Aneta Kajzer
Rabbit HoleOil on canvas
2024
Aneta Kajzer's work "Rabbit Hole" initially impacts the viewer directly and physically through its large format. Dark purple tones contrasted with bright yellows, quick gestures, intermingling colors, and broad brushstrokes greet the viewer, as the eye searches for elements to hold onto within the dynamic composition.
The beings and heads that, once found, populate the entire image, may initially seem threatening due to their dark color, but they also develop a humorous side, with their large eyes giving them a slightly foolish appearance. In the middle, at the center of the "Rabbit Hole," a cartoonish rabbit head with a pink nose is hidden, appearing rather harmless and almost cute—perhaps it too is threatened here? Two large brushstrokes below could represent, besides painterly strokes, two more floppy ears of a dark rabbit creature. This oscillation between abstraction and figuration, painterly gesture and narrative hint, creates the intense tension in Kajzer's work.
A "Rabbit Hole," according to Wikipedia, is "a metaphor for an idea or topic that leads one mentally astray." The term also describes the tendency to get lost following one link after another on the internet. Thus, with the title of her analog painting, Kajzer also alludes to our digital reality, where endless scrolling on social media can lead to total overwhelm. On the other hand, mental detours are intentional when viewing Kajzer's work and lead, in a positive sense, to ever-new perspectives on her visual worlds.
About In her work, Aneta Kajzer (she/her) develops figures from diluted oil paint and quick gestures, which inhabit the canvas as sometimes ghost-like, sometimes cartoonish beings. Kajzer works on the canvas lying on the floor, from all sides, until faces, heads, or body parts begin to emerge, which she then accentuates and makes visible to the viewers. The lively interplay between figurative and abstract elements characterizes her color-intensive painting.
2024
Aneta Kajzer's work "Rabbit Hole" initially impacts the viewer directly and physically through its large format. Dark purple tones contrasted with bright yellows, quick gestures, intermingling colors, and broad brushstrokes greet the viewer, as the eye searches for elements to hold onto within the dynamic composition.
The beings and heads that, once found, populate the entire image, may initially seem threatening due to their dark color, but they also develop a humorous side, with their large eyes giving them a slightly foolish appearance. In the middle, at the center of the "Rabbit Hole," a cartoonish rabbit head with a pink nose is hidden, appearing rather harmless and almost cute—perhaps it too is threatened here? Two large brushstrokes below could represent, besides painterly strokes, two more floppy ears of a dark rabbit creature. This oscillation between abstraction and figuration, painterly gesture and narrative hint, creates the intense tension in Kajzer's work.
A "Rabbit Hole," according to Wikipedia, is "a metaphor for an idea or topic that leads one mentally astray." The term also describes the tendency to get lost following one link after another on the internet. Thus, with the title of her analog painting, Kajzer also alludes to our digital reality, where endless scrolling on social media can lead to total overwhelm. On the other hand, mental detours are intentional when viewing Kajzer's work and lead, in a positive sense, to ever-new perspectives on her visual worlds.
About In her work, Aneta Kajzer (she/her) develops figures from diluted oil paint and quick gestures, which inhabit the canvas as sometimes ghost-like, sometimes cartoonish beings. Kajzer works on the canvas lying on the floor, from all sides, until faces, heads, or body parts begin to emerge, which she then accentuates and makes visible to the viewers. The lively interplay between figurative and abstract elements characterizes her color-intensive painting.