Tanya Boukal
Political correctness

The artist Tanja Boukal, born in Vienna in 1976, places people at the center of her work. The artist is just as interested in how he moves in his social, political and spatial environment as in how he deals with unusual situations. She directs her attention primarily to people who are not normally the focus of attention, but who nevertheless make a big difference through their often unnoticed actions.

Boukal has been working since the mid-1990s, influenced by her training as a stage designer and embroiderer, primarily in the field of sculpture and installation. For several years she has used photography as the basis for her work. As a sign of the importance of the people she portrays, since 2007 she has been using increasingly complex handicraft techniques such as knitting, embroidery, crocheting and sewing. When she uses machines for this, she sees them as relief and support and not as a substitute for her hands; she writes the corresponding programs herself. The feel of the materials is just as important to the artist as an installation that involves the viewer.

The catalog of Tanja Boukal. Political Correctness presents a selection of works by the artist that have been created since 2007 and were presented as part of the exhibition of the same name at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg in 2013.

Edited by Tina Teufel for the Museum der Moderne Salzburg
With texts by Tina Teufel

Paperback, 24 x 28 cm, 80 pages, 61 illustrations
German/English edition
Publisher Library of the Province, Weitra, 2014
ISBN: 978-3-99028-327-1

At the center of the work of artist Tanja Boukal, born in Vienna in 1976, are people. She is interested in how people move in their social, political, as well as regional environments and also how they deal with extraordinary situations. Her gaze turns mainlo to those people who are not normally in the limelight, but who nonetheless make a great impact through their often unnoticed actions.

Influenced by her education as a stage designer and embroidery artist, Boukal has worked primarily
in the areas of sculpture and installation since the mid-1990s. She has used photography as a basis for her works for several years. To signify the importance of the people whom she depicts, the artist has increasingly employed elaborate arts-and-crafts techniques such as knitting, embroidery, crochet, and sewing since 2007. She considers the use of machines as relief and support rather than replacement for her hands and she writes all relevant programs herself. For Boukal, equally important are the feel of the materials and an installation that draws in beholders.

The catalog Tanja Boukal. Political Correctness presents a selection of the artist's works that have been created since 2007 and were shown in the context of the eponymous exhibition at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg in 2013.

Edited by Tina Teufel for the Museum der Moderne Salzburg. With Texts by Tina Teufel

Brochure, 24 x 28 cm, 80 pages, 61 pictures, German/English Edition, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra, 2014

ISBN 978-3-99028-327-1