final post documenting my first solo exhibition "role play" at
@oagkulturverein in graz, march 2025.
the exhibition featured a text by franciska vincze (picture 9) and our collaborative video piece "actionclothes!" from 2023. my aim was to explore and give space to different approaches and conceptions i carry within me — about art, painting, and what it means to make an exhibition.
shifting between cheesy jokes, responses to the exhibition space, romantic and intuitive gestures, alienation from male hero figures, collaboration, and both analytical and representational painting, all framed by vincze's text and the recurring figure of a knight, "mir gegenüber", who walked slow circles through the main room for the entire duration of the show. a presence that acted both as antagonist and protagonist, an avatar of ambiguous agency in a staged setting.
during the closing hours, "actionclothes!" was projected in a loop on the window of the second room, further emphasizing themes of shapeshifting and role play.
thanks
@oagkulturverein for giving me this opportunity and a white card to experiment. special thanks to
@adnanbabh for overall care and help in every aspect of the show,
@fransziss for the text and saving the opening, to
@johannisbrot for graphic design and layouting as well as the whole team of
@oagkulturverein involved. to my family and
@radikalrahel for care in a very stressful time and to everyone who came <3
(1) view of the exhibition rooms from outside
(2) tattoo eines fußballers, 120 x 90 cm, oil on cotton, 2024
(3) exhibition view
(4) drei lichtquellen / wind bei nacht, oval 20cm, oil on cotton, 2025
(5) left: adapter, 50 x 40 cm, oil on cotton, 2025, right: sisyphus (nach franz von stuck), 25 x 20 cm oil on cotton, 2025
(6) exhibition view, previously unmentioned works left to right: eiche gebürstet, 150 x 24 cm, oil on cotton, 2025, das universum, installation, several parts, 2025
(7) view of trafika exhibition room
(8) exhibition view trafika, left to right: jenga, austernperle 8.14 g, butterlocke, chihuahua, feder, o.t., lone rider, all 25x 20 cm, oil on cotton 2025
(9) text by franciska vincze
@fransziss
(10) franciska
(11) adnan
(12) jesaja