Lis Gort & Nicole Maunz
Lis Gort, born in 1970, graduated from the Technical College for Arts and Crafts in Steyr and the Master Class for Art and Design in Graz and studied "Jewelry and Metal Design” at the Tainan National University of Arts in Taiwan. Member of the artist group 77. Since 2017 head of the master class for jewelry and metal design at the Ortweinschule in Graz.
Nicole Maunz, born in 1979, studied "Educational Sciences” in Graz and completed the master class for jewelry and metal design at the Ortweinschule Graz. Nicole Maunz lives and works as a freelance artist (jewelry and performance) in southern Burgenland and Graz.
Exhibitions/Awards:
Lis Gort jewelry is sculpture a poem for the body. The material is metal. Its patience, its flexibility and the mystery of malleability. The control of fire and the alchemy of melting. Colors and surfaces that tell of transience and yet are witnesses of permanence. Beauty as philosophy and nourishment for the soul...
Nicole Maunz For her body objects, she interweaves and fuses materials such as textiles and metal, which could not be more different in their composition. However, it is not only in the formal design of her objects, but also in the presentation of her works that the artist's special approach to conventional categories of art becomes apparent. In the photographs and performances by means of which she presents her objects, her body plays a central role in the staging. It merges with the object and thus becomes both an expression and a projection surface for a subjective interiority
Works for Artmachine:
Edition 6 / 2021 Standort Pöllau
Title: Art
Category: Mixed Media/Conceptual Art
Description: Kunst amoi drüba nochdenkn? In dialect, "art” can be used linguistically in the sense of "could you”. Wishes, expectations and ideas that seem unreal or impossible can be named and expressed. As a request or question, the request is formulated politely and the demand for fulfillment is softened. The text statements invite you to reflect, but also encourage you to spin them further in a fun way.
Fotos (c): Gort, Maunz; Strassegger