{"id":4972,"date":"2024-11-08T12:15:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T11:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25ausstellungen\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:14:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-0038654b\">\n\n<h1 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-6752bbf5 gb-headline-text\">About<\/h1>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-2e4964ed ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"about\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-178defc4 ex-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-8997b58d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"491\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-8997b58d\" src=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/marion_avanzini_startseite_about-1024x491.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/marion_avanzini_startseite_about-1024x491.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/marion_avanzini_startseite_about-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/marion_avanzini_startseite_about-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/marion_avanzini_startseite_about-1536x737.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/marion_avanzini_startseite_about.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-491ac2aa ex-content\">\n\n<p>Marion Avanzini is a queer-feminist visual artist and cardiologist. She works mainly as a painter, exploring the complexity of communication in her work. One point of reference is literary texts, which she uses as visual material to expand the boundaries of the verbal. The conventional separation of foreground and background and the dichotomy of proximity and alienation are dissolved. Experimenting with different materials and techniques creates depth and ambiguity and brings the invisible to the surface. Since 2003 she has taken part in numerous exhibitions and has collaborated with other artists such as Ines Doujak for <em>How do we want to be governed,<\/em> Secession, Vienna, 2005.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-234e4075 ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"ex-exclusionen\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-2ebb4a94 ex-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-daae9f1e gb-headline-text\">2010<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-bdba42c3 gb-headline-text\">EXKLUSIONEN<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-208081c6 gb-headline-text\">Collage project \u2013 photographs and drawings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-2014788b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"415\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-2014788b\" src=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_zauner_projekt_exklusionen.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"marion_avanzini_ausstellung_zauner_projekt_exklusionen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_zauner_projekt_exklusionen.jpg 855w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_zauner_projekt_exklusionen-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_zauner_projekt_exklusionen-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-a14a254f gb-headline-text\">Solo Exhibition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dcc3ca72d6e989b2d0d8efe4df83d0a1\">Christa Zauner + Marion Avanzini\u2028<br>Galerie Studio 18, Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1b52f781 gb-accordion\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d5d64f96 gb-accordion__item\" data-transition=\"slide\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-f3bd5510 gb-accordion__toggle\" id=\"gb-accordion-toggle-f3bd5510\"><span class=\"gb-button-text\">READ MORE<\/span><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"ma-aufzu-fill gb-accordion__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\u201c>  <style type=\"> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t.st2{fill:#A2A1A1;} <\/style> <path d=\"M0,7h18L9,18L0,7z\" class=\"st2\" id=\"Polygon_24\"><\/path> <\/svg> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"ma-aufzu-fill gb-accordion__icon-open\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\u201c>  <style type=\"> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t.st2{fill:#A2A1A1;} <\/style> <path d=\"M9,7l9,11H0L9,7z\" class=\"st2\" id=\"Polygon_23\"><\/path> <\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n\n\n<div id=\"gb-accordion-content-8eef40c9\" class=\"gb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8eef40c9\">\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Press release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Working on the theme of \"Exclusions &lt;&gt; Behind the Facade\", two artists have combined the media of photography (Christa Zauner) and drawing (Marion Avanzini). The result is an impressive series of joint works, all in a square format measuring 110cm x 110cm.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christa Zauner photographed buildings in the process of being demolished (e.g. Vienna\u2019s Westbahnhof train station), documenting the traces of them remaining before they disappeared. In their semi-destroyed state, the structures reveal their insides: ripped-out pipes, bundles of cables, torn-off carpets, broken walls. Her photographs document the social \"progress\" being made by the buildings' destruction. These demolition scenes present an in-between stage, a momentary, sceptical pause to consider, between the past and the future.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photographs provided a point of departure for Marion Avanzini: she removed parts of the photograph\u2019s surface and painted and drew on the white spaces underneath, inserting new traces.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In these collaborative works, the artists manifest the complex, multi-layered nature of partially destroyed surfaces\/facades. Their gaze is trained on what is bulky, broken and faded out, but also on the unfinished, interrupted and pushed aside \u2013 the remnants of our reality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-29768d31 ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"ex-herbst08\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8dc5c0b6 ex-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ffc05f9e gb-headline-text\">2008<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-79778579 gb-headline-text\">AUTUMN-\/WINTERCOLLECTION 2008<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-218e137c\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"617\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-218e137c\" src=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herbst_winter_2008.