Mia Florentine Weiss
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Mia Florentine Weiss (born 1980 in Würzburg)[1] is a German conceptual and performance artist. Her work encompasses various artistic disciplines such as performance, text, blood, installation, sculpture, objets trouvés, photography and film.[2][3][4][5]
Her work has been shown in Museums and Art fairs internationally.[6] Her sculptural ambigram Love Hate has travelled Europe as a symbol of peace and a change of perspective.[7]
Selected exhibitions
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Weiss created a sculpture which can be either read as Love or Hate depending on which side it is viewed from. Since 2018, she has run a pro-European campaign #LOVEUROPE with the Love Hate sculpture in different countries in and outside Europe: Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Russia, Czech Republic.[8][9]
In June 2018, her work was included in Die BUNTE Art in the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art in Munich, Germany.[10]
In 2018 she was part of the URBAN NATION Artist in Residence Programme in the Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin (Germany).[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mia Florentine Weiss (German, born 1980)". ArtNet. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Mia Florentine Weiss – Urban Nation". urban-nation.com. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Live and work in a cool Berlin industrial loft". My Stylery. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Mia Florentine Weiss". Urban Nation. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Mia Florentine Weiss' Pegasus landet auf der Berlin Art Week | ArtBerlin.de" (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "German Artist Mia Florentine Weiss On Why Art Is Still The Barometer of Culture". artnet News. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "The Two-Word Poem – Mia Florentine Weiss – Love/Hate". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Europe, A. Soul for (18 March 2019). ""Europe – I love you"". Medium. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "MIA FLORENTINE WEISS". TheArtGorgeous. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Bunte Art: Das Kult-People-Magazin widmet sich der Kunst". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Mia Florentine Weiss – Urban Nation". urban-nation.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Oelmann, Sabine: „Zwischen Liebe und Hass Mia Florentine Weiss, Madonna of Art". Published on 4 April 2017 auf n-tv Online
- Gisbourne, Mark und Broecking, Maxi: Mia Florentine Weiss. Ten Years of Work. 2006–2016, Berlin: Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, 2016
- Pirich, Carolin: „Man braucht Ackergäule, keine Flügel". Published on 5 December 2015 in taz Online
- Anonymer Autor: Sonderausstellung: Mit „Pegasus" rund um die mitnichten heile Welt. Published on 18 November 2015 in Frankfurter Neue Presse Online
- Stillbauer, Thomas: Senckenberg-Naturmuseum: Auf der Suche nach Zuflucht. Published on 13 November 2015 in Frankfurter Rundschau Online
- Scholz, Claudia: Kunstprojekt für Flüchtlinge: Die Suche nach Geborgenheit. Published on 12 November 2015 in Cicero Online
- Bok, Anna: Top 6 Highlights: Berlin Art Week. Published on 14 September 2015 in Harpers Bazaar Online
- Kathe, Sandra: Senckenberg-Museum: Pegasus’ Reise beginnt am Main. Published on 20 April 2015 in Frankfurter Neue Presse Online
- Magel, Eva-Maria: Achtung, fliegendes Pferd! .Published on Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Online
- Dörrenberg, Clemens: Senckenberg: Ein Pferd schwebt ins Museum..Published on 19 April 2015 in Frankfurter Rundschau Online
- Albers Ben Chamo, Sophie: Pegasus Projekt: Kunst entlang der Flüchtlingsrouten. Published on 7 September 2015 in Stern Online
External links
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