Christl Mudrak. Eros - Hatje Cantz

A hardcover book titled EROS by Christl Mudrak, presented at an angle on a white surface. The book's cover features a hypnotic pattern of wavy, parallel black and beige stripes that continue onto the spine. The title is written in white, curving with the lines.

A rectangular canvas with an abstract pattern of undulating horizontal stripes. The stripes are black and beige and have an organic, hand-drawn quality, creating a sense of visual texture and movement. The canvas is displayed against a white background with a soft drop shadow.

A book titled EROS by Christl Mudrak, shown against a white background. The cover features a pattern of wavy, horizontal black and tan stripes. The title is in large, bold white letters in the center, with the author's name at the top and the publisher, Hatje Cantz, at the bottom right.

An open book showing a two-page photo spread. On the left page, a child wearing a winter coat holds out a handful of birdseed; their fingernails are painted blue. On the right page is a close-up of a large white and blue enamel pot full of a mix of birdseed, nuts, and corn.

An open art book displayed on a white surface. The right page shows a full-page photograph of a car's interior, with the steering wheel, dashboard, and driver's seat covered in thick, expressive strokes of black and white paint. The left page contains text in German and English, and a smaller photo of the painted car with its doors open.

An open book with text on the left page and a photograph on the right. The photo shows a large, brain-like cactus in shades of pink and yellow sitting on a paint-splattered surface. The cactus is in a room with light blue patterned walls, illuminated by pink LED grow lights mounted on shelves above it.

The cover of Eros by Christl Mudrak, featuring a pattern of wavy black and beige horizontal lines on a textured background.

Christl Mudrak. Eros

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Edited by: Sven Christian Schuch, Christl Mudrak

April 2025, 256 Pages, 250 Photos

Hardcover

222mm x 282mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5899-4

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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Performative and participatory painting

Christl Mudrak's first monograph publication is dedicated to her artistic, painterly work of the last two decades. The book is both a search for traces and a tracker of an artistic practice that contradicts the simplifying patterns of art historiography and makes institutional appropriation more difficult. In addition to the creation of experiential spaces and participatory-performative painting, Mudrak's work focuses on exploring the potential of collaborative work, based on a deep understanding of the equality of humans, animals and nature. Through this monograph, Mudrak's often ephemeral art is not only made visible, but can be experienced anew.

Christl Mudrak (*1972) deals with spaces that have a physical and psychological effect on the viewer. In interactive processes with human collaborators, but also animals and plants, she questions concepts of artistic authorship. She lives and works in Berlin.