Untitled

Olga Balema

Untitled, 2013 ⌀60cmPrice on Request
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MaterialGalleryLocation
Plastic, water, pump, printCroy NielsenVienna
Description
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This image depicts a simple black cylindrical container, likely a trash can or bin. The container is shown in a minimalist, almost monochrome setting, with a white background that creates a stark contrast. Inside the bin, discarded crumpled newspapers can be seen, hinting at the everyday, utilitarian nature of the subject matter. The artwork employs a straightforward, documentary-style approach, capturing the mundane object without embellishment or artistic intervention. The focus is on the container itself, its functional form, and the discarded contents it holds, suggesting a commentary on the transient, disposable nature of contemporary life and the way we relate to everyday objects. This piece aligns with the conceptual and found-object approaches often associated with contemporary art, inviting the viewer to reconsider the significance and aesthetic potential of the commonplace. The artist's intention may be to challenge traditional notions of art and prompt a deeper reflection on the overlooked aspects of our material landscape. ...

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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. ...