Three exhibitions
dal 9/5/2012 al 15/6/2012
Segnalato da
9/5/2012
Three exhibitions
Christine Konig Galerie, Wien
Barbara Eichhorn features her new series of large-format drawings of flocks of birds. In Zilla Leutenegger's drawings, videos and installations, people are alone. In the drawings of Micha Payer + Martin Gabriel, private images and memories are intermixed with motifs from the collective memory of pictures, as they are stored in lexica and books.
BARBARA EICHHORN, ZILLA LEUTENEGGER, MICHA PAYER + MARTIN GABRIEL
BARBARA EICHHORN, born in Freising (Germany) in 1965, lives and works in Vienna. 1988-1995 studies
at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. 2011 Gerhard und Birgit Gmoser-Preis für Gegenwartskunst,
Secession, Vienna.
Selected exhibitions: 2012 Wilder Raum, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna; 2011 Froschbärfant und andere Tiere in der Kunst,
Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg; Malerei f, Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns; Von Engeln und Bengeln, Kunsthalle Krems; Gießener
Ring, Neuer Kunstverein Gießen, Germany; 2010 Mutter - Neue Bilder in Kunst und Literatur, Minoriten Galerien, Graz; Triennale
Linz 1.0. Gegenwartskunst in Österreich, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz; Zeichnung und Fotografie I, Zeitgenössische Kunst im
Parlament, Vienna; 2009 Christine König Galerie, Vienna; Zauber der Zeichnung. Zeichnungen in Österreich 1946 - 2009, Galerie
im Lanserhaus, St.Michael/Eppan, South Tyrol; Wie im Traum, Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, Salzburg; 2008 In Between -
Austria Contemporary, Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel; Voyage Sentimentale, Poznan Biennial, Poland;
Micro - narratives: tentation des petits réalités, Musée d ́Art Moderne Saint-Etienne, France; Figurative Zeichnungen, Galerie im
Traklhaus, Salzburg; 2006 Undo: New Path (with Almut Rink), Christine König Galerie, Vienna; Süsser Schlummer,
Residenzgalerie, Salzburg; 2004 Höhenluft (with Almut Rink), Christine König Galerie, Vienna; IVAM, Valencia, Spain; 2003
Mimosen - Rosen - Herbstzeitlosen, Kunsthalle Krems; 2002 Uncommon Denominator - New Art From Vienna, MassMOCA,
North Adams, USA; 2001 Christine König Galerie, Vienna; Zauber der Zeichnung, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg; Die Intelligenz
der Hand, Graphische Sammlung Rupertinum, Salzburg.
BARBARA EICHHORN has concentrated intensively, over a long period of time, on large thematic blocks:
immense forest scenes, portraits, cool scenarios with children and with animals. Surprisingly small-scale
photographs constituted the source material for these. For the first time, this is not true for her new series
of large-format drawings of flocks of birds:
“I grew up near Gießen, and on my infrequent visits there I use the opportunity for extensive walks. Wild
geese are common in this area. Last autumn, during one of these long walks, hundreds of wild geese flew
over me in throngs.
They formed wedge-shaped flight formations - as if they were a connected framework - and one could hear
their shrill cries before they came into view. The appearance and noise of the multitude of birds came in
waves, with short periods of stillness between them.” (Barbara Eichhorn, 2012)
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ZILLA LEUTENEGGER, born in Switzerland in 1968, lives and works in Zurich. 1995-99 studies at the
School of Visual Arts, Zurich.
