{"id":30,"date":"2021-02-06T15:39:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T15:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ulligruber.com\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:27:07","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ulligruber.com\/?page_id=30","title":{"rendered":"About my art"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ulli Gruber besch\u00e4ftigt sich in ihrer k\u00fcnstlerischen Praxis mit feministischen Fragestellungen rund um K\u00f6rper, Identit\u00e4t, F\u00fcrsorge und Widerstand. Ihre Arbeiten thematisieren die gesellschaftlich unsichtbar gemachte female mental load, sexualisierte Gewalt, queere Identit\u00e4t und die strukturelle Abwertung weiblich konnotierter T\u00e4tigkeiten. Dabei versteht sie Kunst nicht nur als \u00e4sthetische Form, sondern als intellektuellen und politischen Akt.<\/p>\n

Ein zentrales Anliegen ihrer Arbeit ist es, die kognitive und emotionale \u00dcberlastung sichtbar zu machen, die Frauen in famili\u00e4ren, beruflichen und sozialen Kontexten leisten \u2013 meist unbezahlt und unbeachtet. Gruber transformiert diese Last in k\u00fcnstlerische Gesten, die gleicherma\u00dfen dokumentieren, kritisieren und empowern.<\/p>\n

Sexuelle Identit\u00e4t und Orientierung erscheinen in ihrem Werk als fluide, mehrdimensionale Erz\u00e4hlungen, die sich jeder eindeutigen Zuschreibung entziehen. Gruber setzt bewusst auf Br\u00fcche und Mehrdeutigkeiten, um gegen normative Erwartungshaltungen zu intervenieren. Ihre Arbeiten \u00f6ffnen einen Raum f\u00fcr queere Perspektiven, f\u00fcr Verletzlichkeit und Selbsterm\u00e4chtigung.<\/p>\n

Ein wiederkehrendes Element ihrer Praxis ist die Auseinandersetzung mit traditionellen, weiblich konnotierten Techniken wie Sticken oder Textilarbeit. Was historisch als \u201eFrauenhandwerk\u201c entwertet wurde, erhebt sie zum Medium der Reflexion und Kritik. In Grubers Werk wird das Sticken zur politischen Geste: zart, widerspenstig, durchdrungen von Geschichte und Gegenwart. Jeder Faden wird zur Erz\u00e4hlung, jede Naht zur Widerstandshandlung.<\/p>\n

Grubers Arbeiten verhandeln auch die vielf\u00e4ltigen Formen von Gewalt gegen Frauen \u2013 nicht nur in ihrer physischen, sondern auch in ihrer strukturellen und kulturellen Erscheinung. Ihre Werke sind k\u00fcnstlerische R\u00e4ume der Aufarbeitung, der Erinnerung und der Transformation. Sie verweigern sich der Stille, der Beschwichtigung, der Verdr\u00e4ngung.<\/p>\n

Ulli Gruber schafft Werke, die intellektuell fordern und emotional ber\u00fchren. Sie irritieren gewohnte Sehweisen, fordern zum Dialog heraus und geben marginalisierten Perspektiven eine Stimme. Ihre Kunst ist nicht nur Ausdruck, sondern auch Widerstand \u2013 und immer ein Pl\u00e4doyer f\u00fcr Sichtbarkeit, F\u00fcrsorge und radikale Selbstbestimmung.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ulli Gruber\u2019s artistic practice revolves around feminist questions of embodiment, identity, care, and resistance. Her work addresses the socially invisible\u00a0female mental load, sexualized violence, queer identity, and the structural devaluation of traditionally female-coded forms of labor. For Gruber, art is not only an aesthetic endeavor but also an intellectual and political act.<\/p>\n

A core aspect of her work is making visible the emotional and cognitive overload carried by women in familial, professional, and social contexts\u2014often unpaid, unacknowledged, and taken for granted. Gruber transforms this burden into artistic gestures that document, criticize, and empower.<\/p>\n

Sexual identity and orientation appear in her work as fluid, multidimensional narratives that resist fixed categorization. She deliberately employs fragmentation and ambiguity to challenge normative expectations. Her practice opens up space for queer perspectives, for vulnerability, and for acts of self-empowerment.<\/p>\n

A recurring element in Gruber\u2019s practice is the critical engagement with\u00a0female-coded techniques\u00a0such as embroidery and textile work. Practices historically dismissed as \u201cwomen\u2019s craft\u201d are reclaimed as mediums of reflection and critique. In Gruber\u2019s hands, embroidery becomes a political act\u2014delicate yet defiant, steeped in history and resistance. Every thread tells a story; every stitch is an act of refusal.<\/p>\n

Gruber also confronts the many forms of\u00a0violence against women\u2014not only physical, but structural and cultural. Her work creates artistic spaces for processing, remembrance, and transformation. It resists silence, appeasement, and erasure.<\/p>\n

Ulli Gruber creates works that are intellectually provocative and emotionally resonant. Her art unsettles conventional ways of seeing, invites dialogue, and gives voice to marginalized perspectives. It is not only a form of expression, but also an act of resistance\u2014and always a call for visibility, care, and radical self-determination.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ulli Gruber besch\u00e4ftigt sich in ihrer k\u00fcnstlerischen Praxis mit feministischen Fragestellungen rund um K\u00f6rper, Identit\u00e4t, F\u00fcrsorge und Widerstand. Ihre Arbeiten thematisieren die gesellschaftlich unsichtbar gemachte female mental load, sexualisierte Gewalt, queere Identit\u00e4t und die strukturelle Abwertung weiblich konnotierter T\u00e4tigkeiten. Dabei versteht sie Kunst nicht nur als \u00e4sthetische Form, sondern als intellektuellen und politischen Akt. Ein […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulligruber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulligruber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulligruber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulligruber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulligruber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":173,"href":"https:\/\/ulligruber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1320,"href":"https:\/\/ulligruber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulligruber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}