Sonja Sekula

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Sonja Sekula (born April 8, 1918 in Lucerne ; † April 25, 1963 in Zurich ) was a Swiss artist who lived and worked in New York for a long time. She frequented the circles of artists of surrealism who had emigrated from Europe and after her studies at Sarah Lawrence College in the field of so-called Abstract Expressionism .

Life

Sonja Sekula was born as the daughter of Berta Huguenin (1896–1980) from Lucerne and the Hungarian father Béla Sekula (1881–1966). She lived in New York from 1936 to 1955, then returned to Switzerland due to illness. Sekula died of suicide on April 25, 1963 in her Zurich studio after years of psychological problems. She is buried in St. Moritz according to her wishes .

job

Sonja Sekula was represented by the gallery owners Peggy Guggenheim , later by Betty Parsons .

Her often small-format art, her works on paper, collages and numerous poems are characterized by changing styles and constant self-questioning.

Sonja Sekula's art is represented u. a. in the public collections Kunstmuseum Winterthur , Kunstmuseum Luzern , Museum of Modern Art New York.

Exhibitions

  • 1943: Exhibition by 31 Women. Art of This Century Gallery, New York
  • 1948: Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
  • 1953: Nine Women Painters. Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
  • 1957: Galerie Palette, Zurich
  • 1996: Kunstmuseum Winterthur (June 1 to August 11)
  • 1996: Sonja Sekula (1918–1963): A Retrospective . Swiss Institute, New York, USA (September 12 - October 26)
  • 2016: Sonja Sekula, Max Ernst , Jackson Pollock & Friends. Lucerne Art Museum
  • 2017: Sonja Sekula: A Survey . Peter Blum Gallery, New York

literature

  • Womb - poem and drawing - VVV, March 1943
  • Who was Sonia Sekula? , Art in America, October 1971
  • A Golden Girl Escaping Into Infinity , New York Times, September 20, 1996
  • Roger Perret (Ed.): Sonja Sekula. In the name of the question, in the name of the answer. Basel 1996, ISBN 978-3-85787-250-1 .
  • Dieter Schwarz: Sonja Sekula 1918–1963, Winterthur, 1996, ISBN 978-3-906664-10-1 .
  • Roman Kurzmeyer, Roger Perret (ed.): Dark Sisters. Annemarie von Matt - Sonja Sekula. Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-85881-213-1 .
  • Fanni Fetzer (Ed.): Sonja Sekula & Friends. Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-85881-512-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard Crawford, Nym Cooke: Mann, Elias (=  Oxford Music Online ). Oxford University Press, 2001, doi : 10.1093 / gmo / 9781561592630.article.17646 .
  2. ↑ Sekula, Sonja . In: Benezit Dictionary of Artists . Oxford University Press, October 31, 2011, doi : 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.b00167329 .
  3. ^ Richard G. Mann: Sekula, Sonja (1918–1963). (PDF) In: glbtq.com. 2005, accessed on July 23, 2019 .
  4. ^ Butler, Cornelia H., Schwartz, Alexandra .: Modern women: women artists at the Museum of Modern Art . Museum of Modern Art, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-87070-771-1 .
  5. ↑ New York Times New York City Poll, August 2004. February 18, 2005, accessed February 11, 2019 .
  6. ^ Exhibition website
  7. ↑ Mohendra Shiwnarain: Scientists May Have Finally Found Out What Causes Dyslexia . In: Science Trends . October 23, 2017, doi : 10.31988 / scitrends.4025 (doi.org/10.31988/scitrends.4025 [accessed February 11, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Mona Hadler: Sekula, Sonja (=  Oxford Art Online ). Oxford University Press, February 24, 2010, doi : 10.1093 / gao / 9781884446054.article.t2086048 .
personal data
SURNAME Sekula, Sonja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sekula, Sonia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1963
Place of death Zurich