255 804 km² Young art from former Yugoslavia at BROTkunsthalle

The show at BROTkunsthalle is curated by Alenka Gregoric and Mateja Podlesnik who put the focus mainly on video art. Artists: Ervin Babić, Aleksandra Domanović, Dušica Dražić, Neda Firfova, Bekim Gllogu, Ibro Hasanović, Gjorgje Jovanovik, Verica Kovačevska, Arman Kulašić, Mladen Miljanović, Alban Muja, Fatmir Mustafa Carlo, Andrea Palašti, Vedran Perkov, Renata Poljak, Danilo Prnjat, Irena Sladoje, SofijaSilvia, Small but Dangers, Ivana Smiljanić, son:DA, Mladen Stropnik, Goran Škofić, Marko Tadić, Nikola Uzunovski, Katarina Zdjelar, Lulzim Zeqiri, Velimir Zernovski.

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WESTLICHT photography auction May 28, 2011

theartVIEw previews WESTLICHT for the photography auction on May 28.
Works by Richard Avedon, Werner Bischof, Henri-Cartier Bresson, Lucien Clergue, Edward Sheriff Curtis, Robert Doisneau, Elliott Erwitt, Philippe Halsman, Horst P. Horst, Osvaldo Salas, August Sander, Jan Saudek, Cindy Sherman, Bert Stern und Josef Sudek will be auctioned. One highlight is a Egon Schiele Portrait by Anton Josef Trčka (1893-1940).
Austrian photographers: Trude Fleischmann, Franz Hubmann, Rudolf Koppitz, Heinrich Kühn, Inge Morath, Lothar Rübelt und Ferdinand Schmutzer.
Young artists like Kerstin Cmelka, Sonja Gangl, Nicolas Jasmin, Ulrike Lienbacher, Roberta Lima, Agnes Prammer, Corinne L. Rusch, Nina Rike Springer and Manfred Willmann.

theartVIEw schaut sich die Ausstellung vor der großen (Kamera-) & Fotoauktion bei WESTLICHT am 28 Mai 2011 an.

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Hermann Nitsch "The Early Works, Eccence of Duerkheim Collection" at MZM

The Museumszentrum Mistelbach aka Hermann Nitsch Museum just opened the huge 2011 show "The Early Works. Eccence of the Duerkheim Collection". Many early and seldom shown works from wax pieces, drawings to big canvasses of early performances are on display. Truly overwhelming! Till Apr 14, 2012

Das Museumszentrum Mistelbach / Hermann Nitsch Museum hat die große Ausstellung "Herrman Nitsch - Das Frühe Werk. Die Essenz der Duerkheim Collection" eröffnet. Viele frühe und selten gezeigte Werke - Wachsbilder, großformatige Zeichnungen und große Leinwände von frühen Orgien-Mysterienspielen werden präsentiert. Bis zum 14. April, 2012.

all artworks @ by hermann nitsch and duerkheim collection

EAST by SOUTHWEST curated_by Part 3: Eschenbachgasse and around

Part 3 of this years curated_by shows under the title EAST by SOUTHWEST cover the galleries in the Eschenbachgasse and around:

Gallery Mezzanin curated by Ion Grigorescu "ACTUAL". Artists: Vladimir Bulat, Florina Coulin, Ovidiu Fenes, Andrei Gheorghiu, Paul Gherasim, Nicu Mihali, Ghenadie Popescu, Bogdan Vladuta, Peter Alexander.

Gallery Janda curated by Silvia Eiblmayr "Fade Up / Flash Back". Artists: Flaka Haliti, Sanja Iveković, Hannes Zebedin.

Gallery Krobath curated by Marie Klimešová "Constructions and stories". Artists: Jiří Kolář, Běla Kolářová.

Gallery Meyer Kainer curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen "Casualties". Artist: Thea Djordjadze.

Gallery Steinek curated by Ewa Gorządek „Sei vorsichtig, denn es könnte sich sehr tief in dir einprägen.“ Artists: Wojciech Bąkowski, Anna Baumgart, Dorota Buczkowska, Norman Leto.

Gallery Winter curated by Derya Yücel "Fragments of Memory". Artist: Nil Yalter

Gallery Knoll curated by Liliana Popescu "Portraits und Selbfportraits in Privat collections". Artists: Peeter Allik, Ana Bănică, Răzvan Boar, Harijs Brants, Alina Buga, Cătălin Burcea, Raul Cio, Nicolae Comănescu, Adomas Danusevičius, Teodor Graur, Ritums Ivanovs, Mihkel Kleis, Kaloyan Iliev - Kokimoto, Győrffy László, Oana Lohan, Peter Mintchev, Gili Mocanu, Sándor Pinczehelyi, Nedko Solakov, Roman Tolici, Ecaterina Vrana, Andrius Zakarauskas.

EAST by SOUTHWEST curated_by Part 2: Schleifmühlgasse

theartVIEw - EAST by SOUTH WEST curated_by vienna 2011 in the galleries of Schleifmühlgasse:
Gallery Georg Kargl curated by Ana Janevski "In The Future Everyone Will Be Anonymous For Fifteen Minutes". Artists: Vlatka Horvat, Vlado Martek, Galerija Nova, Vladimir Petek, Slaven Tolj Goran Trbuljak.

Gallery Kerstin Engholm curated by Adam Budak "EAST: EXCITABLE SPEECH: WEST". Artists: Armen Eloyan, Mekhitar Garabedian, Agnieszka Kurant, Markus Miessen, Hans Schabus, Slavs and Tatars featuring: Sergiej Paradjanov, Abbas Kiarostami.

