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KATHARINA GOLDYN
Lives and works in Munchen, Germany
www.goldyn.de

Christian tradition is re-imagined, the idea of the male apostle
is replaced with “the female apostle” and the image of the Pope
becomes the one of a female Pope, inspired by that legend - most
likely originated in the orthodox antipapal world - according to
which between 853 and 855 A.D. a woman named Giovanna led
the Church of Rome. Goldyn, with her impact works, wants to
convey a message, her dreams and her desires: in the name of
freedom, carefree ness and spontaneity, she wants to tell us
observers to teleport into a different world, a parallel universe
where women hold new roles, a reality far from stereotypes and
preconceptions that allows us to escape from the problems and
anxieties linked to all those clichés shaped by today’s society. Art
curator Chiara Valaguazza (except)

In a society in which stereotypes, prejudices, consumerism and
conformism dominate, the German artist Katharina Goldyn has
made her “New Man” the antidote to fight the reality of these days.
Comparing her artistic creation with an largely influenced by the
Surrealist and Dadaist poetics, she wants to demolish the current
values, habits and stereotypes in the hope of being part of a
new world. Therefore, through her art, defined as “visionary” the
concept of “material culture of our times” is no longer existent.
In Goldyn’s utopia we also find ourselves in a world where the

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