David Claerbout, Bordeaux Piece, Long Goodbye, Dancing Couples DAVID CLAERBOUT Diese Sonne strahlt immer May 3 – June 17, 2012 "Traditionally, museum lighting comes from outside of the artworks; it is what makes contemplation of the artworks possible in the first place. Inside the museum, there is usually perfect daylight, even if that light is [...]
Stephan Dillemuth, Ohne Alles auch ohne Titel STEPHAN DILLEMUTH Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel May 3 – June 17, 2012 Stephan Dillemuth considers his options as a fine artist with regard to a changing public sphere. In the context of our societies of control, he attaches particular importance to forms of self-organization as ways of generating personal and [...]
Slavs and Tatars, Not Moscow Not Mecca Slavs and Tatars – Not Moscow Not Mecca Vienna, 03.05.2012 – 17.06.2012 The luscious and sensual display at Vienna's Secession is the work of a group of artists whose affection for Central Asia and untamed creativity translates into a live autobiography of the vast and culturally diverse region [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Paris de jugement Le and / or State of the Arts, 2003, Color photograph on cloth, 183 x 193 x 8 cm MICHAEL SNOW Recent Works February 23 – April 15, 2012 In Recent Works, his first solo show in Austria, Canadian artist Michael Snow shows photographic works and film installations from the past ten [...]
Rudolf Stingel, Untitled (1631), Untitled (After Sam), Installation view RUDOLF STINGEL February 23 – April 15, 2012 With his art, Rudolf Stingel has made a considerable contribution to breaking up the aura of the white cube. For many years, he has been questioning the definition of the panel painting and, going beyond its limits, he [...]
Lecia Dole-Recio, Untitled (pch.crvs.rd.crdbrd.cnvs.), 2010, Foto: Fredrik Nilsen, Courtesy Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles LECIA DOLE-RECIO December 2, 2011 – February 5, 2012 (Opening: Thursday, December 1, 2011) Grafisches Kabinett At the center of Lecia Dole-Recio’s paintings stands the materiality of the support medium, which she subjects to both surface and interventive manipulation. Instead [...]
Attila Csörgõ, Occurence Graphs III, 1998, Courtesy of the artist and Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin-Ljubljana, Photo: József Rosta December 2, 2011 – February 5, 2012 (Opening: Thursday, December 1, 2011) Gallery The Hungarian artist Attila Csörgõ's photographic, sculptural, and graphical works use humor and irony to introduce the beholder to questions from the natural sciences—with [...]
David Maljkovic, Retired Form, 2008, all images courtesy artist and Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam; Georg Kargl, Vienna; Metro Pictures, New York; Sprueth Magers, Berlin, London DAVID MALJKOVIC Exhibitions for Secession December 2, 2011 – February 5, 2012 (Opening: Thursday, December 1, 2011) Hauptraum The collages, films, and architectural mises-en-scène of the Croatian artist David Maljkovic [...]
September 9 – November 20, 2011 Hauptraum, Gallery, Grafisches Kabinett Image concept by Moritz Küng and Heimo Zobernig with permission to use two photos of the main gallery of the Secession (1986) by Margherita Spiluttini With: Luz Broto (E), Peter Downsbrough (USA), Dora Garcia (E), Guillaume Leblon (F), Joëlle Tuerlinckx (B), Cerith Wyn Evans (UK), [...]
Stephen Prina, As He Remembered It, Secession 2011, Installation view, Photo: Wolfgang Thaler The work of American artist, musician, and composer Stephen Prina is characterized by his appropriation of works by other artists, which he then places in new contexts. This is also the approach taken in his new project As He Remembered It, developed [...]
Saskia Olde Wolbers, Still aus / from Placebo, 2002, DV, 6 min, Courtesy Maureen Paley, London Gallery: Wiener Secession Artist: OLDE WOLBERS, SASKIA Time: 27.05.2011 – 21.08.2011 Exhibition information With her exhibition at the Secession, video artist Saskia Olde Wolbers is showing a selection of her work in Austria for the first time, including a [...]
Gallery: Wiener Secession Artist: GUYTON, WADE Time: 27.05.2011 – 21.08.2011 Exhibition information In his exhibition Zeichnungen für ein kleines Zimmer (Drawings For A Small Room) at the Secession, American artist Wade Guyton shows small-format works characterized by a minimalist formal vocabulary. As his support medium, he uses pages from old art, architecture and lifestyle magazines [...]
