Ken Unsworth
Villa des Vergessens (I - V)

1987

EB57

5 lithographs
70 x 100 cm each

Edition of 40 + 12 AP, signed and numbered

available with the portfolio "Aus Australien"

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Black and white lithograph showing two human figures floating in space. A chair with a coat hanging over the backrest and a bottle with a face stands in the center of the room. The scene is dramatic and expressive, with bold, almost sketchy lines and dark hatching.
Black and white lithograph showing a human figure floating in space. A chair with a coat draped over the backrest is also floating. The scene is dramatic and expressive, with bold, almost sketchy lines and dark hatching. The composition conveys movement and emotional intensity.
Black and white lithograph showing two human figures standing on all fours facing each other as if they were fighting. The heads of the figures are tucked under a cloth. The scene is dramatic and expressive, with bold, almost sketchy lines and dark hatching. The composition conveys movement and emotional intensity.
Black and white lithograph showing two human figures standing on all fours facing each other. There is a chair between the figures. The scene is dramatic and expressive, with bold, almost sketchy lines and dark hatching. The composition conveys movement and emotional intensity.
Black and white lithograph showing a stylized human figure carrying a second, limply hanging figure on its back. The scene is dramatic and expressive, with bold, almost sketchy lines and dark hatching. Abstract, gloomy structures can be seen in the background, with an overturned chair and a vessel on the right. The composition conveys movement and emotional intensity.

    The five lithographs Villa des Vergessen (I-V) (Villa of Oblivion (I-V)) from 1987 are Ken Unsworth’s contribution to the graphic portfolio Aus Australien (EB57). Unsworth is considered one of Australia’s most renowned artists and works with various media such as installation, performance, sculpture, painting and drawing. In Villa des Vergessens (I-V), he conveys a sense of unease generated by both the bare and dark spaces and the relationship between the two figures. With their literary, often dramatic imagery, the works reveal the artist’s affinity to opera and theater. Unsworth printed the lithographs himself during his stay in Berlin as part of the DAAD artists-in-residence program in 1987.
    Text: Katrin Seemann