A studio visit in the picturesque Vienna Woods.
Three months. Three minds. One goal: to make art visible - and tangible. Petra Traxler-Pilgram (artist), Lukas Dolzer (designer) and Sonja Dolzer (gallery owner) have jointly created a book that oscillates between thinking and feeling. KLARTEXT as an artistic-literary statement.
Petra Traxler-Pilgram shows 60 graphic works from three cycles (Seelenräume, Schattenwelten, Existenzielle Pfade) and "refines" them with personal texts. Sonja Dolzer wrote the introductory essay "Looking means getting involved" - reflections of a gallery owner on perception, depth and the courage to be uncomfortable. Lukas Dolzer provides the visual backbone with a clear layout.
Art historian Gabriele Baumgartner broadens the view with the article "Seeing and reading. Readable images - visible thoughts" - an analytical counterpoint to the sensual world of images and texts.
The result is a book that asks questions rather than providing answers. It moves, not calms. Plain text - in terms of content and emotion. KLARTEXT is not a book that explains - it asks questions. It does not reassure - it moves. If you want KLARTEXT, you have to endure ambivalence - which is exactly what this book does.
