“The work of Maja Vukoje has evolved gradually and succinctly from large, complex figurative tableaux, reminiscent of the genre of history painting, to works of considerable simplicity, in which a single figure or motif is liable to occupy the ground of an entire painting.“
(Chris Sharp)

The catalogue “fuels ’n’ frumps“ is being published on the occasion of the exhibition by Maja Vukoje of the same name, which was shown at Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, in 2017. For her works, she chooses a rather analytical approach toward the process of questioning representation. With its subject of the “Vogelscheuche” (Paul Klee, 1935; “scarecrow"), the exhibition and publication allude to traditional genre depictions of bodies and the objects surrounding them.

This publication, published by Verlag für Moderne Kunst, contains an essay by Chris Sharp, and will be presented at the Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, for the first time. The artist Maja Vukoje is on site and talks with the curator of the exhibition, Sandro Droschl.

Maja Vukoje studied painting at the University for Applied Arts in Vienna (Maria Lassnig and Christian Ludwig Attersee). 
She has been awarded many prizes for her work: Outstanding Artist Award, BKA Vienna (2015), Österreichischer Grafikwettbewerb, Preis des Landes Burgenland (2005), Georg-Eisler-Preis der Bank Austria Creditanstalt, Vienna (2004), Award for young European painting, Premio del Golfo, La Spezia (2000)