The Light of The Lodge. Edition Vienna
2014, Charim Gallery, Vienna, Austria
The Light of the Lodge asks questions about the place, role and heritage of Freemasonry in European culture. Charim Gallery, once the location of one of the most important lodges in the cultural life of Vienna in 18th century, now serves as a laboratory, wherein the artist performs a dissection of masonic rituals.
A reflection on the history of the gallery (where Mozart once played) in conjunction with critical observations of the Freemasons' creed, produced a number of artworks that refer to this most secret and still very influential organization. A carpet with a characteristic pattern but without ritual accessories, a procession of women in pointed hats surmounted by flames, and a Bible with an erased text are amongst the de-constructed situations and gestures that reflect on the political rationale of the organization and on the artist's fascination with the refined culture it produced.
More information:
Freimauer Wiki
Artnet
WORKS
THE BLUEPRINT, 2014
Carpet
600 x 300 cm
100 % wool
Unique
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
GOD IS RIGHT, 2014
Object, 5 curcuits of LEDs, Christmas lights
mdf, steel frame
Unique, 55 x 100 x 8 cm
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
ERROR, 2014
white neon, black paint, acrylic glass, aluminium
Unique, 10 x 37 x 7 cm
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
THE LIGHT OF THE LODGE, Copenhagen Edition, 2012
on the left: Apron
on the right: Altar
Neons, Aluminium
Unique
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
THE LIGHT OF THE LODGE, Copenhagen Edition, Altar, 2012
THE LIGHT OF THE LODGE, Copenhagen Edition, Apron, 2012
THE LIGHT OF THE LODGE, Copenhagen Edition, 2012
Film, 4'30" [play here]
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
THE GRAND LODGE, 2014
Collage, 32 x 25 cm
Unique
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
THE GREAT ARCHITECT, 2014
Collage, 36 x 25 cm
Unique
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
A reflection on the history of the gallery (where Mozart once played) in conjunction with critical observations of the Freemasons' creed, produced a number of artworks that refer to this most secret and still very influential organization. A carpet with a characteristic pattern but without ritual accessories, a procession of women in pointed hats surmounted by flames, and a Bible with an erased text are amongst the de-constructed situations and gestures that reflect on the political rationale of the organization and on the artist's fascination with the refined culture it produced.
More information:
Freimauer Wiki
Artnet
WORKS
THE BLUEPRINT, 2014
Carpet
600 x 300 cm
100 % wool
Unique
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
GOD IS RIGHT, 2014
Object, 5 curcuits of LEDs, Christmas lights
mdf, steel frame
Unique, 55 x 100 x 8 cm
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
ERROR, 2014
white neon, black paint, acrylic glass, aluminium
Unique, 10 x 37 x 7 cm
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
THE LIGHT OF THE LODGE, Copenhagen Edition, 2012
on the left: Apron
on the right: Altar
Neons, Aluminium
Unique
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
THE LIGHT OF THE LODGE, Copenhagen Edition, Altar, 2012
THE LIGHT OF THE LODGE, Copenhagen Edition, Apron, 2012
THE LIGHT OF THE LODGE, Copenhagen Edition, 2012
Film, 4'30" [play here]
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
THE GRAND LODGE, 2014
Collage, 32 x 25 cm
Unique
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
THE GREAT ARCHITECT, 2014
Collage, 36 x 25 cm
Unique
(c) Joanna Rajkowska
courtesy Charim Galerie Wien
The Light of The Lodge. Edition Copenhagen