Gina Klaber Thusek and Elisabeth Hölzl Double Retrospective at Kunst Meran/o Arte

Kunst Meran/o Arte in Merano hosts a double retrospective titled 'Eliografie, incomplete' featuring works by Gina Klaber Thusek (1900–1983) and Elisabeth Hölzl (born 1962). The exhibition intertwines their artistic and personal lives, first connected in 1973 when Hölzl, then eleven, became Thusek's drawing student. Thusek, a Czech-born artist who spent sixteen years as a stateless person confined to Merano, left behind diaries and photographs now held at Palais Mamming Museum. Hölzl's work, including photographs of urban transformation in Merano, is juxtaposed with Thusek's busts, creating a dialogue on love, nostalgia, and desire. The show features site-specific installations and uses fabrics and textiles as a linking motif. The exhibition poster image shows Thusek running naked in South Tyrolean fields, symbolizing her desire for freedom.