Mia Florentine Weiss

Mia Florentine Weiss (born 1980 in Würzburg)^[1] is a German conceptual and performance artist. Her work encompasses various artistic disciplines such as performance, text, blood, installation, sculpture, objets trouvés, photography and film.^[2][3][4][5]

Portrait of Mia Florentine Weiss

Her work has been shown in Museums and Art fairs internationally.^[6] Her sculptural ambigram Love Hate [de] has travelled Europe as a symbol of peace and a change of perspective.^[7]

Selected exhibitions

 

"Love Hate" ambigram sculpture in Munich, Germany, 2020.

 

Mia Florentine Weiss's installation "Now / Won" in front of the Reichstag building, Berlin, Germany, 2017.

Weiss created a sculpture which can be either read as Love or Hate depending on which side it is viewed from. Since 2018, she has run a pro-European campaign #LOVEUROPE with the Love Hate [de] sculpture in different countries in and outside Europe: Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Russia, Czech Republic.^[8][9]

In June 2018, her work was included in Die BUNTE Art in the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art in Munich, Germany.^[10]

In 2018 she was part of the URBAN NATION Artist in Residence Programme in the Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin (Germany).^[11]

References

1. "Mia Florentine Weiss (German, born 1980)". ArtNet. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
2. "Mia Florentine Weiss – Urban Nation". urban-nation.com. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
3. "Live and work in a cool Berlin industrial loft". My Stylery. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
4. "Mia Florentine Weiss". Urban Nation. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
5. "Mia Florentine Weiss' Pegasus landet auf der Berlin Art Week | ArtBerlin.de" (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
6. "German Artist Mia Florentine Weiss On Why Art Is Still The Barometer of Culture". artnet News. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
7. "The Two-Word Poem – Mia Florentine Weiss – Love/Hate". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
8. Europe, A. Soul for (18 March 2019). ""Europe – I love you"". Medium. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
9. "MIA FLORENTINE WEISS". TheArtGorgeous. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
10. "Bunte Art: Das Kult-People-Magazin widmet sich der Kunst". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
11. "Mia Florentine Weiss – Urban Nation". urban-nation.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

Further reading

• Oelmann, Sabine: „Zwischen Liebe und Hass Mia Florentine Weiss, Madonna of Art". Published on 4 April 2017 auf n-tv Online
• Gisbourne, Mark und Broecking, Maxi: Mia Florentine Weiss. Ten Years of Work. 2006–2016, Berlin: Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, 2016
• Pirich, Carolin: „Man braucht Ackergäule, keine Flügel". Published on 5 December 2015 in taz Online
• Anonymer Autor: Sonderausstellung: Mit „Pegasus" rund um die mitnichten heile Welt. Published on 18 November 2015 in Frankfurter Neue Presse Online
• Stillbauer, Thomas: Senckenberg-Naturmuseum: Auf der Suche nach Zuflucht. Published on 13 November 2015 in Frankfurter Rundschau Online
• Scholz, Claudia: Kunstprojekt für Flüchtlinge: Die Suche nach Geborgenheit. Published on 12 November 2015 in Cicero Online
• Bok, Anna: Top 6 Highlights: Berlin Art Week. Published on 14 September 2015 in Harpers Bazaar Online
• Kathe, Sandra: Senckenberg-Museum: Pegasus’ Reise beginnt am Main. Published on 20 April 2015 in Frankfurter Neue Presse Online
• Magel, Eva-Maria: Achtung, fliegendes Pferd! .Published on Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Online
• Dörrenberg, Clemens: Senckenberg: Ein Pferd schwebt ins Museum..Published on 19 April 2015 in Frankfurter Rundschau Online
• Albers Ben Chamo, Sophie: Pegasus Projekt: Kunst entlang der Flüchtlingsrouten. Published on 7 September 2015 in Stern Online

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