The works of Katja Strunz bear the traces of lived experience, of a past that manifests itself through the use of recycled materials. Her sculptural practice, seeped in history, finds its roots in the constructivists and avant-gardes. While elegant in their construction, the sculptures also retain a handmade aspect, revealing their aging over time. With the collages, she discovered the “constructivist spectre” - a random arrangement of scraps of paper that was left over from something she had been working on. Since then collages have formed the basis of her work. The artist has been focussing on the relationship between space and time in various bodies of work that are all consecutively related.
Katja Strunz
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Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2013
Collage on paper
34 x 24 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2013
Collage on paper
34 x 24 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2013
Collage on paper
34 x 24 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2013
Collage on paper
34 x 24 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2013
Collage on paper
34 x 24 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2013
Collage on paper
34 x 24 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2013
Black finished steel
42 x 40 x 0,4 cm -
Katja Strunz, Zeittraum #10, 2003–2012
Wood, paint, wall paper, glass, metal -
Katja Strunz, Tick-Tock, 2008
Brass, steel, paint
100 x 76 x 27 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2008
Brass, patinated bronze, powder coated steel
95 x 45 x 10 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2011
Wood, paint, steel and powder coating
216 x 830 x 41 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2010
Waxed steel
156 x 98 x 33 cm -
Katja Strunz, Kinks in Time, 2010
Steel, Paint
76 x 79 x 18 cm -
Katja Strunz, Einfalt der vier, 2011
Powder coated steel, rusty steel
132 x 127 x 37 -
Katja Strunz, Zeitschleife, 2011
Steel, Paint
107 x 126 x 29 cm -
Katja Strunz, Clock Kink, 2011
Steel, paint, brass
145 x 175 x 37 cm -
Katja Strunz, Einfalt und ort, 2011
Steel, stainless steel, paint
144,5 x 101 x 70 cm -
Katja Strunz, Trauma, 2008
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Katja Strunz, Zeittraum, 2007
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Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2010
Wood, paint
153 x 66 x 25 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2010
Wood, paint, metal
125 x 114 x 22 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2009
Collage
51 x 65 cm (framed) -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2007
Wood and gloss paint, in 2 parts
129 x 64 x 40 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2007
Wood and gloss paint, in 2 parts
129 x 64 x 40 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2008
Steel, 18 elements
270 x 170 x 0,6 cm -
Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2006
Framed collage
51 x 41 cm (framed) -
Katja Strunz, Zeittraum, 2007
Mixed media, in 17 parts -
Katja Strunz, Zeittraum, 2007
Mixed media, in 17 parts -
Katja Strunz, Trauma, 2007
Steel, wax
186 x 210 x 163 cm -
Katja Strunz, Good Morning Yesterday, 2007
Mixed media, framed board
91 x 71 x 12 cm
Exhibitions
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(project room)
— • Brussels -
Tick-Tock, Crick-Clock
— • Brussels -
Wall & Floor, Carl Andre, Chris Burden, Tom Burr, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Dan Graham, Donald Judd, Thomas Kiesewetter, Sol Lewitt, Nate Lowman, John McCracken, Andrei Molodkin, Anselm Reyle, Frank Stella, Katja Strunz, James Turrell, Aaron Young
— • Paris -
Constructivismes, Group Show
— • Brussels -
Guten Morgen Erwachen
— • Paris
Selected press
- ‘Sao Paulo Bienal hailed as best ever’, PHAIDON, November 1st, 2012 — 0.0
- ‘Second oldest biennial of the world : 30st Edition of São Paulo Biennial is now open for public until December 9’, ARTSATION, September 10th, 2012. — 0.0
- 'Katja Strunz', ART REVIEW, March, 2011. — 0.0
- 'Katja Strunz at Almine Rech', CONTEMPORARYARTDAILY.COM, March 23th, 2011. — 0.0
- Gesine Borcherdt, 'Katja Strunz', FLASHART, April, 2011. — 0.0
- Marcus Woeller, 'Wenn Duchamp leise rotiert', ARTNET.DE, February 9th, 2011. — 0.0
- Stephen Riolo, 'Enter the Fold: Katja Strunz', ARTINAMERICAMAGAZINE.COM, August 17th, 2010. — 0.0
- Skye Sherwin, 'Artist of the week 70: Katja Strunz', THE GUARDIAN, January 13th, 2010 — 0.0
- Charlotte Klonk, 'Standing with One's Back to Utopia', TATE.ORG, Spring, 2009. — 0.0
- Quinn Latimer, 'Katja Strunz: Contemporary Fine Arts', MODERN PAINTERS, March, 2009. — 0.0
- Kirsty Bell, 'Katja Strunz', FRIEZE, March, 2009. — 0.0
- 'Best of 2008: The Artists' Artists', ArtForum, December 2008 — 0.0
- Olivier Cena, 'Katja Strunz et Cameron Jamie', TELERAMA.FR, November 17th, 2007. — 0.0
- 'Suzanne Hudson on Katja Strunz', ArtForum International, Avril 2006 — 0.0