Claudia Wieser: Surroundings
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, 2025
Surroundings features 13 Modernist-inspired geometric sculptures that examine the intersection of art and the object – the aesthetic and the functional. The exhibition centers on a meticulously crafted free-standing stage adorned with more than 1800 clay tiles that were attentively hand-painted by the artist in her Berlin studio. The sculpture serves both as a performance stage and a public space for assembly, prompting visitors to become consciously aware of their surroundings. It is an invitation to slow down the pace and be present in the moment. Sprinkled throughout the park are large-scale vertical metal structures that form an atmospheric immersive constellation amongst the trees. Each of the brilliantly-colored surfaces tells a different story through fragmented imagery: photographs of bodies taken by Wieser herself, reproductions of ancient sculptures, landscapes, painterly and geometric forms, entwined with actual hand-painted tiles. Seamlessly woven together, these assemblages capture the pulse and dynamism of human existence.
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Claudia Wieser “Surroundings”, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens. Photo by John Kouskoutis, courtesy of SNFCC
Claudia Wieser “Surroundings”, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens. Photo by John Kouskoutis, courtesy of SNFCC
Claudia Wieser “Surroundings”, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens. Photo by John Kouskoutis, courtesy of SNFCC
Claudia Wieser “Surroundings”, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens. Photo by John Kouskoutis, courtesy of SNFCC