Laura SCHAWELKA ( CV HP )

Ornamentation

26.10.2016 - 12.02.2017, OPENING 25.10.2016, 19h

I’m describing this image from memory. He is lying face down on the table with his arms straight by his side and his palms turned to the ceiling in an uncomfortable seeming twist. He looks festive in black silk pajamas. His face has been turned to the camera with his eyes closed, looking almost as if he has been laid out for a wake on his dining table and crudely flipped over. His body divides the image in half. Disregarding the horizontal pose he was photographed in portrait format, forcing the interior to become part of the scene. The corner of the room is windowless and entirely clad in dark brown wood, barely lit by a brass chandelier and some sconces. Scattered behind his body on the large table are the remnants of a meal, trash piled on an empty plate and some glasses and cups. There are several jumbled dark blue chairs around him. The image is bare of any indicators of time. On the wall behind the table is a credenza with some decorative objects. Between two identical Greek-style vases stand a collectible plate that features a large Playboy bunny logo in gold and two bottles of Playboy water. Above it, partly overlapped, hangs a small Jackson Pollock painting in a lavish frame (a copy of an original sold at auction many years ago). Interrupting this altar-like setup is a black handbag bursting open with a white plastic bag popping out. Other than him there is no one else in the photograph.




Muscle Crystal Glamourcon

17.06.2015 - 05.07.2015, OPENING 16.06.2015, 19h

Don't wanna wait til tomorrow, why put it off another day? One more walk through problems, built up, and stand in our way, ah, one step ahead, one step behind me, now you gotta run to get even, make future plans, don't dream about yesterday, hey, c'mon turn, turn this thing around, right now, hey, it's your tomorrow, right now, c'mon, it's everything, right now, catch a magic moment, do it, right here and now, it means everything, miss the beat, you lose the rhythm, and nothing falls into place, no, only missed by a fraction, slipped a little off your pace, oh, the more things you get, the more you want, just trade in one for the other, workin so hard, to make it easier, whoa, got to turn, c'mon turn this thing around, right now, hey, it's your tomorrow, right now, c'mon, it's everything, right now, catch that magic moment, do it, right here and now, it means everything, it's enlightened me, right now, what are you waitin for? Oh, yeah, right now, right now, hey, it's your tomorrow, right now, c'mon, it's everything, right now, catch that magic moment, and do it right, right now, right now, oh, right now, it's what's happening? Right here and now, right now, it's right now, oh, tell me, what are you waiting for, turn this thing around.

"Right Now", Van Halen, Crystal Pepsi Super Bowl commercial 1993