GRAPHICS
Marion Avanzini
Series 2001 – 2025
1.
Nothing is right
9 Graphics, 2001 - 2007
It was the early 2000s, and medicine dominated Marion Avanzini’s daily routine – but art still called vehemently for time and attention. “Nothing is Right” emerged during long nights, with music as an ever-present influence, and marked the beginning of a tense balancing act between art and medicine. Galerie Ariadne’s discovery of these works led to Marion Avanzini’s first exhibition.
Heal
Mixed media on paper
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2001
38 x 24cm
Ich habe die Wahrheit gesehen I
Mixed media on paper
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2001
28 x 41cm
Ich habe die Wahrheit gesehen II
Mixed media on paper
,
2001
28 x 41cm
Mid CABG
Mixed media on paper
,
2001
28 x 41cm
Reopening
Mixed media on paper
,
2002
28 x 41cm
Ich denke also bin ich tot
Mixed media on paper
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2004
30 x 40cm
Crush
Mixed media on paper
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2005
41 x 28cm
It will not end
Mixed media on paper
,
2005
42 x 31cm
Dream
Mixed media on paper
,
2007
42 x 31cm
2.
Appropriate
10 Graphics, 2005
This series responds to a text by Ingeborg Bachmann, The Truth is Appropriate for People. Alongside large-canvas oil paintings, the series comprises drawings with dominant red and blue tones, containing inscribed pieces of mirrored text from works by Bachmann, Friederike Mayröcker and N. C. Kaser. They invite the viewer to confront the complex nature of truth.
Erklär mich nichts
Mixed Media on Paper
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2005
30 x 41 cm
For Alice
Mixed Media on Paper
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30 x 41 cm
2005
Zumutbar 1
Mixed Media on Paper
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2005
30 x 41 cm
Zumutbar 2
Mixed Media on Paper
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2005
31 x 31 cm
Zumutbar 4
Mixed media on canvas
,
2005
41 x 30 cm
Zumutbar 5
Mixed Media on Paper
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2005
41 x 30 cm
Zumutbar 6
Mixed Media on Paper
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2005
41 x 30 cm
Zumutbar 7
Mixed media on canvas
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2005
30 x 41 cm
Zumutbar 8
Mixed Media on Paper
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2005
30 x 41 cm
Zumutbar 12
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2005
31 x 31 cm
3.
Short Cuts
16 Graphics, 2009 - 2017
Apprehending the essence of a moment and capturing it in a drawing: Avanzini has produced Short Cuts continuously for almost 20 years. They are visual notes or “minute-pics” on a 20cm x 20cm format. Inscribed quotations from poetry or music, the text mirrored, add depth to these works – or snapshots – created at home or while travelling.
Colle III
Mixed Media on Paper
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2009
20 x 20
Colle IV
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2009
20 x 20 cm
Colle V
Mixed Media on Paper
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2009
20 x 20
Colle VI
Mixed Media on Paper
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2009
20 x 20 cm
Colle VII
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2009
20 x 20 cm
Summer II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2009
20 x 20 cm
Getting older
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2010
20 x 20 cm
Nordsee
Mixed Media on Paper
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2010
20 x 20 cm
Starting again II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2010
20 x 20 cm
Starting again IV
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2010
20 x 20 cm
Port of Pula
Mixed Media on Paper
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2011
20 x 20 cm
Summer part I
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2011
20 x 20 cm
Summer part II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2011
20 x 20 cm
Nussdorf 3
Mixed media on canvas
,
2012
20 x 20 cm
Cold Light of Morning
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2013
20 x 20 cm
What is Insde I
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2017
20 x 20 cm
4.
Recurring Thoughts
17 Graphics, 2009
Cardiac catheter procedures, acute treatment of blocked blood vessels, cardiac MRI scans – all were restricting the time available for art. Images accompanying recurring thoughts about the complexity of human experience kept forming in Avanzini’s mind, as visual metaphors: crossroads, congested spaces and dead ends.