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herbst_winter_2008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herbst_winter_2008.jpg 855w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herbst_winter_2008-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herbst_winter_2008-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3b9956d6 gb-headline-text\">Joint exhibition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92934e345b1a4d64a508b77856aae107\">Galerie Ariadne artists, Vienna<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-635b39a6 ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"ex-herzen-im-staub\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a9e12883 ex-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9555a10c gb-headline-text\">2007<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-132b5b70 gb-headline-text\">HEARTS REMAINING IN DUST<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-b08932d9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"948\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-b08932d9\" src=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herzen_im_staub.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herzen_im_staub\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herzen_im_staub.jpg 855w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herzen_im_staub-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herzen_im_staub-768x852.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-212d2f3b gb-headline-text\">Solo exhibition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-042215a403aa0eb46757d5b0dd099ba5\">Gr\u00fcne Galerie 7, Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5c2f3314 gb-accordion\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1ca985a0 gb-accordion__item\" data-transition=\"slide\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-44ce627f gb-accordion__toggle\" id=\"gb-accordion-toggle-44ce627f\"><span class=\"gb-button-text\">READ MORE<\/span><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"ma-aufzu-fill gb-accordion__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\u201c>  <style type=\"> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t.st2{fill:#A2A1A1;} <\/style> <path d=\"M0,7h18L9,18L0,7z\" class=\"st2\" id=\"Polygon_24\"><\/path> <\/svg> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"ma-aufzu-fill gb-accordion__icon-open\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\u201c>  <style type=\"> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t.st2{fill:#A2A1A1;} <\/style> <path d=\"M9,7l9,11H0L9,7z\" class=\"st2\" id=\"Polygon_23\"><\/path> <\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n\n\n<div id=\"gb-accordion-content-6735af2e\" class=\"gb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6735af2e\">\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Text: Anna Babka<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Organised and curated by Anna Babka und Ursula Perner (Gr\u00fcne Galerie 7)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"It\u2019s about the differentiation between foreground and background, or rather the indivisibility of these two planes. This indefinability,\" says the artist, \"is the essential aspect here \u2013 for me it\u2019s the code that produces contingency. I want to understand the indivisibility of foreground and background not as a sign, pointing to something, but as a process that attempts to form the picture as a spatial, multidimensional element. The two planes can disguise each other in the way they interpenetrate, merge and repel each other. Ruptures, cuts, fraying and protuberances punctuate the textures of the pictures, growing out of the colour red.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the works on show is <strong>\"Tribute to Ingeborg B.\"<\/strong>. The connection to text and work with fragments of text is a stylistic element of this triptych and many of Avanzini\u2019s other works. Text fragments are worked into the work\u2019s surface \u2013 partly visible, but partly hidden, as segments of of the picture have been overworked, removing the text\u2019s readability. For Avanzini, the worked-in pieces of text are \"vital associations that give the work its form.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\"Evolution - Revolution - Deconstruction\"<\/strong> is the title of a five-part series in which figures are depicted that suggest both single-cell organisms and people, highlighting the complexity of life \u2013 as a cluster of molecular groups in a DNA structure, as communication signals on a neural pathway. Emotional aspects like closeness and alienation are also made tangible in the subtle representation. Two new works by the artist are also on view, making their debut in the Gr\u00fcne Galerie.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6a2182c9 ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"ex-zumutbar\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4abb2878 ex-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-486ef825 gb-headline-text\">2006<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3803fa5c gb-headline-text\">APPROPRIATE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-a14ffdff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"694\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-a14ffdff\" src=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_zumutbar.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"marion_avanzini_ausstellung_zumutbar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_zumutbar.jpg 855w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_zumutbar-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_zumutbar-768x623.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-055b5972 gb-headline-text\">Solo Exhibition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-758ae7d870cabbb6e55122d4d70e0fee\">Primo Artista Galerie, Guntramsdorf<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1edb12bf gb-accordion\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-17832e16 gb-accordion__item\" data-transition=\"slide\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-6d77a1e0 gb-accordion__toggle\" id=\"gb-accordion-toggle-6d77a1e0\"><span class=\"gb-button-text\">READ MORE<\/span><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"ma-aufzu-fill gb-accordion__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\u201c>  <style type=\"> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t.st2{fill:#A2A1A1;} <\/style> <path d=\"M0,7h18L9,18L0,7z\" class=\"st2\" id=\"Polygon_24\"><\/path> <\/svg> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"ma-aufzu-fill gb-accordion__icon-open\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\u201c>  <style type=\"> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t.st2{fill:#A2A1A1;} <\/style> <path d=\"M9,7l9,11H0L9,7z\" class=\"st2\" id=\"Polygon_23\"><\/path> <\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n\n\n<div id=\"gb-accordion-content-a73be4f5\" class=\"gb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a73be4f5\">\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Press Release: Manuela Hofer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">This exhibition owes its title, \"Zumutbar\" <em>(\"Appropriate\")<\/em> to a text by Ingeborg Bachmann: \"Die Wahrheit ist dem Menschen zumutbar\" <em>(\"The Truth is Appropriate for People\").