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Nilbar GüreÅŸ “Nilbar Wien-Na” at Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna

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Nilbar Güreş, Ayse loves Fatma, 2011. C-Print. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna

Nilbar Güreş
Nilbar Wien-Na
7 June – 27 July 2013
at Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna

Nilbar Güreş offers her observers seemingly direct access that takes on varyingly playful, poetic or even ironic characteristics. However, hidden in the background are social-political constructs that can coalesce to depict individual destinies. In her large-format photographs, Güreş investigates, for example, the meaning of homosexual love in a society dominated by patriarchal structures (Ayse loves Fatma, 2011), or the narrowly apportioned, clearly defined societal framework for women (Overhead, 2010), and focuses on gender and cultural identities. Seemingly every day events are staged to resemble cinematic stills. The use of provocative gestures and their significance only becomes apparent when the cultural background is revealed.
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Roman Signer at Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna


Roman Signer, installation view. 2012. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Martin Janda

Roman Signer
15 November – 22 December 2012
at Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna

“We are connected with gravitational forces, that’s our destiny”. Swiss artist Roman Signer counteracts this fact with his sculptures and incidents he has been documenting ever since the 1970s in photographs and films. In his use of elemental forces he sets in motion daily objects such as umbrellas, chairs or bicycles, thereby lending them a new form. [read the full text here]
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