Selected exhibitions: 2012 Video, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland; Parallelwelt Zirkus, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; 2011
Rock the chair, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich; More than this. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Sammlung Goetz,
Weserburg, Bremen; 2010 Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Carousel du Louvre, Paris; Off the wall, Galerie Peter Kilchmann,
Zurich; Press Art, Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen; 2009 Video drawing, Ticho House, The Israel
Museum, Jerusalem; 2008 Zilla und das 7. Zimmer, Kartause Ittingen Kunstmuseum des Kantons Thurgau, Warth; Expedition ins
Tierreich, Sprengel Museum Hannover; 2007 Momentary Momentum, Parasol Unit, London; Imagination Becomes Reality, Eine
Ausstellung zum erweiterten Malereibegriff. Werke aus der Sammlung Goetz, ZKM, Karlsruhe; 2006 Prada, torch & anderes,
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich; Wichtiger Besuch, Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken; Historias Animadas, Caixa Forum, Barcelona;
Critica de arte a través del video and Animation Adventure: animación en la Colección Musac, MUSAC, León, France; 2005 The
Smokers, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela; 2004 Wishful Thinking, Fundació “La Caixa“,
Barcelona; In erster Linie..., Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel; A grain of dust a drop of water, Gwangju Biennale, South Korea;
Herzog & de Meuron/No. 250, Schaulager, Basel; 2003 Digital Video, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
In Zilla Leutenegger’s drawings, videos and installations, people are alone. They are not, however, lonely in
their self-absorption. (...) They need nobody else. They are left alone to act, and are content in such a self-
evident manner, that the observer inevitably wants to share in this state of self-repose. The artist is mainly
her own favourite subject, and she presents herself in the course of unexceptional, completely ordinary
daily transactions.
“Many works consist of drawings, photographs and videos. The medium should come to nothing. I am
interested in a picture that I can show in a variety of media.” (quot. Zilla Leutenegger in conversation with Claudia
Spinelli in ZILLA, 2004)
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MICHA PAYER, born in Wolfsberg (Austria) in 1979, lives and works in Vienna. MARTIN GABRIEL, born in
Linz (Austria) in 1976, lives and works in Vienna. Both studied at The School for Artistic Photography
Vienna (Friedl Kubelka, 2000/01), the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Renee Green, Marina Grzinic, 2001-
03), and the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Brigitte Kowanz, 2001-06).
Selected exhibitions: 2012 The Congress is Dancing. The Elephants Start Running Crazy., Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu,
Romania; Anderenorts, rotor, Graz; Röcke tragen, MdM Salzburg; DIE ERKLÄRTE AUSSTELLUNG, Kunstverein Kärnten,
Klagenfurt; 2011 MICHA PAYER & MARTIN GABRIEL collective, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna; Von Engeln und Bengeln. 400
Jahre Kinder im Portrait., Kunsthalle Krems; 2010 Micha Payer und Martin Gabriel, EiKON SchAUfenster, Electric Avenue, MQ,
Vienna; megacolonne, Startgalerie, MUSA, Vienna; Nadelstich ins Universum, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg and Künstlerhaus
Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz; 2008 Micha Payer und Martin Gabriel, Christine König Galerie, Vienna; 2007 displace, Fotohof,
Salzburg; 2006 Scharfes Auge, Christine König Galerie, Vienna; all night long, Christine König Galerie, Vienna; 2003 MIB 03,
Technisches Museum, Vienna.
In the drawings of Micha Payer + Martin Gabriel, private images and memories are intermixed with motifs
from the collective memory of pictures, as they are stored in lexica and books. The sequence of drawings
therefore arises not according to a preconceived plan, but out of a working process which is similar to the
unintentional flow of thoughts: the one emerges out of the other and the goal is not clear, yet once a
specific point has been reached, the route there proves itself in retrospect to be logical. In this manner,
drawing becomes a journey of discovery into the differing layers of individual and collective memory. (quot.
Dr. Tobias Burg, 2012)
Image: ZILLA LEUTENEGGER, Weisse Geiss, 2012. Pencil and acrylic on paper, 45,5 x 34 cm
Opening: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6 pm. The artists are present
The galleries in Schleifmühlgasse invite you to Gallery Breakfast and Artist Talks on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 10 am - 7 pm
12 pm: BARBARA EICHHORN, ZILLA LEUTENEGGER, MICHA PAYER + MARTIN GABRIEL in conversation with MICHELE ROBECCHI (writer/curator, London)
Performance: ZILLA LEUTENEGGER and MICHELE ROBECCHI Through June 16, 2012
Christine Konig Galerie
Schleifmuhlgasse 1A - Wien
Tuesday - Friday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.