Elke Krystufek - Portrait

Portraiture is one of the most widespread artistic expressions, especially in painting, but also in sculpture, throughout the ages. Portraiture is, first and foremost, a description of the subject depicted, an attempt to capture their physiognomy and individual characteristics truthfully and naturally. With the progressive evolution of artistic research, the physiognomic description of the subject has also been accompanied by a psychological one. Therefore, over the centuries, portraiture has also become a means of introspective investigation of the subject, their character, and their state of mind. The processes of abstraction brought about by contemporary art have contributed to this type of investigation.

In her portraits, Elke Krystufek favors a synthetic style of painting, with a sharp, textured brushstroke. The image appears flat, entirely smeared across the surface, and it is precisely the color that fills the subject with values ​​that are both expressive and plastic. As can be seen from the face, which is markedly drawn, the painter is as concerned with physiognomic resemblance as she is with communicating existential qualities. This is even more evident in the tangle of colors and textures that constitute the hair and skin. In Elke Krystufek, colors always unfold in a dynamic and iridescent impasto, charged with values ​​that transcend the perceptible.

Artist Elke Krystufek, born in Vienna in 1970, where she still lives and works, is one of the most autobiographical artists of all time. Through photography, installations, film, sculpture, and painting, she seeks to recount everyday life: waking up in the morning without makeup, going to the supermarket in a tracksuit, or cleaning the house—all in stark contrast to modern society's desire for perfection. She's interested in the beauty of life.

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