ÉLODIE ANTOINE
ROSALÍA BANET
WIEBKE BARTSCH
BARBARA BERNSTEINER
TANIA CANDIANI
BARBARA CAVENG
LADA CERAR
ANDREJKA ČUFER
JOCHEN FLINZER
CLAUS FÖTTINGER
ZUZANNA JANIN
METKA KAVČIČ
JUSTYNA KOEKE
MICHAEL KOS
EDUARD LESJAK
MARTIN LÖFFKE
POLONA MAHER
ISA MELSHEIMER
JANET MORTON
ALEN OŽBOLT
SANDRINE PELLETIER
MARIJA MOJCA PUNGERČAR
IRIS SCHIEFERSTEIN
SAŠO SEDLAČEK
CHIHARU SHIOTA
KEI TAKEMURA
ANDRÉ TEMPEL
ANU TUOMINEN
JULIA VAN KOOLWIJK
MARJOLIJN VAN DER MEIJ
PETRA VARL
PATRICIA WALLER
SILKE WAWRO

Justyna Koeke


Kreislauf / Circulation of the Blood, 2003 (velvet, filling, thread)

In the work entitled Kreislauf, the primary material is red velvet, while thread is used as a
means of finalising the work. It is quite interesting to observe the creations of textile artists,
who inventively employ the qualities of soft materials for the construction of contextual
messages – frequently inspired by and objectifying inner organs. As evident from the title
itself, the work of Justyna Koeke pays tribute to the circulation of the blood, which forms the contextual essence of her large and fanciful wall composition. The work addresses the viewer primarily with its impressive red colour and its forms alluding to flowers, leaves, paramoecia
and amoebae, snail shells, phalluses, vaginas and other organic structures, connected by
means of tubiform linking elements. The eloquence of the formal language, as well as the language of colour that denotes different symbolic meanings in different cultures – which, however, are generally marked by a magnitude of emotion – has been thoughtfully
strengthened by the softness of the selected material. These gentle velvet structures call for
the tactile and function as an amiable, lovely, fanciful work of art, a monument to the turbulent life steadily driven by our circulation of the blood.

Born in 1976 in Cracow (Poland). In 2002 she graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts in Cracow. Between 2000 and 2005 she studied at the Art Academy in Stuttgart and has been working there as a senior lecturer since 2005.

Exhibitions (selection):

2006 Kommen und Gehen, Kulturzentrum Karlskaserne, Ludwigsburg
Galerija Natalia Offermanns, s/with Patricia Thoma, Mannheim
2004 Burger Oueens und rote Variationen, with Patricia Thoma, Galerija Natalia Offermanns, Mannheim
Rotacje, Mestna galerija Tarnow
Barocke Leidenschaften, Allgemeiner Konsumverein Braunschweig
Aktuelle polnische Videokunst, Bunker Sztuki, Cracow
2003 Rot, Haus der Kunst, Munich
Wassertropfen, Allgemeiner Konsumverein Braunschweig
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