3rd European textile and Fibre Art Festival - Catalogue

MONIKA PICHLER
Austria / Austrija
Born 1961
Ottensheimerstr.118
A-4040 Linz, Austria
Education
1984–1992 MA – University of Art and
Design, Textile Department,
Linz, Austria
Selected exhibitions
2004 ”Paula`s Home”, Lentos
Kunstmuseum, Linz,
Austria
Solo exhibition ”Nüsse &
Hirne“, Galerie am Stein,
Schärding, Austria
2003–2004 ”Flexible 4 identities”,
Manchester, GB; Tilburg, NL;
Odense, DK; Linz, Austria
2002 ”Der Globale Komplex“,
O.K. Centrum für
Gegenwartskunst, Linz,
Austria
2000 ”Schöpfungszeiten“, OÖ
Landesgalerie, Linz, Austria
Awards
1995 Award for young artists,
National Government of
Upper Austria
Works in collections
OÖ Landesgalerie, Lentos, Austria
Kunstmuseum, Nordico – Museum der
Stadt Linz, Austria
Cars are something common in the world I live
into. I am used to see them standing in
streets.
When I visited Egypt, my first impressions were
a horrible, chaotic, loud and stinky traffic situation,
where pedestrians do not have an
easy part.
And then I saw these covered cars, standing in
the streets with hand-made looking coverings.
Each one an individual textile object.
The first one I saw standing in front of the railway
station in Cairo, was made out of white
cotton or linen and had lots of stuffed holes.
It looked as if it has not been moved since a
longer time.
The owners might try to protect their cars and I
am not sure, if this is working.
I think especially the theme of “covering” is
very interesting in our world today and has a
direct connection to textiles.
You can think about different things, if you
look at these strange looking cars.
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