The Irish artist Claire Morgan (*1980) transforms the ground floor of the State Gallery of Lower Austria with a custom-made in situ installation into a unique experiential space.

In her works, she explores the fundamental conditions of humans in their environment. She weaves in personal experiences and her observations on the circle of life and on the relationship between humans and nature. Grace and beauty, but also death and loss are recurring elements in her installations. Drawing on these motifs, she expresses the ambivalence of life in her works in a poetic and irritating way.

First exhibition in Austria

In Krems she extends her artistic vocabulary, which was previously marked by filigree compositions of plant seeds, insects, taxidermy specimens and single-use plastic waste, to include the human presence. Sculptures made from wax and other objects reminiscent of animals are the core of her room-filling installation that links culture and nature but reveals intersections and antagonisms.

Morgan‘s works are in numerous significant public and private collections worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou and the Fondation Guerlain, Paris. The show in the State Gallery of Lower Austria is the artist‘s first exhibition in Austria.

Curated by: Gerda Ridler