has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
ariadne | 2010
There are many reasons why people might choose to emigrate. Some are for reasons of religious, political or economic freedom. Many emigrants move together with their families toward new regions or new countries where they hope to find peace or job opportunities not available to them in their original location. Sometimes these emigrants move to countries with big cultural differences and will always feel as guests in their destinations, and preserve their original culture, traditions and language, sometimes transmitting them to their children. The conflict between the native and the newer culture may easily create social contrasts, generally resulting in an uncomfortable situation for the "foreigners", who have to understand legal and social systems sometimes new and strange to them. In this situation it is very difficult to find the right way to their own identity. Works from the series ariadne depict three portraits of women. They for political reasons and as well as a result of adoption leave their home countries. Nowadays, all have to re-build their identity. Awake to new life and start everything from the beginning, but could we cut off totall our past? Ariadne thread, braided lock of hair is their guide.
The fourth painting titled "bronze necklace" was inspired by Nieznalska's work, she is also in search for her identity. Mendrek met her in Germany in the autumn of 2010.
