Trixi Weis

This series of photographs features sculptures created from retro-style everyday objects and fine glassware. They reflect the standard of living of a bygone era and were mostly sourced from flea markets. Traditionally, these items were given as gifts to mark engagements, weddings or birthdays. As they are now considered old-fashioned and often regarded as worthless, they have been stripped of their original function, which calls their usefulness into question. Their transparency emphasises a void, a frozen and lost time, and evokes a world of memories with a certain nostalgia. The objects are staged like a still life.

The sturdy yet fragile crockery embodies the mirage of permanence and the illusion of the object by freezing memory in time. As remnants of the ‘Trente Glorieuses’ and showcases of the customs of that era, these new objects speak of the dead end of a consumer society, the failure of human relationships and the loss of loved ones.

Photography: Frank Weber

Trixi Weis was born in Luxembourg in 1967.

She studied sculpture at La Cambre in Brussels until 1993 and multimedia techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, where she worked until 1997. Since then, she lives and works in Luxembourg. She is a founding member of the Luxembourg Association of Visual Artists, which she chaired from 2013 to 2021.

Winner of several artist residencies, notably in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Japan, she exhibits regularly in Luxembourg and abroad. Her work is represented in public collections in Luxembourg.

Through numerous artistic practices and a wide variety of materials, Trixi Weis creates works that each tell a story. Although the artist rejects serial work, her oeuvre reveals certain recurring themes, such as fairy tales in her early career or ephemeral site-specific installations in natural environments. Other creations, with food as subject and material, are interactive. Trixi Weis readily places herself on stage in performances, videos, and small kinetic sculptures, exploring themes of solitude, celebrations, love, and sexuality. More recently, her performances and installations critizise our consumer society. She also creates monumental sculptures and LED light installations for public buildings and regularly designs sets and costumes for theater and dance.

In these latter areas, she is recognizable through a certain minimalism, which does not preclude joy or playfulness. All her works, even those addressing more serious subjects, almost always incorporate a touch of humor, making Trixi "...a mischievous, gently subversive artist."

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