• S6/01 untitled, diptych, 2009, 105 x 70 cm each, mixed media on paper

  • S6/02 untitled, diptych, 2009, 113 x 77 cm each, mixed media on paper

  • S6/03 untitled, diptych, 2009, 113 x 77 cm each, mixed media on paper

  • S6/04 untitled, diptych, 2009, 113 x 77 cm each, mixed media on paper

  • S7/01 untitled, 2009, 46 x 33 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/02 untitled, 2009, 40 x 60 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/03 untitled, 2009, 47 x 51 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/04 untitled, 2009, 35 x 44 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/05 untitled, 2009, 62 x 40 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/06 untitled, 2009, 40 x 50 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/07 untitled, 2009, 40 x 60 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/08 untitled, 2009, 40 x 60 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/09 untitled, 2009, 75 x 72 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/10 untitled, 2009, 50 x 75 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/11 untitled, 2009, 50 x 75 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/12 untitled, 2009, 60 x 75 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/13 untitled, 2009, 31 x 49 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/14 untitled, 2009, 50 x 36 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

  • S7/15 untitled, 2009, 75 x 60 cm, mixed media on paper, collage

Sequence 6 and 7

The desire to experiment is a characteristic (feature) of Monika Kropshofers new artworks, which you can divide into two work groups. Full of refinement she moves, turns and takes the perspectives apart and translates her perception into an new, artful, interwoven whole. In her new works the artist reduces the thematic – she fragments, diminishes and in doing so achieves a strong level of compression. Both series are designated with a high degree of colour sensuality. With her vibrant rhythms – tones, tunes and dissonances – Kropshofer`s newest pictures resemble a minimalist score of becoming a pictured melody.

Ricarda Geib, 2008

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