short statement
My work ranges between forms modeled and glazed in clay (including my own glaze developments), and ceramic sculptures
that I assemble in experimental processes and combine with objets trouvés.
These found objects are forms that already exist, that tell a story or that are symbolically charged. They are, for example, stuffed animals or mass-produced second-hand kitsch figures that I transform into multi-fired assemblage sculptures. In my latest series, public lion monuments from various European cities are the ‘found’ source objects. With the help of digital technologies (3D print), I translate them back into cat-sized sculptures and thus also deal with contemporary forms of iconoclasm and feminism.
In my sculptures, I question human existence with its perceived abysses and extremes. “Formlessness” is the point of departure for the visual and physical presentation of something that does not yet exist completely, or the existential formation of which is still uncertain. I seek to challenge the observer to endure this ambivalence and to fill the “gaps” themselves, to complete the works with their own experiences.
publications
Exhibition text: Children are Spinozists, by Magdalena Wisniowska for the exhibition Fun & games, WhiteBOX, Munich, 2026 PDF engl. | PDF dt.
THE GLAZING CABIN glaze book, 2026 PDF
Exhibition text: a chimera is not a pet, by Magdalena Wisniowska PDF
Exhibition text: blended spheres, by Markus Lettner PDF
Exhibition text: animals on my mind, by Magdalena Wisniowska, 2022 PDF
AVISO Magazin für Kunst und Wissenschaft in Bayern; Künstlerin im Heft, 01/2022 PDF
Ein gebändigter Löwe sorgt für Zoff, SZ articel by Evelyn Vogel about the 1. Biennale Lindau, 2022 LINK
Utopien mit Seeblick, gallerytalk article about the 1. Biennale Lindau by Lisa Stoiber, 2022 LINK
Pose, by Dr. Tanja Klemm, for the catalogue Manipulation of Delphi, 2021 PDF
WallerKlemm Delphi-Preview, by Tanja Klemm, for the catalogue Manipulation of Delphi, 2021 PDF
Magdalena Wisniowska: Julia Klemm, Magdalena Waller, Delphi Preview II, 2020 PDF
Aus dem Zwischenzustand, Linn Born im Gespräch mit Julia Klemm, gallerytalk, 2019 LINK
Clay and plush, or Julia’s art of ek‐stasis by Dr. Tanja Klemm, 2018 PDF
Notes On the end of Mike Kelley's Work and on the beginning of Julia Klemm's by Justin Lieberman, 2017 PDF
BULK, Gallerytalk, 2016 LINK
Plastik, Artsquare, 2014 LINK
Interview, Atelier di cartapesta, 2013 PDF
I leggiadri meteoriti di Julia Klemm, scritto da Pericle Guaglianone, Artribune, 2012 LINK
Strati, by Giuliana Stella, 2012 PDF
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