LISA GROßKOPF
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I
menstruate
on your
patriarchy.
#INSTALLATION #PHOTOGRAPHY #MULTIMEDIA #VIDEO #PERFORMANCE
BIO.
Lisa Großkopf, born in 1989 in Vienna, studied at the University of Art and Design Linz, the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
In her interdisciplinary artistic practice, she explores the macro and micro systems in which she operates as an artist, citizen, consumer, and other roles, while doing almost everything except painting.
Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are held in private and public collections. Lisa Großkopf received the Start Scholarship for Photography, the Gabriele Heidecker Prize, and was nominated for the Follow Fluxus Scholarship from the Naussische Art Association, and the Dorothea von Stetten Art Prize.
Lisa Großkopf, born in 1989 in Vienna, studied at the University of Art and Design Linz, the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
In her interdisciplinary artistic practice, she explores the macro and micro systems in which she operates as an artist, citizen, consumer, and other roles, while doing almost everything except painting.
Her works have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are held in private and public collections. Lisa Großkopf received the Start Scholarship for Photography, the Gabriele Heidecker Prize, and was nominated for the Follow Fluxus Scholarship from the Naussische Art Association, and the Dorothea von Stetten Art Prize.
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Das Glück des Zufalls (2023)
Installation
In her installation in public space, Lisa Großkopf addresses the complex relationship between labor, consumption, and the notion of value. Through painstaking craftsmanship, she creates objects that are distributed through an art vending machine. The objects, which oscillate between art and kitsch, are literally imbued with questions of value: For just two euros, one not only receives a handmade one-of-a-kind piece, but also a refund of 25% of the purchase price. By mixing ordinary bouncing balls among the small artworks, the artist creates a moment of chance, which is known to be the real magic of these vending machines. By mounting the vending machine on a freestanding wall element, Großkopf gives the installation an archaeological touch, thereby referencing the nostalgic factor that is inherent in these obsolete models.
Photos: © Lisa Grosskopf
The photographic studio (2016-2023)
Installation / Photography
Lisa Großkopf stages fictitious photogrqphic studios in the storefronts of former shops, which at first glance look completely ordinary. However, upon closer inspection, we find that the “Photo Studio” project subversively examines the social norms of contemporary society. Through subtle interventions or striking modifications, Großkopf creates unsettling shifts that disrupt traditional notions of gender roles, identities, the concept of family, and the ideal of beauty.
Given that conventional photographic studios often convey a conservative family model and reproduce traditional gender roles, the artist in her project focuses on increasing social diversification. Since each of the documented shop windows has been installed in a real space for some time, Lisa Großkopf invites a broad public to engage in a dialogue about current societal changes in viewing and perceiving.
Photos and Videos: ©Lisa Grosskopf
Noticeable Unnoticeable (2018-2019)
Performative Action / Videoinstallation
In the performative action “Noticeably Unnoticeable” Lisa Großkopf explores the current trend of self-optimization. To attain perfection in her day job as a museum supervisor she took various measures ranging from physical training to acquiring professional qualifications and profound expertise. She invested her entire income in her self-compiled education plan. In this way, the ambivalent relationship of artistic and non-artistic work becomes evident. The performance as well as the documentation of this process blurs the border between symbolic representation and economic reality.