Copper, brass, green and black patina, brown pigment, zaponCroy Nielsen
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.
This contemporary sculpture features a striking, intricate wire structure suspended in the air. The piece is composed of a woven, globular form with a flat, circular base beneath it. The overall design evokes a sense of floating or levitation, with the wire elements extending downwards in a dynamic, almost sculptural manner. The use of earthy, metallic tones and the intersection of organic and industrial materials create a captivating visual interplay. This artwork likely explores themes of balance, suspension, and the tension between structure and weightlessness, reflecting the artist's intention to push the boundaries of traditional sculptural form and materiality. ...
Iza Tarasewicz’s elegant and impressive structures are at once puzzling and pleasing. The Polish artist’s sculptures, installations and the intersections of the two form modular systems composed of metallic elements that can be infinitely rearranged. Limitless opportunity for changes, connections and transformations characterise Chaos theory, according to which everything is connected to each other, and a small change can remodel the entirety of a system. Tarasewicz’s works combine scientific theory with aesthetics, normality with extremity, beauty with pathology. Mysteriously technical while also organic, her materials are ones that she closely knows: her practice is intimately shaped by her personal family history. Growing up, she would observe her parents and grandparents build and make things from seemingly nothing; her father's death made her quit her studies as a psychotherapist, leading her towards her art-making. In such a way, Tarasewicz’s works are candid abstractions that speak about reality in the most unique way. ...
In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...
