Janine von Thüngen: Sculpture Between Fashion, Theater, and Philosophy
German-born sculptor Janine von Thüngen (Munich, 1964) is currently featured in two exhibitions in Italy: at Villa Foscari – La Malcontenta in Mira and at Villa Geggiano in Castelnuovo Berardenga, near Siena, as part of Art of the Treasure Hunt. In an interview with Niccolò Lucarelli for Artribune, von Thüngen discusses her artistic journey from fashion to theater to sculpture, her fascination with contrasts inspired by Heraclitus and Rilke, and her recent works inspired by the paleochristian catacombs of Rome, where she lives. She developed a new bronze casting technique with Professor Domenico Annicchiarico and her founder for the works 'Eternity I' and 'Eternity II', which explore space, time, and duality. Von Thüngen describes her relationship with Italy as a long-term marriage between two different European countries. She continues to investigate space/time questions in her ongoing work.
Key facts
- Janine von Thüngen was born in Munich in 1964.
- She has two exhibitions in Italy: Villa Foscari – La Malcontenta (Mira) and Villa Geggiano (Castelnuovo Berardenga).
- The exhibitions are part of Art of the Treasure Hunt.
- She worked in fashion and later in theater (costumes and sets).
- She has lived in Rome for years, above the catacombs of Domitilla and San Callisto.
- Her works 'Eternity I' and 'Eternity II' use a new bronze casting technique developed with Domenico Annicchiarico.
- 'Eternity I' has six elements following the Fibonacci spiral; 'Eternity II' rotates around itself.
- The two works are positive and negative of the same matrix.
- She cites influences from Heraclitus, Rilke, Kafka, Cage, Rolling Stones, and Carlo Rovelli.
- She does not like 'video art' and prefers films by Tarkovsky, Fellini, Visconti, Wenders, Pasolini.
Entities
Artists
- Janine von Thüngen
- Domenico Annicchiarico
- Niccolò Lucarelli
Institutions
- Artribune
- Art of the Treasure Hunt
- Villa Foscari – La Malcontenta
- Villa Geggiano
Locations
- Munich
- Germany
- Mira
- Italy
- Castelnuovo Berardenga
- Siena
- Rome
- Catacombs of Domitilla
- Catacombs of San Callisto