Austria
Christina Werner:
THE HORSES ARE COMING
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Sakura International School Elementary
Sakura International School Elementary
In 1930s Germany, animals such as eagles, lions, horses, and sheepdogs were instrumentalized as symbols of state authority and social order. Even today, animal imagery continues to appear in political contexts. In 2022, for instance, a Hungarian politician presented horses to Austria as a gesture of friendship, while an Austrian politician proposed establishing a mounted police force.Christina Werner employs photomontage—cutting and recombining historical images—to bring these animal motifs into new constellations. By fragmenting and reassembling familiar symbols, her work highlights their persistent presence in European visual culture and opens up questions about how such imagery continues to resonate today.
In 1930s Germany, animals such as eagles, lions, horses, and sheepdogs were instrumentalized as symbols of state authority and social order. Even today, animal imagery continues to appear in political contexts. In 2022, for instance, a Hungarian politician presented horses to Austria as a gesture of friendship, while an Austrian politician proposed establishing a mounted police force.Christina Werner employs photomontage—cutting and recombining historical images—to bring these animal motifs into new constellations. By fragmenting and reassembling familiar symbols, her work highlights their persistent presence in European visual culture and opens up questions about how such imagery continues to resonate today.
In 1930s Germany, animals such as eagles, lions, horses, and sheepdogs were instrumentalized as symbols of state authority and social order. Even today, animal imagery continues to appear in political contexts. In 2022, for instance, a Hungarian politician presented horses to Austria as a gesture of friendship, while an Austrian politician proposed establishing a mounted police force.Christina Werner employs photomontage—cutting and recombining historical images—to bring these animal motifs into new constellations. By fragmenting and reassembling familiar symbols, her work highlights their persistent presence in European visual culture and opens up questions about how such imagery continues to resonate today.
Her current artistic works deal with the resurgence of nationalism, the culture of remembrance, identity politics, and questions of representation.
Werner studied photography and filmography with Tina Bara and media art with Alba D’Urbano at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig from 2007 until 2013.
Her works have been shown at Deichtorhallen—House of Photography, Hamburg (D); Lentos Museum Linz (A); Mattatoio, Rome (I); Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (D); National Gallery Prague (CZE); Fotogalerie Vienna (A); Goethe Institut Los Angeles (USA); Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (A); Gallery Photon—Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana (SLO); and others.
Werner is represented in the following collections: Austrian Federal Collection, BKA, Wien Museum, Collection of Lower Austria, Lentos Museum Linz, Vienna Chamber of Labour.
Her current artistic works deal with the resurgence of nationalism, the culture of remembrance, identity politics, and questions of representation.
Werner studied photography and filmography with Tina Bara and media art with Alba D’Urbano at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig from 2007 until 2013.
Her works have been shown at Deichtorhallen—House of Photography, Hamburg (D); Lentos Museum Linz (A); Mattatoio, Rome (I); Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (D); National Gallery Prague (CZE); Fotogalerie Vienna (A); Goethe Institut Los Angeles (USA); Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (A); Gallery Photon—Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana (SLO); and others.
Werner is represented in the following collections: Austrian Federal Collection, BKA, Wien Museum, Collection of Lower Austria, Lentos Museum Linz, Vienna Chamber of Labour.
Her current artistic works deal with the resurgence of nationalism, the culture of remembrance, identity politics, and questions of representation.
Werner studied photography and filmography with Tina Bara and media art with Alba D’Urbano at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig from 2007 until 2013.
Her works have been shown at Deichtorhallen—House of Photography, Hamburg (D); Lentos Museum Linz (A); Mattatoio, Rome (I); Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (D); National Gallery Prague (CZE); Fotogalerie Vienna (A); Goethe Institut Los Angeles (USA); Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (A); Gallery Photon—Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana (SLO); and others.
Werner is represented in the following collections: Austrian Federal Collection, BKA, Wien Museum, Collection of Lower Austria, Lentos Museum Linz, Vienna Chamber of Labour.
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