Marion Friedmann Gallery: GISELA STIEGLER

GISELA STIEGLER

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Gisela Stiegler and ‘Four-floor-lamp’
‘Four-floor lamp’ from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, white, 2011
Carved polystyrene salmon fishboxes, coloured and lacquered
L: 80cm x H: 80cm x W: 40cm
Numbered edition

Gisela Stiegler (b. 1970) lives and works as an artist in Vienna. Trained as a painter, she moved to photography and later to sculpture. For the last six years Stiegler has been carving expanded polystyrene and over those years has been developing a fascinating evolution and perfection of her technique.

In her work Stiegler refers to movements within art-history and looks at how they can be envisioned today (e.g. carving techniques from an old Austrian rural tradition or opulent baroque carving).

Stiegler has just recently drawn her attention to functional pieces. Her lamps and wall-consoles are ready, closed and finished objects, whereas her other sculptural work pleads for further work and experiment. Her pieces are lacquered in silver, white, blue, steal or bronze. This is when the pieces enter into conversation with the ‘other’. They become another kind and fake a long gone time as well as another material and weight, appearing like architecture or monoliths, however alive.

CV:

  2010 Artist in Residence (Lillian Baylis School, Friedmann) London 
2007 Artist in Residence (bka), Paris
 2003 State Award for photography
 2003 Fotoreportage Tibet, China  
2003 Atelier Grant, Paliano, Italien  
2001 Artist in Residence (bka), Rom  
1999 Diplom at the Akademy of Fine Arts, Vienna  
1996-1997 State bursary, Rietfeld Akademy, Amsterdam
 1991-1995 University for applied Arts, Vienna
2005 Founder of the Project GRAUZONE, Vienna

   EXHIBITIONS

(solo and group shows, selection) 

2016 with Marion Friedmann Gallery at Hipphalle Gmunden, Salzkammergut Festwochen
2016 “Blind Date”, Galerie Ruberl, Vienna
2015 “Delicacy Revisited”, Marion Friedmann Gallery, London
2015 Art Athina, “Grauzone”, Athens
2015 “Sportcafe, Oper…”, “Kubatur”, Fluc, Vienna
2015 “Delicacy” with Marion Friedmann Gallery at MIART, Milan Art Fair
2014 “Multiple Times”, Campoi Gallery, München
 2013 “ANSAMMLUNGCAMPOI”, c/o Pilotprojekte, Düsseldorf 
2013 “IBDF Abierto México Diséno”, Marion Friedmann Gallery 
2013 ” Parallel Vienna”, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Wien
 2013 Prawneg & Wolf, Italien 
2012 “Art&Function”, “Art&Antik”, Wien Hofburg, “Designart”, Innsbruck
 2012 “Sail against the end”, Grauzone am Ufer, Wien 
2012 “Designjunction”, MarionFriemann Gallery, London 
2011 “Das Double und sein Theater”, Weindorf
 2011 “Superdesign”, Marion Firedmann Gallery, London 
2011 “Enlightened Waste”, Marion Friedmann Gallery, London  
2011 “Objekte 2011”,Kunst/Handel
 2011 “today is tomorrow”, Kuenstlervereinigung Maerz, Linz 
2011 Viennafair, SOS 
2010 Herzfoundation, Viennabiennale
 2010 Maknight, Viennabiennale 
2010 Mandragora, Kunstraum am Schauplatz 
2009 “Nachbildung einer Wand” , Galerie Strickner,  
2008 “Wiederherstellung einer Idee”, grauzone 
2007 Bank Austria, Tresorraum  
2006 „inforNation” State of Sabotage, Istanbul 
2006 „Konstruktionen und Seestücke”, Galerie CC, Graz  
2005 Ausstellung „grauzone” „Burggasse 100″  
2004 „Natura Morta” Kulturforum Rom  
2003 Thomas K. Lang Gallery, Webster University
2003 „Nuit blanche”, Paris, kur. Robert Fleck 
2002 „art position” „As soon as possible” kur. Zenita Komad 
2001 Chronos-roma, Rom 
2000 Galerie Trabant, Messe Berlin 
1998 „I’m on”, Semper Depot  
1997 Alpenmilchzentrale „2 plateaux” Mezzanin  
1997 Institut für Gegenwartskunst
 1997 Frozen Founten, Amsterdam  
1997 „Antartika Brama” kur. Franz Graf, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan

FISHBOX LAMPS SERIES by GISELA STIEGLER

TWO FLOOR LAMPS – WHITE

‘Two-floor lamp’ from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, white, 2011
Carved expanded polystyrene, coloured and lacquered
L: 80cm x H: 40cm x W: 40cm
Numbered edition

‘Two-floor lamp’

Upcycling that demonstrates how trash can transcend into luxury…

Gisela Stiegler makes her lamps out of polystyrene fishbones she rescues from Viennese fishmarkets. The boxes are delicately carved, then coloured and laquered. They constitute a great example of up-cycling, making clear the worth of our waste and debris and demonstrating that trash indeed can transcend into luxury.

