Mia Florentine Weiss

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Mia Florentine Weiss (born 1980 in Würzburg)[1] is a German conceptual and performance artist. Her work encompasses various artistic disciplines such as performance, text, blood, installation, sculpture, objets trouvés, photography and film.[2][3][4][5]

Her work has been shown in Museums and Art fairs internationally.[6] Her sculptural ambigram Love Hate [de] has travelled Europe as a symbol of peace and a change of perspective.[7]

Selected exhibitions[edit]

"Love Hate" ambigram sculpture in Munich, Germany, 2020.
Mia Florentine Weiss's installation "Now / Won" in front of the Reichstag building, Berlin, Germany, 2017.

Weiss created a sculpture which can be either read as Love or Hate depending on which side it is viewed from. Since 2018, she has run a pro-European campaign #LOVEUROPE with the Love Hate [de] sculpture in different countries in and outside Europe: Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Russia, Czech Republic.[8][9]

In June 2018, her work was included in Die BUNTE Art in the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art in Munich, Germany.[10]

In 2018 she was part of the URBAN NATION Artist in Residence Programme in the Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin (Germany).[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mia Florentine Weiss (German, born 1980)". ArtNet. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Mia Florentine Weiss – Urban Nation". urban-nation.com. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Live and work in a cool Berlin industrial loft". My Stylery. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Mia Florentine Weiss". Urban Nation. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Mia Florentine Weiss' Pegasus landet auf der Berlin Art Week | ArtBerlin.de" (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. ^ "German Artist Mia Florentine Weiss On Why Art Is Still The Barometer of Culture". artnet News. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. ^ "The Two-Word Poem – Mia Florentine Weiss – Love/Hate". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  8. ^ Europe, A. Soul for (18 March 2019). ""Europe – I love you"". Medium. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  9. ^ "MIA FLORENTINE WEISS". TheArtGorgeous. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Bunte Art: Das Kult-People-Magazin widmet sich der Kunst". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Mia Florentine Weiss – Urban Nation". urban-nation.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

Further reading[edit]

  • Oelmann, Sabine: „Zwischen Liebe und Hass Mia Florentine Weiss, Madonna of Art". Published on 4 April 2017 auf n-tv Online
  • Gisbourne, Mark und Broecking, Maxi: Mia Florentine Weiss. Ten Years of Work. 2006–2016, Berlin: Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, 2016
  • Pirich, Carolin: „Man braucht Ackergäule, keine Flügel". Published on 5 December 2015 in taz Online
  • Anonymer Autor: Sonderausstellung: Mit „Pegasus" rund um die mitnichten heile Welt. Published on 18 November 2015 in Frankfurter Neue Presse Online
  • Stillbauer, Thomas: Senckenberg-Naturmuseum: Auf der Suche nach Zuflucht. Published on 13 November 2015 in Frankfurter Rundschau Online
  • Scholz, Claudia: Kunstprojekt für Flüchtlinge: Die Suche nach Geborgenheit. Published on 12 November 2015 in Cicero Online
  • Bok, Anna: Top 6 Highlights: Berlin Art Week. Published on 14 September 2015 in Harpers Bazaar Online
  • Kathe, Sandra: Senckenberg-Museum: Pegasus’ Reise beginnt am Main. Published on 20 April 2015 in Frankfurter Neue Presse Online
  • Magel, Eva-Maria: Achtung, fliegendes Pferd! .Published on Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Online
  • Dörrenberg, Clemens: Senckenberg: Ein Pferd schwebt ins Museum..Published on 19 April 2015 in Frankfurter Rundschau Online
  • Albers Ben Chamo, Sophie: Pegasus Projekt: Kunst entlang der Flüchtlingsrouten. Published on 7 September 2015 in Stern Online

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