viennacontemporary 2024

At this year’s viennacontemporary, we are pleased to present ceramic sculptures by Estonian artist Laura Põld and ink paintings by Latvian artist Sabīne Vernere in their joint presentation Entanglements. 

Laura Põld’s practice combines interdisciplinary and traditional craft skills with sculpture through which she examines posthuman and more-than-human ways of being, caring, community building and sheltering. Sabīne Vernere is known for her expressive Indian ink paintings depicting anthropomorphic, gender-fluid beings. Her works embody a strong presence of beauty, sensuality and emotion as well as disturbance and violence, which correlates with the complexities of the dynamics between humans and nature.

Both artists share an interest in landscape as a way to investigate and contemplate the world they inhabit. For Põld, landscape is an act of seeing, while for Vernere, it is more an expression of emotional experiences. When joined together in one showroom, their fantastical world-building skills enrich and expand each other’s, creating a presentation of a complex, entangled state of existence.
Laura Põld and Sabīne Vernere represent a new, strong generation of women artists from the Baltic States who use their professional skills, commitment to research, historical identity and strong connections to nature and landscape to create sensitive multilayered works. They tackle ideas stemming from ecofeminism and postsocialist theory as well as land and bodily identity.

viennacontemporary is Austria’s leading fair for contemporary art and is known for its unique focus on the emerging scenes of Central and Eastern Europe, which this year will be presented by gathering established galleries, exciting newcomers and curated special exhibitions in the spacious Halle D of Messe Wien. This is the second time Kogo Gallery will participate in the viennacontemporary art fair. Last year, Kogo showcased works by Laura Põld in the Zone 1 section curated by Francesca Gavin.

Showroom in Vienna

During the fair, on 14 September at 19.00, please join us at a showroom of selected works by Laura Põld and Sabīne Vernere at Laura’s studio in Vienna near Karlsplatz. It’s a nice chance to see additional works by both artists, meet them and have a conversation. The gathering will last for two hours, the place holds a small number of attendees, the event is in English. Please RSVP at kogo@kogogallery.ee

Request a preview

To view a presentation of artworks which will be displayed at the fair, please email us at kogo@kogogallery.ee

Invitations to share

For invitations and passes, please get in touch with us at kogo@kogogallery.ee as we have a few left and would gladly share them. Join us for the opening and on other fair days

TEAM

Artists: Laura Põld, Sabīne Vernere
Coordination and curation: Liina Raus, Šelda Puķīte
Communication: Karin Kahre, Stella Mõttus
Stand set-up and dismantling: Albert Løje
Photography: Roman Häbler from Choreo (stand views), Albert Kerstna (artworks by Laura Põld), Roman-Sten Tõnissoo and Reinis Hofmanis (artworks by Sabīne Vernere)
Editing and translation: Refiner Translations

FUNDING

Kogo Gallery’s participation has been funded by the Ministry of Culture of Estonia from the fund Estonian Culture Abroad. The production of works has been supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia.