Presented in collaboration with Belvedere Vienna
Artists: Herbert BOECKL, Herbert BRANDL, Adam CVIJANOVIC, Thomas ENDER, GELITIN, Antony GORMLEY, Ellen HARVEY, Michael HOEPFNER, Richard JOCHUM, Laura MCPHEE, Koloman MOSER, Christian Philipp MÜLLER, Walter NIEDERMAYR, Lois RENNER, Ed RUSCHA, Gregor SAILER, Michaela SCHWENTNER, Hans SCHABUS, Margherita SPILUTTINI, James Everett STUART, Ferdinand Georg WALDMÜLLER
Fünf Räume presents new, site-specific works by emerging Austrian artists, each transforming one of five distinct gallery spaces in the Austrian Cultural Forum New York. All participants, despite their success and renown in Europe and elsewhere, have for the most part not yet been shown in the United States. Thus, Fünf Räume (German for ‘Five Rooms’) allows viewers to experience something unique and original while at the same time providing a glimpse into each artist’s pluridisciplinary practice, primarily within painting, sculpture and installation.
Starting, as it were, at square one, the artists’ installations relate strongly to their previous bodies of work, exploring space, site-specificity and the third dimension. Additionally, the installations will present the intricate architecture of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York’s gallery space from a fresh perspective and will thus allow viewers to experience it in a new light.
Each artist brings something radically different to the table – be it subject matter or their use of material – resulting in a visual representation of the dialogue and zeitgeist surrounding contemporary art-making in Austria. At first glance, the artists appear to employ the visual language of Minimalism. However, upon further investigation, each piece reveals itself to exist within the historical rubric of Austrian artistic practice, touching on many of its universal themes, including an engagement with technology, politics, and spirituality.
Herbert BOECKL
Erzberg V (1948)
Oil on canvas
31.9 x 38.2 in
Private Collection
Herbert BRANDL
Untitled (2004)
Oil on canvas
114.2 x 157.5 in
Courtesy of Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
Adam CVIJANOVIC
View of the Königssee from Kehistein (2011)
Flashe and latex on Tyvek
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist
Installation view at the ACFNY
Photo by David Plakke, davidplakke.com
Thomas ENDER
Großglockner mit Pasterze (1832)
Oil on Canvas
15.4 x 21.3 in
Courtesy of Belvedere, Vienna
GELITIN
Untitled (2000)
Photograph
15.7 x 23.6 in
Courtesy of Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
Antony GORMLEY
Horizon Field (2010)
Video loop
6 Minutes
Courtesy of the artist
Photo by Markus Tretter
Ellen HARVEY
Room of Sublime Wallpaper II (2008)
Installation
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist
Photo by Jan Baracz
Michael HÖPFNER
Empty Zone (2006)
Diptych, b/w photographs
49.2 x 49.2 in each
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
Richard JOCHUM
Atlas (2009)
Video loop
0:39 min
Courtesy of the artist
Laura MCPHEE
Smoke Above Fisher Creek, Valley Road Wildfire, 40,838 Acres Burned, Custer County, Idaho (2005)
Photograph
30 x 40 in
Courtesy of Carroll and Sons, Boston
Koloman MOSER
Berggipfel im Schnee (1907)
Oil on Canvas
14.2 x 19.3 in
Courtesy of Belvedere, Vienna
Christian Philipp MÜLLER
Burning Love (2010)
Video loop
39 min
Courtesy of the artist
Walter NIEDERMAYR
Franz-Josefs-Höhe (1997)
Diptych, photographs
40.9 x 52.2 in
Private property, Tyrol (Austria)
Lois RENNER
Alutal 750 (2006)
C-Print/Plexi/Dibond
55.1 x 70.9 in
Courtesy MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna
Ed RUSCHA
Now, Then (2001)
Acrylic on canvas
64 x 80 in
Collection Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman NY
Courtesy The FLAG Art Foundation
Gregor SAILER
Hinterer Brunnenkogel (2006)
Aluminum print
47.2 x 59.1 in
Courtesy of Belvedere, Vienna
Hans SCHABUS
Das Letzte Land (2005)
Box, model
35 x 42.1 x 38.6 in
Courtesy of Belvedere, Vienna
Michaela SCHWENTER
Bellevue (2008)
Video loop
Color, 9 min
Courtesy of the artist
Margherita SPILUTTINI
Erzberg (1995)
Aluminum print
31.5 x 39.4 in
Courtesy of the artist
Ferdinand Georg WALDMÜLLER
Das Höllengebirge bei Ischl (1834)
Oil on canvas
13 x 9.8 in
Courtesy of Belvedere, Vienna
James Everett STUART
Mount Hood from near the Columbia River (1916)
Oil on canvas
18.2 x 30.2 in
Collection of Spanierman Gallery, LLC
Curators Agnes Husslein, Andreas Stadler, William Stover
Exhibition Coordination Natascha Boojar (NY) & Eva Maria Stadler (Vienna)
Exhibition Assistance Georg Bauer, Sophie Fitschek, Olivia Urbanski, Marietta Steinhart, Maria-Theresia Svejda
Supporting Institutions of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York: Austrian Airlines, RZB Finance
This exhibition is generoulsy supported by the Government of the Austrian Province of Vorarlberg.
