Appropriation Art by Eva Leopoldi - Leopoldi-Art. repeated.different

Appropriation Art by Eva Leopoldi – Always with a twinkle in her eye

As an introduction to this phase of Eva Leopoldi’s art, here another object that was certainly not often presented on a wall in exhibitions:

A written rear window of a car serves as an artistic way to show art for Eva Leopoldi — A rear window is not a rear window is not a rear window….

From an art-theoretical point of view, my pictures would have to be regarded as fakes, intended for a purely strategic use, since they fulfilled the following conditions summarised by Stefan Römer:
A fake is understood as a reproduction that communicates its image-to-image relationship. Recognition or familiarisation is intended to reveal the falsely assumed uniqueness in images.
The traditionally mimetic imitation is extended by self-reflection and subsequent processing.
I repeat an image, but there is no correspondence in terms of constituents.
I have, however, used the term ANEIGNUNGSKUNST. “Appropriation” as a possibility to work mimetically and “art” as an expression of the artistic concept in contrast to pure painting.

A silk painting by Eva Leopoldi showing a beautiful, red-haired young woman in front of her mirror getting ready to go out — Saturday evening, 8 pm
"Saturday Evening, 8 p.m." by Eva Leopoldi after "In Front of the Mirror" by Edgar Degas before "This Way or the Other" by Someone or Another.

Silk painting by Eva Leopoldi depicting the self-portrait of Tamara Lempicka. — Princess of the road
Princess of the Road by Eva Leopoldi after Self-Portrait in a Green Bugatti by Tamara Lempicka before This Way or Another after Someone or Another

Silk painting by Eva Leopoldi showing a somewhat gloomy view of a city - this is how she imagines one of the cities by author Wolfgang Hohlbein — Hohlbein-Town
A Hohlbein town by Eva Leopoldi after Olevano by Alexander Kanoldt before This Way or Another after Someone or Another

A colourful silk painting by Eva Leopoldi. It shows a bay with boats overlooking a small village. — Italy-a childhood memory
Italy - a childhood memoir by Eva Leopoldi after Moise Kisling before This Way or the Other by Someone or Another

A silk painting by Eva Leopoldi showing a pretty girl in a traditional costume standing before a table with a bowl of cherries — Gifts instead of Daddy
Gifts instead of Daddy by Eva Leopoldi after Two Girls by Franz von Matsch before This way or the Other way by Someone or Another

A silk painting by Eva Leopoldi showing a naked freezing youth on the bank of a river. — Even in Italy the rivers are cold
Even in Italy the rivers are cold by Eva Leopoldi after Boy on the seashore by Hippolyte Flandrin before This way or the other by Someone or another

A silk painting by Eva Leopoldi showing a sad young woman lying on a bright yellow sofa — Camille - Painting or cleaning?
Camille - Painting or Cleaning by Eva Leopoldi after Die Liegende by Otto Müller before This Way or the Other by Someone or Another

Of course, the artist had made dozens of silk paintings over the years. But here she would like to present only a few. You will find more paintings in different projects.

Leopoldi, in fact, feels like re-appropriating and changing her own works – and developing the theme of appropriation art squared as a new small project. Coming soon.

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