Appetite

Olga Balema

Appetite, 201790 x 50 x 30cmPrice on Request
Details
MaterialGalleryLocation
Latex, fabric, steel, ceramicsCroy NielsenVienna
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This contemporary artwork features a striking contrast between the vibrant green fabric adorned with intricate patterns and the organic, sculptural form of the mushroom-like object nestled within. The piece showcases the artist's keen eye for composition, with the textured, earthy tones of the central form complementing the bold, graphic patterns of the surrounding textile. The work seems to explore the intersection of natural and artificial elements, blending the organic and the manufactured in a visually compelling manner. The overall effect is both visually captivating and thought-provoking, inviting the viewer to consider the relationship between nature and human creation. ...

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Untitled
Artist
Olga Balema
B.1984, Ukrainian/British

Olga Balema’s artworks are an investigation of form. They are characterised by a tense relationship and contrasts in materiality, often comprising a hard framework with soft, fragile innards. Balema frequently employs latex which, especially in Bread for Life (2016), is held taut and barbed by jagged steel rods, or perhaps armatures, recalling Eva Hesse’s postminimalist practice and the slow sagging of the material over time. The notion of tension – perhaps most commonly, representations of the contrast between the hard bones of a human skeleton and the flesh that furnishes it – are further echoed in the rubber bands and shoelaces plotting a geometry across the gallery floor in brain damage (2019), the teetering globules of latex, moulded to look like breasts, protruding from the globe in 2016’s Globe, tacked on unsteadily, and the soft PVC sacks filled with steel rods and water, ready to burst, in Threat to Civilization 2 (2015). ...

Olga Balema: Artworks
Gut feeling III
Olga BalemaGut feeling III, 2015Price on Request
Untitled
Olga BalemaUntitled, 2014Price on Request
Wild possession
Olga BalemaWild possession, 2015Price on Request
Untitled
Olga BalemaUntitled, 2013Price on Request
Computer
Olga BalemaComputer, 2021Price on Request
Serious topics
Olga BalemaSerious topics, 2015Price on Request
Threat to Civilization 2
Olga BalemaThreat to Civilization 2, 2015Price on Request
Threat to Civilization 1
Olga BalemaThreat to Civilization 1, 2015Price on Request
Analysis penetrates the surface
Olga BalemaAnalysis penetrates the surface, 2015Price on Request
Latest scientific research
Olga BalemaLatest scientific research, 2015Price on Request
Interior Biomorphic Attachment (5)
Olga BalemaInterior Biomorphic Attachment (5), 2014Price on Request
Interior Biomorphic Attachment
Olga BalemaInterior Biomorphic Attachment, 2016Price on Request
Interior Biomorphic Attachment
Olga BalemaInterior Biomorphic Attachment, 2016Price on Request
Globe
Olga BalemaGlobe, 2016Price on Request
Everybody and their mother
Olga BalemaEverybody and their mother, 2016Price on Request
Vorn der vorgeschichtlichen Zeit bis zum ende der Völkerwanderung
Olga BalemaVorn der vorgeschichtlichen Zeit bis zum ende der Völkerwanderung, 2016Price on Request
Our America Spread of Western Civilization
Olga BalemaOur America Spread of Western Civilization, 2016Price on Request
Motherfucker
Olga BalemaMotherfucker, 2016Price on Request
the gift of tears
Olga Balemathe gift of tears, 2017Price on Request
Appetite
Olga BalemaAppetite, 2017Price on Request
Floor
Olga BalemaFloor, 2019Price on Request
Leaf
Olga BalemaLeaf, 2019Price on Request
Croy Nielsen
Gallery
Croy Nielsen
Vienna

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. ...