Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer presents „sweet attraction & dissatisfaction“ a solo exhibition by Nana Mandl in the gallery’s project room.

“what we admire

random desire

full expansion

with short attention

more & more tendencies

in creating enemies

is this our reaction

to imperfection

cruel selection

safety extraction

childhood memories

feeding our therapies

self-centred condition

searching for intuition

endless competition

but no decision”

Poem by Nana Mandl

The artist Nana Mandl elaborates, in her bright material collages, possible visual realisations of present-day media challenges and overloads.

In her colorful material collages, pictures and prints, Nana Mandl develops possible visual implementations of contemporary media challenges and demands. Her haptic collages combine elements of painting with forms of communicatively-representative spheres of advertising, fashion, pop culture and social media.

About the artist:

Nana Mandl (b. 1991, Graz, AT) studied at Kunstschule Berlin Weissensee and received her diploma in fine arts at the University of Applied Art, Vienna.

Recent solo exhibitions include KS Room, Feldbach, Austria (2017); Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, Austria 2016.

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Her work was included in following institutions: Kunsthalle Graz, Künstlerhaus, Vienna; Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin; Kunsthalle, Museumsquartier, Vienna.

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Mandl is a recipient of the Bildrecht Solo Award for the best solo booth presentation at viennacontemporary (2018); Startstipendium, Bundeskanzleramt für Kunst und Kultur Österreich (2017) and the Förderungsstipendium der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien (2014).

all images © the gallery and the artist(s)