Your first urge might be to go and check if it’s real. The nameless painting (2004) reminiscent of a large scale weather-chipped US advertisement for something that could be a motel in, for instance New Mexico, is incredibly authentic with its optic of a peeled-off enamel and bleeched paint, coroded spots and the uneven shades […]
Mathias Poledna, austrijski umetnik koji živi i stvara u Los Anđelesu već dvanaest godina predstavljaće ove godine Austriju na 55. Bijenalu u Veneciji. Na konferenciji za novinare koju je otvorila austrijska Ministarka za Obrazovanje, umetnost i kulturu Klaudija Šmid, novi komesar austrijskog paviljona Džasper Šarp je izjavio: “U pravljenju selekcije je bilo bitno da su […]
Mathias Poledna, Austrian artist who has been working in Los Angeles for the past twelve years, will represent Austria with a solo exhibition at the 55th Venice Biennale 2013. At the press conference opened by the Federal Minister for Education, Arts and Culture Claudia Schmied, the new Commissioner for the Austrian pavillion Jasper Sharp said: […]
We were craving for a stronger nuance of craze amidst plenty of interesting, yet “normal” cultural events. A bit of J.G. Ballard phantasy, a pinch of Cronenberg’s creative madness, a touch of Jodorowsky/ Moebius spirit and a sense of revisiting our most exciting dreams and all that in connection with reality! Technosensual is the place […]
VIS 06. June – 10. June 2012 To repeat what’s already written on the VIS official web site is obsolete, therefore we would like to recommend a couple of extras. Within the frames of ‘Pushing the boundaries’ special,
ImPulsTanz Performances 2012 Programme.
Vienna gets another International Film Festival
LET’S CEE, 28th May – 03. JUne 2012
It was a sprint race for the festival director Magdalena Żelasko who made her dream of a film festival come true in less then nine months since the beginning of preparations. Left without financial support from Austrian cultural institutions (apart from KulturKontakt which co-financed the music film programme), with city of Vienna showing no interest in investing in “yet another film festival”, Żelasko had to rely on a team of volounteers who took care of the most of organisational steps.
Exhibition “Head2Head. Politics and the Public Image” in KUNSTHAUS WIEN (Hundertwasser Museum) Only until 3rd of June! Until a couple of decades ago a picture of one totalitarian was just about everywhere in my country of origin – his portraits adorned markets, classrooms and public transport, waiting rooms and banks. There were posters and billboards […]
KUNSTHAUS WIEN better known as The Hundertwasser museum, has lent its works to the Marseille-based centre de la Vielle Charité for the retrospective “Hundertwasser – le rêve de la couleur”. This exhibition which takes place until the 9th September, shows 90 paintings, graphic works, tapestries and hand-knotted carpets of the famous Austrian artist, otherwise part […]
