Exhibition

Olaf Hajek

28.05.2010 - 23.09.2010
A stylized portrait of a woman with a floral headdress, featuring vibrant colors and a blue background.
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Flowerheads   With the exhibition “Flowerhead” Hajek presents his new versions of natureman, flowerhead and forest themes in which the artist’s use of mezzotint technique are combined with references to South American folk culture, mythology, religion, history and geography.     Hajek combines reality, mythology, fantasy and dream in the tradition of magic realism. In a …

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Flowerheads

Two women converse in an art gallery, with colorful paintings displayed on the wall behind them.

 

With the exhibition “Flowerhead” Hajek presents his new versions of natureman, flowerhead and forest themes in which the artist’s use of mezzotint technique are combined with references to South American folk culture, mythology, religion, history and geography.

 

Surreal landscape featuring a lion-like creature, two figures by a river, and a red sun in a misty background.

 

Hajek combines reality, mythology, fantasy and dream in the tradition of magic realism. In a similar way, the American Studio Gorm, the Stockholm design studio Muungano and the Viennese designer Vandasye show experimental combinations of illustration, furniture design and bizarre objects.

 

Surreal forest scene with deer, figures in various poses, and a target, blending nature and abstract elements.