<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside four new series on canvas, the show presents a generous selection of Marion Avanzini's drawings for the first time. As varied as the \"possibilities\" on show are, one stylistic element runs through a large number of her works: fragments of mirrored text, scattered within the artwork, that mostly evade readability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The text fragments are either visible, worked into the work\u2019s surface, or within segments of of the picture that have been overworked, so that only traces of them can be seen. In addition to quotations from Ingeborg Bachmann, among others there are fragments of text by Friederike Mayr\u00f6cker (\"...and how alarming the experience of such invented happiness\"), N. C. Kaser (\"...cold in me\") and Wolfgang Borchert (\"...and no one answers...\").&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>APPROPRIATE? <\/strong><br>Marion Avanzini's works should also be responded to with a quotation from Ingeborg Bachmann: \"It caught my eye. We say this not because we have perceived an external object or event, but because we apprehend that which we cannot yet see. And that is what art should achieve: that our eyes are caught in this sense\u2026\u201d (Ingeborg Bachmann, <em>The Truth is Appropriate for People<\/em>)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8b7e0c7b ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"ex-herbst06\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d8ff9385 ex-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-20a08da9 gb-headline-text\">2006<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1cb4bb17 gb-headline-text\">AUTUMN-\/WINTERCOLLECTION 2006<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-53146d3e gb-headline-text\">Joint Exhibition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92934e345b1a4d64a508b77856aae107\">Galerie Ariadne artists, Vienna<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5ebe715a ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"ex-wo-es-anfaengt\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6c302c01 ex-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7e4d95af gb-headline-text\">2005<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-27e12de9 gb-headline-text\">WHERE IT BEGINS TO END<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-7074fa4a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"991\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-7074fa4a\" src=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_wo-es-anfaengt-aufzuhoeren.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"marion_avanzini_ausstellung_wo-es-anfaengt-aufzuhoeren\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_wo-es-anfaengt-aufzuhoeren.jpg 855w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_wo-es-anfaengt-aufzuhoeren-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_wo-es-anfaengt-aufzuhoeren-768x890.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-08b3639d gb-headline-text\">Solo exhibition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-223199947d190c1b7c2cd1ef413254c1\">Galerie Ariadne, Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9c04405f gb-accordion\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d2b3d94b gb-accordion__item\" data-transition=\"slide\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-8ea4f89c gb-accordion__toggle\" id=\"gb-accordion-toggle-8ea4f89c\"><span class=\"gb-button-text\">READ MORE<\/span><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"ma-aufzu-fill gb-accordion__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\u201c>  <style type=\"> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t.st2{fill:#A2A1A1;} <\/style> <path d=\"M0,7h18L9,18L0,7z\" class=\"st2\" id=\"Polygon_24\"><\/path> <\/svg> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"ma-aufzu-fill gb-accordion__icon-open\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\u201c>  <style type=\"> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t.st2{fill:#A2A1A1;} <\/style> <path d=\"M9,7l9,11H0L9,7z\" class=\"st2\" id=\"Polygon_23\"><\/path> <\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n\n\n<div id=\"gb-accordion-content-76622851\" class=\"gb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-76622851\">\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Text: Evelyn Steinthaler<\/strong>, freelance journalist and author<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Galerie Ariadne discovered painter Marion Avanzini in 2003, and her works immediately made an impression on visitors. Her work \"S.H.E.\" in particular has been exhibited several times, always attracting attention. Now the gallery is dedicating a solo exhibition to Avanzini, presenting her latest large-format oil paintings.&nbsp;<br>(Source: <em>Der Standard<\/em> newspaper, 25 February 2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Secret Exaltation<\/strong><br>An exhibition of new works by Marion Avanzini, completed starting in November 2004, will open at Vienna's Galerie Ariadne on 15 February. In her pictures, the artist draws the viewer into liminal worlds that appear to be located deep inside. The fragments of text embedded between the thickly applied shades of red are often unreadable, and so can be understood as hidden messages. One gets the impression that Avanzini has encoded the text fragments when creating the works and wants to obscure their visibility. \"It's quite possible for the text in a picture not to be noticed until years have gone by,\" says Avanzini.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The words are left between the layers of colour and do not need to be read, but can speak for themselves: \"...where I begin to end, where I cease to belong.\" (Ingeborg Bachmann).