Bifurcation Management
Mixed Media on Canvas
,
2009
40 x 30 cm
March
Mixed Media on Paper
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2009
30 x 42 cm
Fallen
Mixed Media on Paper
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2010
42 x 30 cm
Northwind
Mixed Media on Paper
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2010
42 x 30 cm
One after Another
Mixed Media on Paper
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2010
42 x 30 cm
Every Year
Mixed Media on Canvas
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2011
42 x 30 cm
Memories
Mixed Media on Paper
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2011
30 x 42 cm
No Word can save us
Mixed Media on Paper
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2011
42 x 30 cm
October
Mixed Media on Paper
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2011
30 x 42 cm
Part of One
Mixed Media on Paper
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2011
30 x 42 cm
September
Mixed Media on Paper
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2011
30 x 42 cm
So easy
Mixed Media on Paper
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2011
42 x 30 cm
Wisdom pt 1
Mixed Media on Paper
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2011
30 x 42 cm
Happy Easter again
Mixed Media on Paper
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2013
38 x 55 cm
Home
Mixed Media on Paper
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2016
45 x 40 cm
You will solve it
Mixed Media on Paper
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2016
42 x 42 cm
New Year
Mixed Media on Paper
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2018
33 x 45 cm
5.
Graphical Diary
36 Graphics, 2011 - 2025
Commenced in 2005 in New York, with no end in sight. Instead of putting into words experiences, sights seen, and thoughts, spontaneous drawings using pencil and oil sticks capture external impressions and internal reflections. The graphical diary became a projection screen for creativity, whether in foreign cities, at home, in uninhabited landscapes or interior worlds.
Vienna again
Mixed Media on Paper
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2011
30 x 21 cm
And Time goes by
Mixed Media on Paper
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2012
30 x 21 cm
Maybe one Day
Mixed Media on Paper
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2012
30 x 21 cm
Nussdorf III
Mixed Media on Paper
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2012
30 x 21 cm
Reha I
Mixed Media on Paper
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2013
30 x 21 cm
Too much
Mixed Media on Paper
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2013
30 x 21 cm
Berlin
Mixed Media on Paper
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2015
30 x 21 cm
Home again
Mixed Media on Paper
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2019
30 x 21 cm
Niederneustift II
Mixed Media on Paper
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2019
30 x 21 cm
Reha I
Mixed Media on Paper
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2019
30 x 21 cm
Ein neues Jahrzehnt
Mischtechnik auf Papier
,
2020
30 x 21 cm
Everything starts and ends with a C
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2020
30 x 21 cm
Niederneustift
Mixed Media on Paper
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2020
30 x 21 cm
Worueber wir nicht sprechen koennen
Mixed Media on Paper
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2020
30 x 21 cm
Hvalfjardarsveit
Mixed Media on Paper
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2021
30 x 21 cm
Niederneustift
Mixed Media on Paper
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2021
30 x 21 cm
Torre di Cala Piccola
Mixed Media on Paper
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2021
30 x 21 cm
Canal Sul Sile
Mixed Media on Paper
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2022
30 x 21 cm
Niederneustift
Mixed Media on Paper
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2022
30 x 21 cm
Oeblarn II
Mixed Media on Paper
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2022
30 x 21 cm
Buje
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
30 x 21 cm
Joachimsberg
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
30 x 21 cm
Muttertag
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
30 x 21 cm
Niederneustift
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
30 x 21 cm
Polarkreis Winterreise
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
30 x 21 cm
Fact finding
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
30 x 21 cm
Paudorf
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
30 x 21 cm
Reichenau
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
30 x 21 cm
Summer 24
Mixed Media on Paper
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2024
30 x 21 cm
6.
Nowhere
23 Graphics, 2010 - 2019
Using oil sticks and graphite, these drawings (some in large format) reflect partings, decisions, internal upheavals and entering new spaces. With intense lines and deep layers of colour, the series “Nowhere” calls attention to a feeling of floating between places and decisions, as an artistic exploration of uncertainty in a time of change.
England 1
Mixed Media on Paper
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2004
40 x 30 cm
England 2
Mixed Media on Paper
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2004
40 x 30 cm
England 3
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2004
30 x 40 cm
England 4
Mixed Media on Paper
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2004
30 x 40 cm
England 5
Mixed Media on Paper
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2004
30 x 40 cm
On the Road again
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2010
40 x 30 cm
40th Anniversary
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2012
40 x 32 cm
Cut it out
Mixed Media on Paper
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2012
70 x 48 cm
Happy New Year
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2012
32 x 40 cm
Nussdorf
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2012
50 x 70 cm
Nussdorf 2
Mixed Media on Paper
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2012
70 x 50 cm
Nussdorf 4
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2012
70 x 50 cm
Nussdorf 5
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2012
50 x 70 cm
In the South
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2013
40 x 30 cm
Selva
Mixed media on canvas
,
2013
45 x 35 cm
South East II
Mixed media on canvas
,
2013
45 x 33 cm
Detrimental Alterations
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2014
45 x 38 cm
Do not look back
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2014
33 x 45 cm
Back Slash
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2016
48 x 70 cm
Schoeneben
Mixed media on canvas
,
2017
45 x 33 cm
Some things remain
Mixed media on canvas
,
2018
45 x 33 cm
End your own
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2019
18 x 24 cm
Niederneustift I
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2019
45 x 33 cm
7.
