Monika Mausolf

Monika Mausolf (1986)

The main areas of my creative activity are painting, drawing, objects, installations
and photo manipulation. My art focuses on presenting the clash between pure nature and technology. Unbridled primordiality opposing an industrially shaped world's final decomposition of organic life, and against artificial machinery.
Interested in testing human creature entangled and manipulated by history, evolution of culture religion and stereotypes. The human creature that tries to define its social and carnal identity while uncovering the secrets of fears and sexuality inside. Initially I'm basing my creative searching on the human figure humiliated, dominated by its corporeality, subjected to torture and genetic technological modifications, as well as the unpredictable nature failures. Simultaneously regarding these human defects as a punishment for sins. Within this period of my anthropomorphic visions, there is the emergence of a new quasi-Orwellian world - full of animal-derivations, beasts and freaks embroiled in strange, mystic, human rituals.
I'm employing the language of myth, magic and fantasy, and cover every motif with delicacy, and fragility, intricately sheathed with an echo of mysterious human...

Abnormal Festival
The Abnormal Festival is our attempt to promote members of abnormals.org community by creating an international event organized by Abnormals Foundation. The festival consists of three main events (I am abnromal 2 exhibition in Germany/Berlin, I am abnormal 1&2 exhibitions as well as Valentina Campagni's solo show in Poland/Poznan). The main focus is to present artistic expressions and self-exploration of the members of abnormals.org community.
At the same time, the event becomes a summarization of the community's two years of existence as well as a pretext for an international meeting gathering artists, sympathizers and abnormals.org supporters for a discussion about the future development of abnormals.org community.
Even thought the festival takes place only in Germany and Poland we truly hope that in the future it can become a worldwide event.

Festival's programme:

1. Germany/Berlin
I am abnormal 2 exhibition in Abnormals Gallery Berlin
dates 11.12.2010 - 13.02.2011

2. Poland / Poznan
I am abnormal 1 & 2 exhibitions in Abnormals Gallery Poznan
dates: 22.01.2011 - 14.02.2011

3. Valentina Campagni's solo exhibition
dates:22.01.2011 - 14.02.2011

List of artoists from "I am abnormal" exhibi...