Karin Welponer - Steinportraits, 1984/85 - 2024 - Cësa di Ladins Museum Gherdëina, Ortisei

Karin Welponer, Steinportraits, 1984/85 – 2024. Mixed media on Ochre Ingres Paper, Framed. Sand, Stones, Historical Maps. Variable Dimensions. Commissioned by Biennale Gherdëina 9. Photo by Tiberio Sorvillo

Duta l’opres de Karin Welponer ie seniedes dal se dé ju cun l mesun dl dessëni, pian via da si opres grafiches y de ilustrazion ti ani 1960, tres la pusciblteies de documentazion y de cunteda cun l mesun dla anutazions de viages, nchin pra la linies liedesc y stersces de si serie atuela sun l corp dl’ëila. Ntan si vita ala fat truep viages tl Sahara y i ti deserc arabichs da ulache la ie ruveda zeruch cun diares de viac, schizes y acuarei y cun l savëi de n liam strënt cun la persones che viv iló che la à tëut su te si familia. L desert nordafrican fova nce pont de scumenciamënt per si proiet Weg eines Kubus (1993) ulache la se à dat ju cun n cubus che la à scurjà tla cuntreda de sablon de chël che la jënt dl post ne savova no da ulache l unissa no cie che l fossa. Tres acuarei, dessënies, collage y nstalazion ala for inò cherdà ala lum l lecord de chësc cubus coche nrescida simbolica dla relazion danter l sfauzà y l mont naturel.

Si majera serie de acuarei de paesajes, che vën śën mustreda per l prim iede n ucajion de Biennale Gherdëina 9 tres si nstalazion dal titul Steinportraits, ie nasciuda tl desert dl’Algeria, te chël che Karin Welponer ie for inò ruveda zeruch ti ani 1980. Cun rispl, ciarbon, crëida cuecena y culëures a acuarel laurovela iló ntan raides de plu enes che la fajova deberieda cun i tuaregh che vivova iló, tla natura liedia, tla dumbria de n crëp o de na duna. Chisc dessënies ie na documentazion dl paesaje che la persones che viv iló ti à cunzedù de fé y che ne ie al didancuei n pert nia plu da arjonjer per vijitadëures dl uzidënt. Tl medem mumënt ieles piedies ntimes dl liam strënt dl’artista cun l raion da mont y da desert y na testemunianza de cuntedes geologiches che lieia nosta Dolomites ai crëps dl Tassili tl’Africa dl Nord. (S.G.)

KARIN WELPONER
Karin Welponer (1941, Bolzano, Italy) lives and works in the Dolomites. Her œuvre focuses on the exploration of drawing and its potential to navigate the relationship between humans and nature across journeys, stories and literature. In 1959 she was one of the few women to study at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. She moved back to Bolzano at the end of the 1980s and founded the exhibition space ar/ge Kunst, where she is still president today. Her work was exhibited in various venues including: Galerie Graf, Heidelberg; Galerie Prisma and Südtiroler Künstlerbund, Bolzano; Tiroler Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck; Stadtmuseum, Chiusa; Haus der Kunst and Galerie im Rathaus, Munich; and Stadtgalerie, Bressanone. She won the South Tyrolean Art Prize for Graphic Art in 1964 and the Seerosenpreis Munich in 1990.

Still image from Julia Frank’s film „Karin Welponer“, 2023 © Ph. Julia Frank

Duta l’opres de Karin Welponer ie seniedes dal se dé ju cun l mesun dl dessëni, pian via da si opres grafiches y de ilustrazion ti ani 1960, tres la pusciblteies de documentazion y de cunteda cun l mesun dla anutazions de viages, nchin pra la linies liedesc y stersces de si serie atuela sun l corp dl’ëila. Ntan si vita ala fat truep viages tl Sahara y i ti deserc arabichs da ulache la ie ruveda zeruch cun diares de viac, schizes y acuarei y cun l savëi de n liam strënt cun la persones che viv iló che la à tëut su te si familia. L desert nordafrican fova nce pont de scumenciamënt per si proiet Weg eines Kubus (1993) ulache la se à dat ju cun n cubus che la à scurjà tla cuntreda de sablon de chël che la jënt dl post ne savova no da ulache l unissa no cie che l fossa. Tres acuarei, dessënies, collage y nstalazion ala for inò cherdà ala lum l lecord de chësc cubus coche nrescida simbolica dla relazion danter l sfauzà y l mont naturel.

Si majera serie de acuarei de paesajes, che vën śën mustreda per l prim iede n ucajion de Biennale Gherdëina 9 tres si nstalazion dal titul Steinportraits, ie nasciuda tl desert dl’Algeria, te chël che Karin Welponer ie for inò ruveda zeruch ti ani 1980. Cun rispl, ciarbon, crëida cuecena y culëures a acuarel laurovela iló ntan raides de plu enes che la fajova deberieda cun i tuaregh che vivova iló, tla natura liedia, tla dumbria de n crëp o de na duna. Chisc dessënies ie na documentazion dl paesaje che la persones che viv iló ti à cunzedù de fé y che ne ie al didancuei n pert nia plu da arjonjer per vijitadëures dl uzidënt. Tl medem mumënt ieles piedies ntimes dl liam strënt dl’artista cun l raion da mont y da desert y na testemunianza de cuntedes geologiches che lieia nosta Dolomites ai crëps dl Tassili tl’Africa dl Nord. (S.G.)

KARIN WELPONER

Karin Welponer (1941, Bolzano, Italy) lives and works in the Dolomites. Her œuvre focuses on the exploration of drawing and its potential to navigate the relationship between humans and nature across journeys, stories and literature. In 1959 she was one of the few women to study at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. She moved back to Bolzano at the end of the 1980s and founded the exhibition space ar/ge Kunst, where she is still president today. Her work was exhibited in various venues including: Galerie Graf, Heidelberg; Galerie Prisma and Südtiroler Künstlerbund, Bolzano; Tiroler Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck; Stadtmuseum, Chiusa; Haus der Kunst and Galerie im Rathaus, Munich; and Stadtgalerie, Bressanone. She won the South Tyrolean Art Prize for Graphic Art in 1964 and the Seerosenpreis Munich in 1990.