill images. In the work cycle expansion she used ceramic elements that were shown together with the canvas as a whole works. In 1978 she produced a 16mm short film CBGB SW, with the writer and punk musician Jim Carroll in a roll.

In later works, the human body has become increasingly fragmented and manipulated until in the 90s, much of the work was very abstract faces. During this time Kogelnik also produced a series of glass sculptures, drawings and graphics, in which they wanted to comment on commercialism and decorative themes in the field of art.

Death and artistic estate

Kiki Kogelnik died on 1 February 1997 in Vienna at the consequences of a cancer suffering and was buried in lead castle. The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere showed in 1998 a comprehensive retrospective. In the same year her the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art was awarded posthumously.

After the death of the artist, the " Kiki Kogelnik Foundation ", an American private foundation based in Vienna and New York was founded. The Foundation preserves and archives the artistic estate of Kiki Kogelnik and supports exhibitions and research activities.

Awards

Works

• Fountain in Lead Castle
• 1997: The Singing Fountain in Klagenfurt
• 2003: 55 -cent stamp of Austrian Post with Kiki Kogelnik paintings Prenez Le Temp d' Aimer from 1973