Muzeum Susch - Chloe Aridjis - ¬ April 2025 - GUESTS-IN-RESIDENCE

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Chloe Aridjis

Chloe Aridjis is a Mexican and American novelist and writer. Her novel Book of Clouds (2009) was published in eight countries and won the Prix du Premier Roman Étranger. Her second novel Asunder was published in 2013 to unanimous acclaim. Her third novel Sea Monsters (2019) was awarded the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2020. She has a doctorate in nineteenth-century French poetry and magic from the University of Oxford.

Chloe will contribute a short story conceived during her stay for the upcoming publication on Muzeum Susch, published later this year at Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König.

CULTURAL STATEMENT

¬ Engaging History to create dialogues:

Grażyna Kulczyk sets great store by her role as an ambassador for contemporary Polish and Middle Eastern European art, which has long been omitted from the canon and tended to be overlooked by the majority of Western critics and collectors, due to the particular political environment of the former Eastern bloc states. Beyond this general ambition, her collecting strategy at Muzeum Susch also reflects two key interests: international artists have joined the collection, opening up new perspectives and highlighting contrasts between works, but also hinting at parallels and raising questions about the multifarious and complex relations between East and West in general. These expanded perspectives and contrasts within the collection provide the basis for commentary on complex and timely global concerns. The women’s perspective in the collection adds a clear feminist mission to Grażyna Kulczyk's endeavors, whose own history as an independent, creative entrepreneur is at the root of her deep understanding and emotional connection to issues women face in their artistic practice. Her collection at Muzeum Susch reflects this interest, inviting and encouraging participation, contributing to the recognition and greater visibility of women - as artists and elsewhere."

Grażyna Kulczyk, photo: © Anoush Abrar for Art Stations Foundation CH / Muzeum Susch

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