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A truly fun and sharp serigraph by the great Austrian artist, Kiki Kogelnik (1935 - 1997). Her works are both provocative and fashionable and this is a great example of her impact. This framed piece, which is entitled "Desire," was printed in 1981 and is signed by the artist in pencil, lower right.

Kiki Kogelnik, an Austrian by birth and training, lived in the United States for many years. She is exhibited widely in Europe and the U.S. Her early work was primarily abstract, but soon evolved into cut out figural forms set within space age settings and attire. These early interests continue to appear in the present figure paintings of women. "Fashion imagery relates directly to our fantasy expectations of the world... expectations which are never met in real life where people are not perfectly attired, posed, cool, aloof and elegant," says Ms. Kogelnik. As she once portrayed herself with a gigantic scissor, Kogelnik tailors a life to size for us. The idols of society drop their masks, displaying anemic faces, their bloodless beauty and disassociation with the real world. Behind all this stands the artist with a knowing and melancholic smile, fully engaged, holding up a mirror to the face of our time.