Karo Kuchar Austrian, b. 1986
Her conceptual work is based on the idea of a symbiosis between body and space, and focuses on the various concepts of the skin as a shell or cover, as well as the body as an architectural structure. She critically examines society, legal aspects of art and the economic market, as well as feminism. Her so called skins made out of fabric capture the imprint of walls in old buildings and the appearance of female garment, erecting a structure with an ambivalent form. „The artist stretches bikinis and swim trunks across stretcher frames, sometimes combining them into ultra-crisp "pairs." Provided with mischievous titles, she transforms bare walls into pieces of clothing, thus humorously referencing the last piece of cloth that covers our most private parts. The focus of her interest are transformation processes, appropriations and conditions that lead to a change in optics. In her latest group of works (“Juicy Series”), the material's narrative potential and the network of relationships between space and body fill parts of organza fabric with skin-colored curves. Striped wall surfaces are stretched in between to show the fragmented body from behind. Sensual “soft sculptures” burst the frame
in voluminous bulges, arching into the room and revealing a playful approach to the genre of wall reliefs. The Tinder Boy series contradicts the screens of our smartphones. These works show individual profiles of the dating app "Tinder" made of cotton, organza, leather, acrylic paint and filler. Machine-sewn representations, “fragile egos” of ripped upper bodies and erect penises in colorful boxer shorts, together with painted symbols and texts, reveal information about their potent wearers. The screen is also a new piece of skin that we carry in front of us.“ (Barbara Horvath, art historian and curator)
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- Capital Crab, 2022View more details
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- Fitness Nr. 1 (grey), 2020View more details
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- Turbo, 2021View more details
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- Britta en Bretagne II, 2021View more details
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A SHOW WITH NO NAME
A WINTER SHOW19 Nov - 21 Dec 2024Read moreTutti Frutti Vol. 2
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Group Exhibition4 Jul - 8 Sep 2023Read moreSIX SOLOS
Group Exhibition21 Apr - 3 Jun 2023The current exhibition at Suppan Gallery combines the works of the Austrian Grandes Dames Hermine Aichenegg, Hildegard Joos and Florentina Pakosta with the positions of contemporary artists Laura Limbourg, Julia...Read more
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Linda Berger, Julia Brennacher, Karo Kuchar, Laura Limbourg, Michael Ornauer, Douglas de Souza, Luis Zimmerman20 - 22 Sep 2024Read moreENTER ART FAIR
Julia Brennacher, Karo Kuchar & Laura Limbourg29 Aug - 1 Sep 2024SUPPAN presents a selection of three emerging artists, exploring the possibilities of painting in different ways. Julia Brennacher , whose central element is the thematization...Read moreSPARK ART FAIR
Solo: Karo Kuchar & Solo: Laura Limbourg15 - 17 Mar 2024We are happy to announce our participation at this year’s SPARK Art Fair in Vienna between March 15-17, 2024 . Our gallery will be showing...Read moreFUTURE FAIR
Solo: Karo Kuchar10 - 13 May 2023At Future Fair edition of 2023, SUPPAN presents a solo exhibition with works by multidisciplinary artist Karo Kuchar . Her conceptual work is based on...Read more
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