Artist talk⎮Amélie Esterházy
Thursday March 21st, 2024, 7pm–9pmIn her solo exhibition A calculus of the nervous system, Amélie Esterházy (born 1982, lives in Berlin) presents a series of new works that explore the connection between art and science.
Monopol Watchlist had already become aware of Amélie Esterházy's first solo exhibition in 2010 entitled "Default Values" at Galerie Wendt + Friedmann in Berlin: "...What are "default values"? Simply "default values"? The title of Amélie Grözinger's (now Esterházy) first solo exhibition also implies that there is a norm, a series in which mistakes are the exception. Such peculiarities and contradictions appeal to the artist..."
What contradictions interest the artist today - 14 years later -, how her fashion studies are reflected in her work and what scientific phenomena currently inspire Amélie Esterházy are questions of the evening. Of course, there will also be a review and outlook on her international scholarships, 2018 Wilhelmina Barns Graham Trust at Porthmeor Studios/ St. Ives, UK, with Turner Prize winner Veronica Ryan (Monopol Magazine, 8.8.2018) and 2022 Al Balad Residency of the Ministry of Culture in Saudi Arabia.
