Maria Lassnig

Paintings

8 September - 2 October 2004

London

In her first solo show at Hauser & Wirth London, Austrian born artist Maria Lassnig (b. 1919) will exhibit a selection of new large-scale paintings. Her work is often deeply introspective and addresses the physicality of bodily experience. Lassnig frequently locates her psychological self as subject, and works such as ‘Die Trauer’ (Mourning) and ‘Grüne Köpfe’ (Green Heads) are prime examples of her self-analytical style. However, in her new works the artist introduces the substantial body of a male sitter. This is somewhat of a departure from Lassnig’s usual preference for her self as the subject.

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About the Artist

Maria Lassnig

Born in Carinthia in Southern Austria in 1919, Maria Lassnig’s (1919 – 2014) work is based on the observation of the physical presence of the body and what she termed ‘body awareness’, or ‘Körpergefühl’ in German. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in the midst of...

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