Gabriela Jolowicz: Sentimental Value
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ODD Gallery-- Klondike Institute of Art & Culture 2nd Ave & Princess St (Bag 8000), Dawson City, Yukon Y0B 1G0
Gabriela Jolowicz, "Teller," 2018
woodcut, 49 x 49 cm
Opening: Thursday, March 7th Reception at 7:30PM
The ODD Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of woodblock prints by Gabriela Jolowicz (Berlin) in two parts: an earlier series of large-scale prints and new series that revisits the former project, showing the development of an artist who has worked solely in one technique for many years.
The exhibition Sentimental Value is divided into two parts: a retrospective shows various larger prints from recent years, the other part presents my current project Megabillig 2. Here I am conceptually repeating a project from 2007, where I produced 24 woodcuts in rapid succession within a few months. As the small format is comparatively quickly executed, it allows me to react on consecutive events almost like giving a day-to-day pictorial report.
In contrast to these small works, my bigger woodcuts reflect many parallel observations and narratives rather than one central idea: the carpet of a pub in England meets an antique bureau of my parents house, airplanes from Tegel Airport fly overhead and the whole set-up is superimposed by a scene of friends meeting in our kitchen.
All my woodcut prints have been generated from daily observations. Consequently, they include a lot of information about me living in Germany and England and places I have traveled to: they hold sentimental value.– Gabriela Jolowicz, 2019
Gabriela Jolowicz studied at the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts, where she also did her post graduate studies. Her woodcuts have been shown in numerous international group and solo exhibitions. Currently she also teaches as a substitute professor at the Academy in Leipzig. She lives and works in Berlin.