The Hubert Looser Collection 26.04.2012 – 15.07.2012 The Fondation Hubert Looser is one of the foremost private collections of modern and contemporary art in the region of Switzerland, placing its main focus on Abstract Expressionism, Minimal Art and Arte Povera. The collection is now leaving its private ambience en gros for the first time and [...]
State of Transit | 20 April – 21 May 2012 Opening: 19 April, 19.00 Project curators: Frida Carazzato & Maria Garzia Participating artists: /barbaragurrieri/group Taysir Batniji Esra Ersen Mario Rizzi Zineb Sedira In the past the Mediterranean was a place of flourishing cultures that developed owing to the economic, cultural and social relations between the [...]
Ulrike Lienbacher, House of Cards, 2012, Courtesy of the artist © Ulrike Lienbacher Ulrike Lienbacher. House of Cards KUNSTHALLE wien karlsplatz public space, March 30th, 2012 – February 28th, 2013 Kartenhaus (House of Cards) is both an installation and a photographic work that was conceived by the artist specifically for its site. The artist built [...]
René Luckhardt – "EGON SCHIELE, London 1996", Installation view EGON SCHIELE, London 1996 René Luckhardt 13.04.2012 – 19.05.2012 What happens when a young artist, who profoundly explored the work of Egon Schiele during his student years, is discovered by a much older curator? And what if the student and the curator are, in [...]
Dear Friends, we are pleased to annouce that we´ll be part of Artbrussels 2012. Looking forward to meet you there! warmly, Silvia Steinek & Carol Tachdjian +43 (0) 664 200 10 41 +43 (0) 699 11 69 49 34 GALERIE STEINEK ARTBRUSSELS 2012 30 ans back to the future Booth 1A-44 ROBERT BARRY ALIGHIERO BOETTI [...]
video of the month # 75: Jordan Wolfson KUNSTHALLE wien ursula blickle videolounge, April 01st – April 30th, 2012 Jordan Wolfson Animation, masks, 2011 animation, sound Video still courtesy Johann König, Berlin One of the Most Exciting Artists of his Generation The films and videos of Jordan Wolfson (b. New York 1980, lives and works [...]
Claes Oldenburg, Geometric Mouse, mumok, acquired in 1976, Photo: mumok, © Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg The Sixties 04.02 – 28.05.12 Claes Oldenburg (* 1929, Stockholm, Sweden) has not only been a major artist in Pop Art, Performance Art and Installation Art but, in partnership with Coosje van Bruggen, also a strong influence on art in [...]
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art SALZBURG shows in this year's Easter exhibition entitled "Primavera", which will take place at our galleries in Residenzplatz 1 & at Ignaz-Rieder-Kai 9, works by Madeleine BERKHEMER, Herbert BRANDL, Alfred HABERPOINTNER, Bertram HASENAUER, Bruno PEINADO, Joan HERNÁNDEZ-PIJUAN, Lois RENNER, Barthélémy TOGUO and Juan USLÉ. The group exhibition's central work is the [...]
Erwin Bohatsch, Ohne Titel 10.2011, 2011, Acryl auf Leinwand, 105 x 70 cm 31.03.12 – 26.05.12 Erwin Bohatsch Beisteiner Bilder Erwin Bohatsch creates pictorial truths. His portraits are things as such. They are neither depiction through painting, as they are in no way depictive, nor are they depiction by way of abstraction, no recreation of [...]
sculpture: Daniel Knorr. Explosion KUNSTHALLE wien karlsplatz public spaceMarch 30th, 2012 – February 28th, 2013 Daniel Knorr’s work is the materialization of an explosion. The sculpture shows a process that spans only fractions of a second: the volume extension caused by the shock wave is suspended and becomes haptically graspable. We are familiar with explosions [...]
Johannes Vogl Column of steam, 2011 water, gas, ceramics, copper, steel, plastic, aluminium 450 x 100 x 40 cm Passage Svenja Deininger, Nilbar Güres, Adrien Tirtiaux, Johannes Vogl, Jun Yang Exhibition runs from 7 March to 28 April 2012 Galerie Martin Janda A-1010 Wien, Eschenbachgasse 11 Tuesday–Friday 1pm to 6pm, Saturday 11am to 3pm Galerie [...]
Close-up – GUSTAV KLIMT ~ GERWALD ROCKENSCHAUB – Plattform March 23 – November 4, 2012 Gustav Klimt – Beethoven Frieze, Gerwald Rockenschaub – Plattform, Photo: Wolfgang Thaler The Beethoven Frieze close up, as seen by conservators and artists With the twin exhibition projects Close-up – Gustav Klimt ~ Gerwald Rockenschaub – Plattform, artist Gerwald Rockenschaub, [...]
March 29 to July 6 «This Really Happened Here» Exhibition and research project Opening and discussion with Hubert Lobnig, Matthias Wieser and students: March 28, 6.30 pm «This Really Happened Here» is a large scale research and exhibition project on alternatives for political, social and cultural development in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Carinthia’s negative [...]
Berlinde De Bruyckere, Actaeon, 2011–2012 , 2012 © Berlinde De Bruyckere. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth and Galleria Continua, Foto: Mirjam Devriendt Into One-another Berlinde De Bruyckere in Dialogue with Cranach and Pasolini KUNSTHALLE wien project space, March 30th – May 06th, 2012 The Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere’s work touches us through the emotional intensity [...]
Sofie Thorsen, Cut A-A‘ 03.03.-06.05.2012, 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM Opening: 02.03.2012, 7pm Curators: Katrin Bucher Trantow, Katia Huemer Cooperation with Diagonale 2012 The exhibition has been developed as a collaboration with the Diagonale and the Kunsthaus Baselland.
AT YOUR SERVICE – ART AND LABOUR An exhibition of Technisches Museum Wien and ERSTE Foundation 23 March 2012 – 3 March 2013 Opening: 22 March 2012, 6.30 pm Location: Technisches Museum Wien, Mariahilfer Straße 212, 1140 Wien Technisches Museum Wien and ERSTE Foundation are exploring new ground, engaging technology and art in dialogue. For [...]
3rd FORMER WEST Research Congress, Part One Beyond What Was Contemporary Art 19–20 April 2012 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Secession, Vienna Beyond What Was Contemporary Art, the first installment of the third in the series of FORMER WEST Research Congresses, offers a space to speculate about possibilities for art beyond the normalizing practices [...]
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art VIENNA Artist: Javier PÉREZ Title: Post Natura Dates: 16.03.2012 – 18.05.2012 You are invited to the opening of Javier PÉREZ "Post Natura" on Thursday, March 15th from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art VIENNA Weihburggasse 26 1010 Wien Austria www.galerie-mam.com
Gala in "Theater in der Josefstadt": Bank Austria awards most lucrative Art Prize in Austria Bank Austria Art Prize with a total prize pool of EUR 218,000 awarded for the second time this year High-calibre jury chose the winners from no less than 333 candidates Prize-winners in the four [...]
Babak Golkar, Parergon: Great Mosque Samara (detail), 2011 Babak Golkar: spatial transformation 13.03.-17.04.2012 Babak Golkar is a multidisciplinary artist. In Spatial Transformation the artist explores the interdependence between forms and concepts. Babak Golkar received a BFA from Emily Carr University and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. He has exhibited in Vienna, Kuwait, [...]
