With a selection of 70 works by Martha Jungwirth (b. 1940, Vienna), this retrospective exhibition spans from her earliest drawings to explore the boundary between representation and abstraction, and concludes with the artist’s recent series inspired by Francisco de Goya and Édouard Manet.
Organized thematically, it features watercolors, drawings, oil paintings, and artist books on a variety of substrates, including handmade paper, accounting books, cardboard, and more. These unconventional materials introduce unpredictability into Jungwirth’s creative process, enhancing the spontaneity and dynamism of her work.
Jungwirth sees her drawings and paintings as dynamic extensions of herself, where intelligent structures of lines and blotches emerge, propelled by her emotions and movements. Her art is a study in fluidity, transparency, and openness, shunning the pursuit of the noble to delve into the raw, the uncensored, and the unembellished.
