Christian Bauer

Alexandra Schantl

The opulent volume "Abstrock 2" is a collection of Franziska Maderthaner's paintings from 2018 to mid 2021. Her art is dominated by encounters of figures from the Old Masters with radical abstractions. This virtuoso painter confronts historical epochs with wit and irony.

Franziska Maderthaner: Abstrock 2

Martin Kusch

Christiane Krejs

Ruth Schnell

The exhibition #fuckreality opens doors to virtual worlds.The image is omnipresent: entranced people staring at displays on their televisions, smartphones, tablets, or computers.The launch into a new era of virtuality is in full swing, and innovations in virtual reality technologies are pushing forward in great strides.Featuring the work of over 20 artists, #fuckreality focuses on a topic that the art world often neglects because it is stigmatised by associations with Hollywood productions and the globalised taste of the masses.Is it even possible to counter the commercial interests of Google & Co and reveal new modes of perception?#fuckreality presents artistic positions that explore and question the promise of the digital world.Published on the occasion of the exhibition, #fuckreality at Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna (4 October - 17 November 2018).English and German text.

#fuckreality

Hermann J. Painitz

Can art be objective? This is the question that Viennese concept artist Hermann J. Painitz addresses. This monograph focuses particularly on the period between the 1960s and 1970s, providing a detailed picture of his extraordinary and highly topical work.This is characterised by his intention to create a type of art that is based on verifiable laws: art as language. Painitz deals with the philosophy of language and develops semiotic systems based on pictograms or objects.His work also includes several theoretical essays and poems.English and German text.

Alexandra Schantl

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