Veronika Neukirch

Born in Germany in 1986, Veronika has been living and working in London for the past 5 years. After Fine Art & Design Foundation and several related short courses, she is now studying Fine Art (BA) at Central Saint Martins experimenting with everyday materials and found (often kitsch) objects creating work that generally belongs in the category of Abstract Expressionism rooted in real life by addition of said objects. Main influences are contemporary artists that tend to be visually generous to the viewer.

Untitled I & II, 2010

Monoprint/Collage

Breaking in/Breaking Out or Bird is the word, 2011

Mixed media and found objects

This mixed media piece consists of three window panels. A certain

evolution is visible when read from left to right. Starting on the left with completely contained and framed wall paper, which symbolises domestic environments and its trap or safety qualities;

the middle panel has become witness to seemingly unsuccessful attempts of a break-through and the abstract yet brutal results thereof. Also, framed visual space is in contrast with the actual space leaping through the window; the last panel dramatically concludes the series with the protagonist bird breaking out of (or into?) the space and simultaneously setting the tone of the work to a playful DaDa-esque irony. Throughout the piece contrast is a recurring theme: opacity and transparency, contrasting colours, textures and surfaces. Cheap materials like paper and plastic are posing as heavy gold frames playing with the notion of family traditions, traditions/conventions in art and their value.