Karo Kuchar with new paintings and her art practice on Munchies Art Club
The Munchies Art Club proudly presents Karo Kuchar.
Karo is a contemporary artist born and raised in Vienna and now living in Paris.
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Karo Kuchar -> Spark Art Fair 2024
We discovered this wonderfully talented young artist at the Parallel Art Fair that, fortunately, was able to take place this year.
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Even though she gets to travel and spend time in other wonderful countries, her base remains in Vienna.
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From large installations to etchings and trashy movies, this multitalented artist impresses with her work.
Calling Art Made By A Person With A Vagina Automatically “Female Art“ Is Ridiculous. - Karo Kuchar
Find out more for yourself and explore the art and the artist behind the work.
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KARO KUCHAR TELLS US A BIT ABOUT HERSELF
So, my name is Karo Kuchar and I was born in Vienna after my parents immigrated from the Czech Republic and Poland in the early 80ies.
But currently, I live and work in Paris – and I truly love it.
Although the French government imposed a curfew from 9 pm until 6 am, followed by a real lockdown due to the pandemic, I cannot complain.
![karo kuchar, on location, art practice, understanding the work of the female artist](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/5ff04ce55e05bd0d26a6e50c_karo-kuchar-studio-installation-female%20art.jpg)
The city does not lose its inspirational spirit and dirty charm – it is vivid, diverse, and never ever boring. That is why I wanted to move here, at least for a while.
After spending quite some time in Latin America, I wanted something different again, but keeping my base in Europe, so I can easily continue with my projects in Vienna.
![karo kuchar, artist, practice, left house, contemporary painting](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/5ff04ebb493e93c06d80963b_karo%20kuchar-portrait-contemporary%20art-.jpg)
Her Studio And Canvas, Are The Walls Of Old Empty Buildings, Empty Because They Are About To Be Renovated Or Pulled Down.
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Even though I leave Vienna regularly, I always come back.
This cozy, grumpy city, will never lose its special place in my heart.
Nevertheless, I have an urge to move a lot and so I do it equally in respect to my artwork.
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For a couple of years, I work mostly in and with old buildings.
Before those places are being destroyed anyway or get a completely new look due to upcoming renovations, I kind of camp there studio-wise.
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I use them temporarily before their walls are being torn down and if possible, I transfer the wall material to my fabrics.
The roughness of the walls and the fragile transparent fabrics have a certain contrast I like to play with.
And later, when renovations start, I wander further to the next free spot.
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Or I work on something completely different meanwhile.
Especially in winter, it gets a bit more complicated, since usually there is no heating in those spaces and sometimes not even electricity, so you have no light.
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In such periods I often work on etchings and I love to make kind of trashy animation movies – the last one was a RomCom Trilogy which takes place during the first lockdown.
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I also recently started to sew fabrics together to use them as a base for my paintings.
So there is always something going on, no matter if I get access to future construction places or not.
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In my actual series, I transferred wall material in the shape of bikinis or swimwear on my fabrics – I guess I was strongly inspired by the time I spent in Brazil.
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The Bikini is probably the most important piece of fabric over there. Also, it stands for empowerment.
I liked the idea of recreating this fashion item out of the cover of old walls. But my very first piece I started after being, as so often, very disappointed by the art world.
Calling art made by a person with a vagina automatically “female art“ is ridiculous.
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Nobody does ever point it out if an artwork is made by a person who claims to have a penis.
As most other artists, I am very tired of it. So I thought, “ok there you go” by using the wording literally.
And then I simply kept on with my passion for people in beachwear and the mix of different materials.
I want to deconstruct and reconstruct the classical form of painting.
![karo kuchar, daniel richter, painting, class, academy of fine arts, vienna](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5fa50f157f3d0938227083c2/5ff05de3559a4215e7a6c2ed_daniel%20richter%2C%20class%2C%20academy%20of%20fine%20arts%2C%20vienna.jpg)
Besides that I just love the weird look of these “paintings”, which are actually no typical paintings, wearing bikinis out of old walls – and in general, I love if people have to smile a little or get confused when they look at my work.
A big thank you to Karo, for sharing her work and her story with us!
Follow Karo Kuchar on Instagram or take a look at her work at Suppan Gallery Vienna