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Brigitte Kowanz BIOGRAPHY
1957 - 2022. Known for: Glass sculpture, calligraphy, neon tubing.
The focus of Kowanz's work is the investigation of space and light. In the course of the collaboration with Franz Graf, pictures with phosphorescent and fluorescent pigments were created. From 1984... Read full biography
The focus of Kowanz's work is the investigation of space and light. In the course of the collaboration with Franz Graf, pictures with phosphorescent and fluorescent pigments were created. From 1984 Brigitte Kowanz developed her first light objects made of bottles, fluorescent lamps and fluorescent... Read full biography
The focus of Kowanz's work is the investigation of space and light. In the course of the collaboration with Franz Graf, pictures with phosphorescent and fluorescent pigments were created. From 1984 Brigitte Kowanz developed her first light objects made of bottles, fluorescent lamps and fluorescent paint. Complex spatial images and light-shadow projections were created with simple means. For Kowanz, however, light was not only the material, but often also the subject of her works. There is a... Read full biography
The focus of Kowanz's work is the investigation of space and light. In the course of the collaboration with Franz Graf, pictures with phosphorescent and fluorescent pigments were created. From 1984 Brigitte Kowanz developed her first light objects made of bottles, fluorescent lamps and fluorescent paint. Complex spatial images and light-shadow projections were created with simple means. For Kowanz, however, light was not only the material, but often also the subject of her works. There is a separate body of work that deals with the speed of light. Another topic that occupied Brigitte Kowanz for decades was language and writing and their translation into codes. The artist examined light as a space-forming medium as well as an information... Read full biography
The focus of Kowanz's work is the investigation of space and light. In the course of the collaboration with Franz Graf, pictures with phosphorescent and fluorescent pigments were created. From 1984 Brigitte Kowanz developed her first light objects made of bottles, fluorescent lamps and fluorescent paint. Complex spatial images and light-shadow projections were created with simple means. For Kowanz, however, light was not only the material, but often also the subject of her works. There is a separate body of work that deals with the speed of light. Another topic that occupied Brigitte Kowanz for decades was language and writing and their translation into codes. The artist examined light as a space-forming medium as well as an information carrier and medium of knowledge and visibility.Perception is translation, art is transformation – an i... Read full biography
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The focus of Kowanz's work is the investigation of space and light. In the course of the collaboration with Franz Graf, pictures with phosphorescent and fluorescent pigments were created.
From 1984 Brigitte Kowanz developed her first light objects made of bottles, fluorescent lamps and fluorescent paint. Complex spatial images and light-shadow projections were created with simple means. For Kowanz, however, light was not only the material, but often also the subject of her works. There is a separate body of work that deals with the speed of light.
Another topic that occupied Brigitte Kowanz for decades was language and writing and their translation into codes. The artist examined light as a space-forming medium as well as an information carrier and medium of knowledge and visibility.Perception is translation, art is transformation – an interplay of showing and imagining, in which the criteria and premises of this experience also become transparent. (Brigitte Kowanz)