The focus will be
on three central themes (ropes, tassels and columns), which will be used to analyse ornamental forms and their culturalhistorical
significance. The second part of the lecture is dedicated to the operation of an art space: What challenges and opportunities
does a self-organised
exhibition space entail?
The lecture will conclude with an open question and answer
session.
Terese Kasalicky, born in 1988 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and based in Vienna, graduated
in Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 2017 under Gunter Damisch and Veronika Dirnhofer. Her artistic practice
moves between sculpture, drawing and research. In her work, she intensively explores ornamental forms and types of representation,
emphasising the arabesque and breaking through common clichés of ornamentation. Her exploration is reflected indiverse forms
of expression, including columnar sculptures such as the ‘piled up to pillars’ series, the ‘Ropes’ works and graphic patterns
with ornamental motifs. She is particularly fascinated by the cultural history of tassels and trimmings, to which she devotes
herself in an extensive archive and which she incorporates into her works in various ways.
In 2024, she was awarded
the Carinthian State Prize for Fine Arts. Terese Kasalicky received support for her artistic development through various scholarships,
which enabled her to realise larger installations both indoors and outdoors. Her works have been presented in various solo
and group exhibitions in galleries, art spaces, at fairs and in a museum context. She is part of several art collections such
as the Wien Museum, the Artothek des Bundes and the Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, and is represented by Galerie3.
Since 2019, Kasalicky has been organising the nomadic exhibition project Tombola together with Heti Prack and has been running
the artist-run space ES49 since mid-2024.
www.teresekasalicky.com
