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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 23.6x23.6in
About this artwork
The smoke break as a moment of enjoyment and time out is part of the neoliberal optimization measure
took out of style.
The series Rauchpause portrays the smoker, once a symbol for the modern, emancipated woman. Smoking break is also a throwback to the great
en thinkers such as Hannah Arendt or Herta Müller, who were heavy smokers.
took out of style.
The series Rauchpause portrays the smoker, once a symbol for the modern, emancipated woman. Smoking break is also a throwback to the great
en thinkers such as Hannah Arendt or Herta Müller, who were heavy smokers.
Astrid Esslinger
Austria
Credentials
- Residency Participant
- Covered by the Press
« Based on the formal gesture of the concrete color stroke, I design portraits and scenes that, in different contexts, take the narrative account into account. »
Esslinger was at the beginning of her artistic career with textile, before she turned to painting. Her many travels and residency stays worldwide influence the cultural and sociopolitical issues that Esslinger deals with in her art. She also works with cardboard collages that critically question consumption.