The colour pink is omnipresent in the works of Nici Jost. There is no other colour in the spectrum that evokes such different associations as pink, and very few colours are so strongly influenced by emotional and aesthetic conditioning - pink is subject to many prejudices. 2016 she created the "Pink Colour System". It is a research-based project spanning several years. By analyzing the nature of pink, its distinctive characteristics, its history, political, and social meanings, as well as the psychological effects it has on people and the reactions it provokes, the «Pink Colour System» not only names and categorizes but also distinguishes the meaning and essence of different pink shades.
The Exhibition “桃花源 Land of Peach Blossom“ is based on the material Jost brought back from her six-month residency in Shanghai (2018). The focus on the colour pink in China has proven enormously productive. As a way to orient oneself in an overwhelming flood of impressions, but surprisingly also as a tool that allows deeper insights into the social and cultural complexity of China.
Exhibit at Kunstraum Baden April - July 2021
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