Croy Nielsen

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Elke Silvia Krystufek

MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND

31. 1. – 15. 3. 2025
Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Banana Justice, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, ø 80 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Banana Justice, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, ø 80 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, IN MEMORIAM COLD CASES AUSTRIA, 2025, acrylic and ink on canvas, ø 105 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, IN MEMORIAM COLD CASES AUSTRIA, 2025, acrylic and ink on canvas, ø 105 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Pilnacek, 2025, acrylic and ink on canvas, 20.17 × 31.8 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Pilnacek, 2025, acrylic and ink on canvas, 20.17 × 31.8 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Julian Hessenthaler–der lange Schatten eines Skandalvideos, 2025, acrylic and ink on canvas, ø 105 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Julian Hessenthaler–der lange Schatten eines Skandalvideos, 2025, acrylic and ink on canvas, ø 105 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Sunglasses, 1998, acrylic and dispersion paint on canvas, 70 × 50 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Sunglasses, 1998, acrylic and dispersion paint on canvas, 70 × 50 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Catharsis Couture, 2004, yellow and turquoise blouse, silk, Swarovski buttons, 70 × 50 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Catharsis Couture, 2004, yellow and turquoise blouse, silk, Swarovski buttons, 70 × 50 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Der tote Kommanditist DI Ernst Krystufek mehr als 6 1/2 Jahre im Firmenbuch, 2025, skull, traces of chocolate, books, Flokati stool, approx.: 60 × 70 × 30 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Der tote Kommanditist DI Ernst Krystufek mehr als 6 1/2 Jahre im Firmenbuch, 2025, skull, traces of chocolate, books, Flokati stool, approx.: 60 × 70 × 30 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Rainbow Heart, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, 50 × 50 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Rainbow Heart, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, 50 × 50 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, An amourphous stain, 2002, watercolour and c‑prints and glue on paper, 70 × 50 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, An amourphous stain, 2002, watercolour and c‑prints and glue on paper, 70 × 50 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, The Economist, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 180 × 140 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, The Economist, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 180 × 140 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, The missing piece, 2002, acrylic on wood, 240 × 40 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, The missing piece, 2002, acrylic on wood, 240 × 40 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Albrecht Dürer Jesus, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, ø 60 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Albrecht Dürer Jesus, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, ø 60 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Michael Vonbank, Hab keine Angst vor dem Schicksal, die Zukunft kennt uns, 2011/2023 (Ed. 1/3), printed fabric, each: 405 × 225 cm and Elke Silvia Krystufek, The waves, 2017, wood, metal, acrylic foam, 100 × 40 × 45 cm

Michael Vonbank, Hab keine Angst vor dem Schicksal, die Zukunft kennt uns, 2011/2023 (Ed. 1/3), printed fabric, each: 405 × 225 cm and Elke Silvia Krystufek, The waves, 2017, wood, metal, acrylic foam, 100 × 40 × 45 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, The Waves, 2017, wood, metal, acrylic foam, 100 × 40 × 45 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, The Waves, 2017, wood, metal, acrylic foam, 100 × 40 × 45 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, TITLED NOT UNTITLED, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, 40 × 50 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, TITLED NOT UNTITLED, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, 40 × 50 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, 5 Stars, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, bath slippers, ø 80 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, 5 Stars, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, bath slippers, ø 80 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Another Person’s Face, 1997, black chalk on paper, 70 × 50 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Another Person’s Face, 1997, black chalk on paper, 70 × 50 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, The postman, 1995, black chalk, marker and acrylic on paper, 42 × 29.7 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, The postman, 1995, black chalk, marker and acrylic on paper, 42 × 29.7 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, It´s boring to wash your hair, 1995, black chalk, marker and acrylic on paper, 42 × 29.7 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, It´s boring to wash your hair, 1995, black chalk, marker and acrylic on paper, 42 × 29.7 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Elke Krystufek reads Otto Weininger (Statue of Liberty), 1994, original collage, mixed media (framed), 41 × 31 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Elke Krystufek reads Otto Weininger (Statue of Liberty), 1994, original collage, mixed media (framed), 41 × 31 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Violetpink, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, ø 80 cm

Elke Silvia Krystufek, Violetpink, 2024, acrylic and ink on canvas, ø 80 cm

Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025
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Installation view MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2025

All images by Kun​st​-doku​men​ta​tion​.com

Press Release

People used to talk about female curves. Now various people only talk about non-binary curves, which, if they are art, must always work on the angular displays of smartphones. The round can be found in nature, in man-made objects such as rifle bullets or cookware. In architecture, people used to be more fond of curves than they are now, when almost everything becomes a box. So the world increasingly looks like a permanent moving situation full of boxes, often so ugly that you think they are only meant for bombardment by presumably round bombs. If something round was bombed like Neuschwanstein or the leaning but round Tower of Pisa or the Dome of the Rock, the world would probably be more offended than if the angular collateral damage was destroyed.
As with any theory, there is of course a lot you can say or write or post against it.

– Elke Silvia Krystufek