Barbara Mungenast

(born in 1960 in Tyrol) has been working with the geometry of the circle for years. The circle or disk, an ancient symbol of perfection, an evocative ictus of the psychedelic sixties, and the symbol of the swirling void, a glorified Pop Art figure and the modernist ideal of ‘pure form’ undergoes further transformations in her work. She makes circular movements within a circle using a mechanical construction she had designed specifically for this purpose – a prosthetic extension of a hand which makes painterly gestures.