"Recycled No. 1", a glass sculpture, Berengo Studio, Murano, Italy, 1996, ed. 34/40.
In the shape of a head in multi-coloured glass, on a blue cylindrical base, signed K.K. 34/40. Height 44.5 cm, width 21.5 cm.
Provenance
Private Collection, Sweden.
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Kiki Kogelnik was an Austrian-American artist who moved from Vienna to New York in 1962. Today, she is best known for her paintings, stencils, and prints in the pop art style. However, in her sculptural works, first in ceramics and later in glass, many of her favourite themes and motifs can be found.
During the 1990s, Kogelnik created works that were a combination of paintings and ceramics, which she called "Expansions". Her growing visibility led to the opportunity to work with master craftsmen in new media, including bronze and glass. This allowed her to transform her two-dimensional imagery into vibrant three-dimensional sculptures. With her cancer diagnoses in early 1993, symbols of mortality re-emerged, but still with a sense of humour. Motifs featuring the image of a head became central during her final production years; they were both expressive, comic-book-like, and profound. With her spiky hair and open eyes and mouth, this iconic image became one of Kogelnik's trademarks.
Berengo Studio was founded in 1989 by Adriano Berengo with a vision to create a new path for art glass. Since its inception, the studio has collaborated with a large number of internationally renowned contemporary artists who have been invited to create works in glass alongside Murano masters. Over the years, many of the world's most established contemporary artists have engaged in various ways with the collaborations at the Berengo studio in Venice.
In her final years, Kogelnik created a whole series of Venetian glass heads with varying expressions and unexpected colour combinations, works that became an important part of her artistic expression.
More about Kiki Kogelnik
Kiki Kogelnik was an Austrian-American artist who lived and worked in New York from the early 1960s onwards. Today, she is best known for her pop art-style paintings, stencils and prints. However, many of her favourite themes and motifs can also be found in her sculptural works, initially in ceramics and later in glass. During the 1990s, Kogelnik created works combining painting and ceramics, which she called “Expansions”. Her growing visibility led to opportunities to work with master craftsmen in new media, including bronze and glass. This enabled her to transform her two-dimensional pictorial works into vibrant three-dimensional sculptures.
Following her cancer diagnoses in early 1993, symbols of mortality reappeared, still imbued with a sense of humour. Head motifs became central during the final years of her production; they were expressive, comic-strip-like and profound. With its spiky hair and open eyes and mouth, this iconic image became one of Kogelnik’s trademarks.
Berengo Studio was founded in 1989 by Adriano Berengo with the vision of creating a new direction for art glass. Since its establishment, the studio has collaborated with a large number of internationally renowned contemporary artists, who have been invited to create glass works together with Murano master craftsmen. Over the years, many of the world’s most established contemporary artists have, in various ways, collaborated with the Berengo studio in Venice. During her final years, Kogelnik created an entire series of Venetian glass heads here, featuring varying expressions and unexpected colour combinations—works that would become an important part of her artistic expression.
Kiki Kogelnik was posthumously awarded Austria’s highest honour in the arts, the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. The Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria, held a major retrospective of her work in 1997, the year of her death. Subsequent solo exhibitions have been held at Kunsthalle Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway (2017); Modern Art Oxford, United Kingdom (2015); and Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany (2012).
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