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As much as the colour red clearly dominates her work, the exhibition shows that she frequently brings in other colours. \"Since I began to focus on painting, for me red has been the most interesting colour. Up to now, in this respect nothing has changed,\" the artist explains. Just as Avanzini's preference for red is clear, her formal orientation is ambivalent. While viewing what one considers to be an abstract work by Avanzini, it quickly becomes clear that the artist is playing with the borders between figurative and abstract art. In turn, this links to the indefiniteness of the layers in her pictures. What is concealed? And what is open to view? Little is definite here. And nothing is simple.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-860ef3b2 ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"ex-herbst05\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3ff919cd ex-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-fd5c1077 gb-headline-text\">2005<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-05a83f38 gb-headline-text\">AUTUMN-\/WINTERCOLLECTION 2005<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-c6a8b73c gb-headline-text\">Joint exhibition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92934e345b1a4d64a508b77856aae107\">Galerie Ariadne artists, Vienna<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-47fe1f0b ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"ex-dujak\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8f426263 ex-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-4f8c7bc8 gb-headline-text\">2005<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b70b0a83 gb-headline-text\">DIE REGIERUNG - How do we want to be governed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-5070f427 gb-headline-text\">Collaboration in Ines Doujak's \"Follow the Leader\" as part of the exhibition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9f30813219ffa2a725e79f79d1c01fae\">Various international venues, including Vienna's Secession<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9bf5db80 ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"ex-projekt-04\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6ecd896c ex-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2ec75aab gb-headline-text\">2004<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-24fd7ca6 gb-headline-text\">PROJECT 04<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-50cb73e9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"843\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-50cb73e9\" src=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_projekt_04_2004.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"marion_avanzini_ausstellung_projekt_04_2004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_projekt_04_2004.jpg 855w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_projekt_04_2004-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_projekt_04_2004-768x757.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-911d628f gb-headline-text\">Joint exhibition <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>(with Christian Eder, Silvia Kropfreiter, Kevin A. Rausch)<br>Galerie Ariadne, Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-6e2ce95a gb-accordion\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1330122a gb-accordion__item\" data-transition=\"slide\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-8ac3139d gb-accordion__toggle\" id=\"gb-accordion-toggle-8ac3139d\"><span class=\"gb-button-text\">READ MORE<\/span><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"ma-aufzu-fill gb-accordion__icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\u201c>  <style type=\"> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t.st2{fill:#A2A1A1;} <\/style> <path d=\"M0,7h18L9,18L0,7z\" class=\"st2\" id=\"Polygon_24\"><\/path> <\/svg> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"currentColor\" class=\"ma-aufzu-fill gb-accordion__icon-open\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\u201c>  <style type=\"> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t.st2{fill:#A2A1A1;} <\/style> <path d=\"M9,7l9,11H0L9,7z\" class=\"st2\" id=\"Polygon_23\"><\/path> <\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n\n\n<div id=\"gb-accordion-content-b1f836db\" class=\"gb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b1f836db\">\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Presse release Ariadne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">PROJECT ZERO FOUR, <br>four artists, two women and two men, open the exhibition programme:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experiencing a picture as a multidimensional moment. The works by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ariadne.at\/index-artist_id=15&amp;language=de.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marion Avanzini<\/a> handle the theme of differentiation between foreground and background. These two elements represent two levels that can \"displace\" one another. In the painting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ariadne.at\/?news_id=29&amp;language=de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\"s.h.e.\"<\/a> for example, both the appearance and disappearance of the figure are clear. In to the triptych \"Tribute to Ingeborg B.\", the quotation \"in die mulde meiner stummheit ... leg ein wort\" (<em>\"in the hollow of my silence... place a word\"<\/em>) can be found, emphasising the difference between what is said on the surface and what is meant beneath. The inseparability of foreground and background is not to be understood as a pointed gesture, but as an inspiring, constructive process. (Galerie Ariadne press release)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-1dc0b7b5 ausstellung alignfull\" id=\"ex-herbst03\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ebc30975 ex-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7e1af4b6 gb-headline-text\">2003<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-67104da2 gb-headline-text\">AUTUMN-\/WINTERCOLLECTION 2003<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-97ac7261\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"372\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-97ac7261\" src=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herbst_winter_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herbst_winter_03\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herbst_winter_03.jpg 855w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herbst_winter_03-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avanzini.at\/ma25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/marion_avanzini_ausstellung_herbst_winter_03-768x334.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-14dcd036 gb-headline-text\">Joint exhibition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92934e345b1a4d64a508b77856aae107\">Galerie Ariadne artists, Vienna<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Marion Avanzini is a queer-feminist visual artist and cardiologist. 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