Mystique and elegance in space…

The lamps become an elegant feature in space. They carry the power to become architectural elements that hold together the space into which they are placed. They have a magic ability to calm the surrounding and generate elegance. Unlit, the fishbox lamps are a constant architectural sculpture in rooms, while when lit they become a subtle and comfortable light-source with the finesse to trigger mystique, charm and chic for the space and its user.

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In SITU

to see them in use

THREE FLOOR LAMPS

GISELA STIEGLER, Vienna
‘Three-floor lamp’ from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, white, 2011
Carved polystyrene salmon fishboxes, coloured
L: 80cm x H: 120m x W: 40cm
Numbered edition

FOUR FLOOR LAMPS

GISELA STIEGLER, Vienna
‘Four-floor lamp’ from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, white, 2011
Carved polystyrene salmon fishboxes, coloured
L: 80cm x H: 80m x W: 40cm
Numbered edition

GISELA STIEGLER, Vienna
Group of Four-floor, Six-floor and Three-floor lamps, lit,
from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, 2011,
carved polystyrene salmon fishboxes,
Numbered edition

GISELA STIEGLER, Vienna
Group of Four-floor, Six-floor and Three-floor lamps, unlit,
from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, 2011,
carved polystyrene salmon fishboxes,
Numbered edition

SIX FLOOR LAMPS

GISELA STIEGLER, Vienna
‘Six-floor lamp’ from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, white, 2011
Carved polystyrene salmon fishboxes, coloured
L: 80cm x H: 60m x W: 40cm
Numbered edition

BLACK FISHBOX LAMP SERIES by GISELA STIEGLER, 2014

TWO FLOOR LAMPS – BLACK

THREE FLOOR LAMPS – BLACK

‘Three-floor lamp’ from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, black, 2014
Carved expanded polystyrene, coloured
L: 80cm x H: 40cm x W: 40cm
Limited edition of 100

TABLE BOX LAMPS by GISELA STIEGLER, 2014

‘Box Lamp White’ from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, 2014
Carved expanded polystyrene, coloured
L: 40cm x H: 35cm x W: 30cm
Limited edition of 100
(can be used hanging or as table box lamp)

‘Box Lamp Neon’ from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, 2014
Carved expanded polystyrene, coloured
L: 40cm x H: 35cm x W: 30cm
Limited edition of 100
(can be used hanging or as table box lamp)

FLOOR-LAMP by GISELA STIEGLER

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‘Floor-Lamp’ from the series ‘Lampenfieber’, white, 2011
Carved expanded polystyrene, coloured and lacquered,
H: 190cm [total]; L: 80cm x 70cm x 70cm [of shade]
Unique piece

Close-ups of Floor-Lamp-Shade – North, East, West and North-East sides

WALL CONSOLES by GISELA STIEGLER

‘Console Grey’ @ Spring Studios, London

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‘Wall Console White’, 2011
Carved expanded polystyrene, lacquered, Acrylic top
L: 120cm x H: 100cm x W: 80cm
Unique piece

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‘Wall Console Double’, metallic maserati blue, 2011
Carved expanded polystyrene, coloured, two Acrylic tops
L: 110cm x H: 100cm x W: 48cm
Unique piece

‘Wall Console Grey’, 2011,
Carved expanded polystyrene, lacquered, acrylic top,
l: 116cm; h: 70cm; w: 48cm,
Unique piece

‘Wall Console Grey’, 2011, detail, side view

‘Double Wall Console Grey’, 2011, side view
Carved expanded polystyrene, lacquered, 2 acrylic sheets,
l: 120cm h: 100cm w: 50cm
Unique Piece

‘Console Stainless Steel’, 2012
Carved expanded polystyrene, lacquered, acrylic sheet,
l: 110cm h: 80cm w: 40cm
Unique Piece