Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard, Stéphane Mallarmé wrote in 1897: A throw of dice will never abolish chance.

Justice
Devil
Temperance
Juggler
Hanged Man
Fool
Chariot
Wheel of Fortune
Love
Death
Popess
Judgement
Fortitude

Playing Cards Nr.2, egg tempera on paper, each 52 × 26cm, 2021

Image: “Fool”

Martina Steckholzer
Born 1974 in Sterzing, IT. Studies in painting, architecture, art theory and philosophy at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, University of Vienna, Mozarteum, Salzburg, D.A.M.S. Bologna, IT, FKS Stuttgart, DE. Paul Flora Preis. Lives and works currently in Vienna.
Selected shows 2020—2023
2023: Yes!, Altes Messnerhaus Himmelberg, AT (group), Das Haus vom Nikolaus, Galleria Ghetta, IT (group), Figuren, 2022: Austrian Parliament, Vienna, AT (permanent), 2021: Talking Studios, Engländerbau Vaduz, Liechtenstein (group), Studio Quartz, Torino, IT (solo), Dry Run, Galleria Ghetta, IT (solo), 2020: MMKK Klagenfurt, AT (group), Unlearning Categories, Museion Bolzano, IT (group), Painting Corridors, Stadtgalerie Brixen, IT (solo)

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