T-Shirt
Nicola L.

For the first retrospective exhibition of Nicola L., Kunsthalle Wien produced a T-Shirt with a green eye printed on it.

From the late 1960s, Nicola L. produced a series of lamps and sculptural works that draw directly on the form and utility of furniture and interior décor. A series of lamps in the exhibition describe giant eyes and lips. The eye lamps were produced as multiples, blurring the boundary between the work of art and the mass produced design object. The bold colour palette, use of modern, synthetic materials such as vinyl and other plastics and the playful approach to fragmenting and enlarging bodies also connects these works to surrealism and pop art, while her wry take on female sexuality and domestic labour have drawn associations with feminist art.