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Freeing Virtue is a wood cut series by bello benischauer in association with the Autumn 2011 in Langenlois/Austria. The work discusses themes of homeland, the familiar, the unfamiliar and one’s own cultural memory. Das immer schon Dagewesene wieder aufgreifen, es neu entdecken und ein- und zuordnen. Die Vergangenheit nicht hinter sich lassen, sondern vor sich herschieben…

These lino cuts originate in drawings, created in Vienna’s most famous Jazz Club during a concert night. The series has two main themes: one shows different musical instruments typically used by jazz musicians; the other displays flowers, symbolising the flow of inspirations initiated by the jazz tunes.