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Blauensteiner’s portrait, in which the canvas is treated in such a SORROW, 2010 OIL ON CANVAS 39.3X39.3 IN. | 100X100 CM.
way that the supporting surface becomes the ghostly, shimmering
FROM THE SERIES EXPLOITATION: BREATH II, 2018 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 47.2X39.3 IN. | 120X100 CM.
incarnate of the crouching figure (Sorrow, 2010), also testifies to
the almost old-masterly mastery of her craft. For all their formal QUO VADIS, 2020 OIL ON CANVAS 62.9X47.2 IN. | 160X120 CM.
expertise, however, Blauensteiner’s works are first and foremost
FROM CYCLE CONTEMPLATION: MY WOOD, 2019 OIL ON CANVAS 51.1X39.3 IN. | 130X100 CM.
about content, about the insights the artist gains from her
engagement with texts and from her study of nature. Human nature, FROM CYCLE CONTEMPLATION: MY MEADOW, 2019 OIL ON CANVAS 51.1X39.3 IN. | 130X100 CM.
too. Many of her works are critical of society and address mankind’s
irresponsible and short-sighted treatment of nature. (Excerpt)
Dr. Phil. Barbara Margarethe Eggert,
art and cultural scientist, University of Art and Design, Linz

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