Escape to the North
7 Graphics, 2023
Leaving medicine after unbroken years of practice, Avanzini set off to Europe’s far north. Unendingly vast landscapes, the northern lights, and the bone-chilling Arctic cold did not only expand the artist’s horizons: radiant yellows, greens and oranges complement familiar red and blue tones in her drawings. And alongside oil sticks and pencil, Avanzini began using oil pastels and fibre tip pens.
Bremerhaven I
Mixed Media on Paper
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2023
42 x 33 cm
Bremerhaven II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
42 x 33 cm
Bremerhaven III
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
42 x 33 cm
Inndyr
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
33 x 40 cm
Into the North I
Mixed Media on Paper
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2023
45 x 33 cm
Into the North II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
40 x 33 cm
Winterreise II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
42 x 30 cm
8.
Latein America
33 Graphics, 2023- 2024
Six months in Latin America including Colombia, Argentina and Chile. From the Día de los Muertos in Mexico to Guatemala’s active volcanoes, the works reflect stunning landscapes and experiences as well as crushing poverty and migration movements. Using oil sticks and pens, the pictures seek to capture the the complex reality of the region with bright colours and dynamic lines.
CDMX I
Mixed Media on Paper
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2024
24 x 18 cm
CDMX II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
24 x 18 cm
Columbia I
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
24 x 18 cm
Columbia II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
24 x 18 cm
Columbia III
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 24 cm
Columbia IV
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 28 cm
Columbia V
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
24 x 18 cm
Columbia VI
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 24 cm
Columbia VII
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 24 cm
Columbia VIII
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
24 x 32 cm
Guadalajara
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
24 x 18 cm
Pacifico III
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 24 cm
Pacifico IV
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 24 cm
Pacifico V
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 24 cm
Pacifico VI
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 24 cm
Pacifico VII
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 24 cm
Pacifico vlla
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 28 cm
Pacifico VIII
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 28 cm
San Miguel de Allende I
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 24 cm
San Miguel de Allende II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
24 x 18 cm
San Miguel de Allende III
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
32 x 24 cm
Atacama
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
18 x 24 cm
Atitlan I
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
18 x 24 cm
Atitlan II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
18 x 24 cm
El Paredon I
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
24 x 18 cm
El Paredon II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
24 x 18 cm
Guatemala City I
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
24 x 18 cm
Guatemala City II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
24 x 18 cm
Maipo
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
24 x 18 cm
Maipo II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
24 x 18 cm
Mar del Cobo
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
28 x 34 cm
Mendoza
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
28 x 34 cm
Santiago I
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
18 x 27 cm
9.
It will never be the way it was
26 Graphics, 2020 - 2025
This series, comprising oil paintings and drawings, came together during and after the Corona pandemic – a time defined by radical changes. The title, inspired by a song by the band AnnenMayKantereit, is meant to recall the feeling of irreversible change. The works deal with the irrevocable transformation of the familiar, and illustrate the rupture between “then” and “now”.
After the Party
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2020
30 x 21 cm
Hollenstein Day 2
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2020
30 x 21 cm
Locked in locked out 2
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2020
30 x 21 cm
Niederneustift 20
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2020
30 x 21 cm
Stay at Home
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2020
32 x 28 cm
There is Lightning I
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2020
30 x 21 cm
There is Lightning II
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2020
30 x 21 cm
Let it go
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2022
45 x 33 cm
No Consensus
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2022
45 x 33 cm
Nothing
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2022
30 x 21 cm
Pressure for nothing
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2022
45 x 33 cm
Waiting for the Miracle
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2022
30 x 21 cm
Wash out
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2022
45 x 33 cm
Birthday Card
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
22 x 16 cm
Morning Light
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2023
45 x 33 cm
Again
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
40 x 40 cm
Chaos again
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
41 x 31 cm
Escape
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
30 x 21 cm
Faber saved my Life
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
40 x 40 cm
La hermosa Fractura
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
32 x 24 cm
Leval
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
41 x 31 cm
Miedo
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
40 x 40 cm
Soledad
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
40 x 40 cm
Starting a new Game
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
32 x 24 cm
To stand still
Mixed Media on Paper
,
2024
30 x 21 cm
These were the days
Mixed media on canvas
,
2024
32 x 24 cm