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Mart'an G'rl

Mart'an G'rl
Mart'an G'rl
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Mart'an G'rl
Caroline Achaintre, Mart'an G'rl, 2019, Handgetuftete Wolle, 235 × 200 cm, Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 11832
© Caroline Achaintre
Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien
This is the English text for C. Contact: Reproabteilung.

  • Mart'an G'rl

  • Mart’an G’rl
  • Date2019
    • Artist Caroline Achaintre (geboren 1969 in Toulouse)
  • Object typeTapestry
  • MediumHandgetuftete Wolle
  • Dimensions
    235 × 200 cm
  • Inventory number11832
  • Location Belvedere 21

  • The wool tapestry Mart’an G’rl takes ist cue from the figure of the Martian Girl in the 1996 science-fiction comedy Mars Attacks! by cult director Tim Burton. Caroline Achaintre, a German-French artist who has lived in London for many years, reinterprets characters, faces, masks, and fantastical forms drawn from popular culture, horror, sci-fi, Central European carnival and Mardi Gras traditions, and museum presentations of ethnological collections in her works made of wool, clay, and watercolors. The engagement with psychoanalysis and a critical reflection on colonialism are inherent aspects of her artistic practice. Achaintre applies traditional art techniques such as tapestry, watercolor, and ceramics in unconventional ways—the direct and spontaneous use of materials is essential. The artist describes tufting—originally a process for mechanically producing textile surfaces—as “painting with wool.”
    • 2019 Ankauf Arcade Gallery, London
    Contact Provenance Research

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