Galerie Eboran in Salzburg presents
Tanja Boukal's "Pandora's Box"

 

After the excellent reception of the installation in Turin, Italy earlier this year, Galerie Eboran shows Pandora's Box in Salzburg, Austria.

 

The site specific installation reflects the origin of evil in an ironic way, but not without bitterness. It is no coincidence that her work is inspired by the legendary story of "Pandora's box" where all of the misfortunes poured into the world after its opening. Hesiod in the "Works and Days," wrote that Zeus, father of all gods, had given the box to a woman, Pandora, with strict orders never to open it. As did Eve in the biblical myth, Pandora disobeyed these most specific instructions. In fact the woman, curious as only the fairer sex can be, opened it and in only a few moments released all the ills of the world except hope that did not have time to make it out of the box.

 

In the second room of the Gallery Tanja Boukal presentes the first pieces of the recently started series Just in Case of a Nuclear Emergency
and for the first time since years Food OK, Everything OK.

Vernissage: Thursday 11th August 2011 from 8pm.
The artist will be present.

From the 12th August to the 2nd September 2011.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday from 6–8pm..

Galerie Eboran, Ignaz-Harrer-Straße 19, 5020 Salzburg

Catalogue Pandora's Box (PDF, 564kb)