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Simona Obholzer

​Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet 

28.03. - 21.04.2025

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Duration

28.03. - 21.04.2025

Opening

28.03.2025 11:00

Location

Kunsthaus Graz, Space03

Curators

Katia Huemer

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About the
Exhibition

The lawn is an image that is generally considered to be worth preserving. It is pleasing to the eye because the mere sight of it awakens the anticipation of feeling softness underfoot. It is therefore better not to walk on it, so as not to damage the image through use.

Simona Obholzer is interested in moments like these, which place the human body in relation to the picture, and these are explored in her exhibition. The lawn in its pictorial quality and as a symbol of artificial nature is not only at the focus of the trailer she created for Diagonale '25 - her solo exhibition Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet is also dedicated to what we supposedly stand on and predominantly move on: the ground.

 

Simona Obholzer's works, which she realises in various media, formats and techniques, examine the interaction between the image space and experiential space. In doing so, the artist plays with the tension between real and virtual spaces and creates irritations that sharpen our perception and promote our awareness of space and physicality.

Diagonale '25 

Simona Obholzer
The artist Simona Obholzer at the opening of her exhibition at Space03 in the Kunsthaus Graz. Behind her, curator Katia Huemer is speaking into a microphone.
Simona Obholzer’s opening.​ Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet

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A large screen shows a blue sky with white clouds.
Simona Obholzer’s opening.​ Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet

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Curator Katia Huemer speaks at the opening of Simona Obholzer’s exhibition at Space03 in the Kunsthaus Graz. The artist is standing next to her. Behind them are visitors.
Simona Obholzer’s opening.​ Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet

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The artist Simona Obholzer is speaking at the opening of her exhibition at Space03 in the Kunsthaus Graz. She is surrounded by people listening to her.
Simona Obholzer’s opening.​ Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet

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In Space03 at the Kunsthaus Graz, a screen is showing a work by the artist Simona Obholzer. Two small children are sitting in front of it, watching it.
Simona Obholzer’s opening.​ Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet

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Artist Simona Obholzer and curator Katia Huemer are standing in front of a large screen showing one of the artist’s video works. She is speaking into a microphone. Visitors are gathered around them.
Simona Obholzer’s opening.​ Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet

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The poster for the exhibition ‘Simona Obholzer, Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet’ is displayed outside the entrance to Space03 at the Kunsthaus Graz.
Simona Obholzer’s opening.​ Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet

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At the opening of the exhibition ‘Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet’, people are standing and crouching around the artist’s installation in Space03 at the Kunsthaus Graz.
Simona Obholzer’s opening.​ Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet

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A still image from a video being shown on a large screen. It shows a blue sky with clouds. Against this backdrop, a piece of construction machinery, attached to a crane, is flying through the air.
Installation view, Simona Obholzer. Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet, Kunsthaus Graz 2025

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A fabric strip hangs from the low ceiling of Space03 at the Kunsthaus Graz and stretches across the floor. In the foreground is a screen showing a blue sky with white clouds.
Installation view, Simona Obholzer. Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet, Kunsthaus Graz 2025

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A long strip of fabric has been attached to the low ceiling of Space03 and hangs down to the floor. At the front right stands a sort of box, with an image of a lawn attached to its upper side.
Installation view, Simona Obholzer. Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet, Kunsthaus Graz 2025

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A large screen is showing a video. The still image in the photograph shows a close-up of a roll of turf.
Installation view, Simona Obholzer. Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet, Kunsthaus Graz 2025

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A printed piece of fabric is attached to the low ceiling of Space03 at the Kunsthaus Graz and extends down to the floor. In the background, a screen shows a video; the still image in the photograph shows a close-up of a lawn.
Installation view, Simona Obholzer. Pleasing to the eye, soft on the feet, Kunsthaus Graz 2025

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