--- type: exposition title: Caroline Achaintre language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/caroline-achaintre" --- # Caroline Achaintre ## Permanent Wave ![Caroline Achaintre](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_552725525726.jpg.webp?itok=ZzUuwllC) **Duration:** 17 May 2019 - 15 September 2019 Caroline Achaintre is presenting new work in a site-specific exhibition at the Belvedere 21. This solo show provides an insight into the wide-ranging oeuvre of the Franco-German artist who uses traditional techniques like tapestry, drawing and ceramic in an unconventional way. At the intersection of abstraction and objectivity, Achaintre works with materials like wool, ceramic and watercolour that enable a spontaneous, intuitive approach. Constants in her seemingly animate oeuvre are the masquerade, the dark, mysterious and uncanny. Both thematically and formally, the artist explores Central European carnival and Mardi Gras customs. Influences from horror and science fiction find their way into her creative work as does her examination of how ethnological collections are presented in museums. Achaintre’s work contains art historical references to German Expressionism, to Primitivism, to the Arts & Crafts movement and to Fauvism. Curated by Stella Rollig. \#CarolineAchaintre ### [Belvedere 21](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/belvedere-21) **Opening hours:** Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am - 6 pm; Late Night: Thursday, 11 am - 9 pm **Address:** Belvedere 21, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=4) ## Impressions - ![Caroline Achaintre](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_552725525720.jpg.webp?itok=wX4e2PhA) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Caroline Achaintre, "Re-Wine", 2019 — Courtesy the artist and Arcade, London & Art:Concept, Paris](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_552725525718.jpg.webp?itok=9-TeIdBe) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Caroline Achaintre, "Monika", 2019 — Courtesy Caroline Achaintre and Arcade, London & Art: Concept, Paris](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_552725525722.jpg.webp?itok=ufStMeSu) - ![Caroline Achaintre](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_552725525723.jpg.webp?itok=yRUFMAJb) - ![Caroline Achaintre](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_552725525721.jpg.webp?itok=5V35U1PD) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Caroline Achaintre, "B-Motz", 2019 — Courtesy Caroline Achaintre and Arcade, London & Art:Concept, Paris](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_552725525719.jpg.webp?itok=irFiV2Dw) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Caroline Achaintre, Scanner, 2015 — © The Artist, Courtesy Arcade, London and Art:Concept, Paris](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413315570.jpg.webp?itok=fLaTwQ64) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Caroline Achaintre, "Barbarella", 2018 — Courtesy the artist and Arcade, London & Art:Concept, Paris](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413315569.jpg.webp?itok=s2RuutJQ) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Installation View „Caroline Achaintre. Permanent Wave“ — Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez; © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055292447.jpg.webp?itok=5UPuv1CG) - ![Courtesy Caroline Achaintre and Arcade, London & Art:Concept, Paris — Installation View „Caroline Achaintre. Permanent Wave“ — Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez; © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055292446.jpg.webp?itok=gz6bXdux) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Installation View „Caroline Achaintre. Permanent Wave“ — Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez; © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055292441.jpg.webp?itok=88K7W5VD) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Installation View „Caroline Achaintre. Permanent Wave“ — Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez; © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055292444.jpg.webp?itok=ko1WV0hG) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Installation View „Caroline Achaintre. Permanent Wave“ — Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com, Manuel Carreon Lopez; © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055292442.jpg.webp?itok=GYgH5L3_) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Opening „Caroline Achaintre. Permanent Wave“ — Photo: Stefan Joham, © Belvedere, Wien](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055297920.jpg.webp?itok=aOYiK_u9) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Opening „Caroline Achaintre. Permanent Wave“ — Photo: Stefan Joham, © Belvedere, Wien](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055297919.jpg.webp?itok=D1pCaRGU) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Opening „Caroline Achaintre. Permanent Wave“ — Photo: Stefan Joham, © Belvedere, Wien](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_557055297918.jpg.webp?itok=MsGY-DKu) ## The Artist ![Caroline Achaintre sitzt in ihrem Atelier — Porträt Caroline Achaintre — © Tate](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2019-07/achaintre_c_TATE.jpg) Caroline Achaintre was born in Toulouse (FR) in 1969. She was raised in Fürth (DE) and, after training as a blacksmith, completed degrees at the Chelsea College of Arts and at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has exhibited at Tate Britain, the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Turin, the Saatchi Gallery in London, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris as well as the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead (UK), among others. The artist lives and works in London. ## Videos ## Exhibited Artworks - ![Caroline Achaintre — Caroline Achaintre, "Brunco", 2019 — Courtesy Caroline Achaintre and Arcade, London & Art: Concept, Paris](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_552725525726.jpg.webp?itok=xcz185CB) - ![CAROLINE ACHAINTRE. DAUERWELLE — Caroline Achaintre, "Cruizer", 2019 — Courtesy the artist and Arcade, London & Art:Concept, Paris](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_552725525725.jpg.webp?itok=xS24bQhl) - ![Caroline Achaintre, "Monika", 2019 — Courtesy Caroline Achaintre and Arcade, London & Art: Concept, Paris](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_552725525722.jpg.webp?itok=7gNZP2wH) - ![Caroline Achaintre](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_552725525723.jpg.webp?itok=pZteqZJp) - ![Caroline Achaintre](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_552725525721.jpg.webp?itok=RDbGfuZa) - ![Caroline Achaintre — Caroline Achaintre, "B-Motz", 2019 — Courtesy Caroline Achaintre and Arcade, London & Art:Concept, Paris](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_552725525719.jpg.webp?itok=C5amZsMz) - ![CAROLINE ACHAINTRE. DAUERWELLE — Caroline Achaintre, "Super-Vette", 2019 — Courtesy Caroline Achaintre and Arcade, London & Art: Concept, Paris](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/jart-images/_557055294255.jpg.webp?itok=jdWIT7Bz) ## Press