Ever since Gregor Zivic abandoned painting almost five years ago to take a new approach to his work, the idea of making a film has been at the center of his deliberations. Gregor Zivic's second show at the Galerie Martin Janda is now exhibiting the step he has taken from painting to the yet imaginary film - a passage Zivic develops in the medium of photography.
Ever since Gregor Zivic abandoned painting almost five years ago to take a new
approach to his work, the idea of making a film has been at the center of his
deliberations. Gregor Zivic's second show at the Galerie Martin Janda is now
exhibiting the step he has taken from painting to the yet imaginary film - a
passage Zivic develops in the medium of photography.
If photography was initially the means used to present issues of painting in a
more open context, in the most recent pieces of Zivic's first large thematic
series (gas stations, forest, Smarties) the significance of the medium
photography has undergone a change and taken a more central position in the
realization of his work.
In his new series, first exhibited at this show, classical patterns of
composition are cunningly undermined and biographical references, as well as
issues addressed by painting and their presentation are pushed into the
background.
Gregor Zivic has built a monumental structure for his show in the Galerie space
which forms the framework for his new series of 54 photographic pieces. One
imagines oneself in a web of film sequences, experiences a parallel course of
dismantling and compression. The sequence of the images brings with it the
expectation of a narration, but on closer examination the fragmentary character
of the story becomes recognizable.
Opening: Thursday, November 28th 2002, 7 PM
Tue-Fri 1 - 6 pm, Sat 11 am - 3 pm
(The gallery will be closed from December 23, 2002 - January 1, 2003)
Gregor Zivic
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1965 born in Vienna
lives and works in Vienna
Soloshows
1999
Raum Aktueller Kunst Martin Janda, Wien, A
2000
Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, A
Art Statement Basel, CH
2001
Kunsthalle Bern, CH
Selected Groupshows:
1998
Nach vier kommt fünf, Raum Aktueller Kunst Martin Janda, Wien, A
Junge Szene 98, Secession, Wien, A
mise en scène, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, A
1999
Pitch Fever, De Lege Ruimte, Gent (Kurator: Alexander Horwath), B
FunktionSystemMensch, Museum Bochum, Bochum, D
Aspekte-Positionen, 50 Jahre mitteleuropäische Kunst 1949-1999, Museum Moderner
Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, A
2000
Aspekte-Positionen, 50 Jahre mitteleuropäische Kunst 1949-1999, Ludwig Museum
Budapest, Miró Foundation Barcelona, Hansard Gallery/City Gallery Southhampton.
Friends and Neighbours, Limerick Art Gallery, IRL
Doppelgänger, Sched im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, CH
Manifesta 3, Laibach, SLO
L'Art dans le Monde, Pont Alexandre III, Paris, F
Lebt und arbeitet in Wien, Kunsthalle Wien, A
Pablo Alonso, Anneè Olofsson, Gregor Zivic, 1000 eventi, Mailand, I
2001
goEurope.the kaleidoscopic eye, Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig, D
Moving pictures, 5. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen, D
2002
Récit (Stories), Abbay Saint-André, Centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, F
Schwager, Knoll Galeria Budapest, HU
Prizes
1998
Msgr. Otto Mauer-Preis, Wien
1999
Fin de Siècle, Akademie Graz, Graz
2000
Römerquelle Kunstpreis
Image: Gregor Zivic, Untitled, 2002, 90 x 90 cm
Courtesy Galerie Martin Janda, Wien
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We are pleased to inform you of our participation in the art fair Art Basel
Miami Beach (Art Positions, Booth P 7) from December 5 - 8 2002 where we will
show works by Adriana Czernin, Werner Feiersinger, Christine & Irene
Hohenbüchler, Roman Signer, Corinne Wasmuht, Lois Weinberger, Jun Yang and
Gregor Zivic.
For further informations please contact the gallery.
Galerie Martin Janda
Raum aktueller Kunst
Eschenbachgasse 11
1010 Wien
+43/1/585 73 71
+43/1/585 73 72