Finissage: Olga Pastekova - The World In Between Event

F I N I S S A G E
Olga Pastekova - THE WORLD IN BETWEEN
29. April 2022, 19:00 - 22.00
with Special Guest
FREAKYGREENFISH

Submerged amusement parks, headless mermaids and animals roaming in this dystopian landscape are part of Olga Pastekova’s pictorial creations. Fascinated and at the same time critically perceived remnants of the capitalist leisure industry, which the young Slovak artist works for in real fun parks that have been abandoned or have been devastated by natural disasters, such as the “Spreepark” in Berlin or the “Six Flags” park in New Orleans, the victim of Hurricane Katrina discovered himself. In Pastekova’s comic-like panels - mixed techniques of acrylic glaze painting, woodworking through engraving and fire painting - fauna and flora reconquer the former places of heightened artificiality. The exhibition title “The World In Between” refers to this intermediate state, to the unstoppable process when man leaves the places he has created to themselves and thus to nature.