How can emotional states take shape? Andrea Kurtz’s ongoing series “Shaping Emotions” explores how abstract feelings become physically perceptible through material, texture and structure. Sculptural works and reliefs translate qualities such as tension, density, movement and softness into physical forms.
“Between Matter and Image” extends this exploration into experimental photography. Through printing, collage, drawing and layering, photographs are transformed into visual expressions of emotional experience. The exhibition also includes a collaborative experiment with artist Clemens Luser, exploring how two people perceive and interpret each other’s emotional states. Grounded in personal closeness and approached through different artistic languages, the experiment asks how an inner experience can be translated by someone who knows us beyond what is immediately visible.
A live sound performance by Milica Vujadinovic on Sat 28.11. at 18:00 extends the exhibition beyond the visual, using voice and sound to open another dimension of emotional experience.
About the artist:
Andrea Kurtz – Born in Rijeka, Croatia, in 1986, she has been living in Graz since 2000. She works as a freelance artist and illustrator and has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Austria, Italy and Switzerland. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Graz Artists’ Association.