The artist Val Wecerka works with letters and writing in a variety of materials and surfaces.
WÄHRING. Punch and visual inspiration were on offer at the opening of Val Wecerka's studio at Währinger Gürtel 75. The Bulgarian-born artist invited customers, friends, and colleagues to a punch reception. Works from the past four years were on display.
Wecerka's artworks are both abstract and figurative, and she experiments with various materials and surfaces.
Abstract Art
Like a common thread, memory runs through the works as a motif. "I believe that art has a lot to do with memory. You want to process the past and let go of it," the artist explains. For 20 years, she has been using letters as a motif in a wide variety of ways. The starting point was letters between her and her parents, with whom she communicated after moving to Vienna in 1992. They were very precious to her as memories – so she incorporated the writings into her art.
She takes writing and signs from the personal letters and transforms them. "The goal is to leave out the content and focus on the appearance. Because feelings often cannot be described," Wecerka says. The artist also uses letters from other people, such as Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, or Anne Frank. She abstracts the elements and makes them illegible or collages them with newspapers to create entirely new objects. In her gallery, Wecerka presents a selection of wall art and textiles.