Skulptur und Raum
JULIA STEINBACH
IN THIS SCENERY
The writer Bodil Malmsten once said that she hates
music because it is the one form of artistic expression that doesn’t take the detour through the intellect, but rather manipulatively,
goes straight to the heart. The same could be said about decoration.
The vases, the
tablecloths, the figurines, the candleholders, the flowerpots, the knickknacks, the lamps, the blankets, the carpets, the
pillows, the wallpapers. To decorate is to allow the subconsciousness of taste to surface. It is to lose oneself in the facilitation
of visual and spatial pleasure and comfort. It is to acknowledge all the objects and images that we, on a purely practical
level do not need, but depend on spiritually.
If we look at an artwork as an externalised thought
process, decoration could be seen as an externalised emotional or intuitive process. It’s all desire, pleasure and impulse.
As I write this I realise the same could be said for art. Maybe the real difference is that with decoration we don’t feel
the need to ask any clever, well-formulated questions, casually referring to the theorist du jour. We don’t expect there to
be a text providing us with a context and a point of entry. We don’t feel the need to understand, we just enjoy it to the
deepest and fullest meaning of the word.
Text: Albin Bergström
Julia
Steinbach (*1989, Avesta, Schweden) diplomierte im Januar 2021 in der Klasse Skulptur und Raum an der Angewandten.
Sie lebt und arbeitet seit 2017 in Wien.
„Pfeiler“ ist ein Ausstellungsraum in der Brückenpassage/MQ.
Im
vierteljährlichen Rhythmus wird hier eine Arbeit von Absolvent:innen der Abteilung Skulptur und Raum gezeigt.
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