Christine König Gallery curated by Dessislava Dimova "Material Culture / Things in our Hands". Artists: Anetta Mona Chişa & Lucia Tkáčová.

Gallery Senn curated by Roberto Ohrt "Die Unsichtbaren Vier". Artists: Dorota Jurczak, Tomasz Kowalski, Philipp Schwalb, Strupek.

Not part of curated_by: Gallery Momentum - "COPY DISASTER". Artists: Manfred Grübl/Werner Schrödl.

EAST by SOUTH WEST curated_by vienna 2011 in den Galerien der Schleifmühlgasse: Galerie Georg Kargl curated by Ana Janevski "In The Future Everyone Will Be Anonymous For Fifteen Minutes". Galerie Kerstin Engholm curated by Adam Budak "EAST: EXCITABLE SPEECH: WEST". Christine König Galerie curated by Dessislava Dimova "Material Culture / Things in our Hands". Galerie Senn curated by Roberto Ohrt "Die Unsichtbaren Vier".

Nicht im Rahmen von curated_by zeigt Galerie Momentum - "COPY DISASTER", eine Installation von Manfred Grübl/Werner Schrödl.

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EAST by SOUTH WEST curated_by 2011 Part 1: Inner City

The artVIEw explores curated_by vienna 2011 "EAST by SOUTHWEST". Part 1 is about galleries in the Inner City of Vienna plus projectspace Victor Bucher:

Gallery Kinzinger curated by René Block "Zwischenlager". Artists: Pravdoliub Ivanov, Vikenti Komitski, Miklos Onucsan, Sener Özmen, Cengiz Tekin, Gabriela Vanga.

Gallery Insam curated by Joseph Backstein "In Search of an Alternative". Artists: Nadezhda Busheneva, Alina Gutkina, Kirill Gluschenko, Arseniy Zhilyaev.

Gallery Layr curated by Dünser/Kobald "… sein Dasein verlässt und seine Gestalt der Erinnerung übergibt.". Artist: Liudvikas Buklys, Stano Filko, Michele Di Menna.

Gallery Charim curated by Ami Barak "Communism never happened". Artists: Mircea Cantor,Călin Dan, Adrian Ghenie, Iosif Király, Victor Man, Olivia Mihaltianu , Ciprian Muresan, Ioana Nemes (†2011), Serban Savu.

Gallery Feichtner curated by Magda Kardasz "Close to Home". Artists: Bartosz Mucha, Ania Witkowska & Adam Witkowski.

Gallery Charkasi curated by Iara Boubnova “An Elusive Object of Art“. Artists Stefania Batoeva, Alexandra Galkina, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Vikenti Komitski, Ivan Moudov, SOSka Group, Samuil Stoyanov, Sibin Vassilev, Kostis Velonis.

Projectspace Bucher curated by Laura Rutkutė "The Future is now". Artist: Žilvinas Landzbergas.
curated_by EAST by SOUTHWEST May 12 till June 18, 2011.

Der erste Teil über curated_by vienna 2011 berichtet von den Ausstellungen in Galerien der Inneren Stadt plus dem Projektraum Viktor Bucher im 2. Bezirk. Alle Ausstellungen sind noch bis zum 18. Juni zu sehen.

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Fruits, Flowers, and Clouds 2011

theartVIEw at Fruits, Flowers, and Clouds 2011. The new art fair runs parallel to Viennafair, is conceived and organized by the international art magazine spike and held in the MAK. 25 austrian and international artists were invited together with their galleries to create solo presentations. Till May 14, 2011.

Artists and their galleries:
Martin Erik Andersen - Croy Nielsen, Carina Brandes - BQ, Pavel Büchler - Tanya Leighton Gallery, Liudvikas Buklys - Tulips & Roses, Ernst Caramelle - Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Lucy Coggle - Chert, Tim Davies - Neue Alte Brücke<, Michael Dean - Supportico Lopez, Marius Engh - Galerie Emanuel Layr, Dani Gal - Freymond-Guth Fine Arts Ltd., Lina Viste Grønli - Gaudel de Stampa, David Hominal - Karma International, Annette Kelm - Johann König, Berlin, Pierre Leguillon - Motive Gallery, Lazar Lyutakov - Winiarzyk, Lorna Macintyre - Galerie Kamm, Ari Marcopoulos - Galerie Frank Elbaz, Helen Marten - , Chris Martin - KOW Berlin, Christian Mayer - Galerie Mezzanin, Alek O. - Gallery Vela, Reto Pulfer - Balice Hertling, Lili Reynaud-Dewar - Kamel Mennour, Michael Riedel – Gabriele Senn Galerie, Andreas Slominski - Galerie Neu Javier Téllez - Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Nico Vascellari - Monitor.

Fruits, Flowers and Clouds Contemporary Art Fair findet heuer zum ersten mal parallel zur Viennafair im MAK statt. Das Magazin Spike lud ca 25 Künstler und ihre Galerien in einer Einzelpräsentation ihre künstlerische Position dar zu stellen. Bis zum 14. Mai 2011.

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Viennafair 2011

theartVIEw brings home lots of impressions of this years Viennafair. The focus is on art in Eastern Europe and especially Turkey. But also good to see that lots of young Austrian artist made it into Vienna's established Galleries. And last but not least due to some changes in the architecture of the fair the atmosphere has improved much. Only until Sunday May 15, 2011.

Preview at Jennyfair 2011

theartVIEw takes a look at Ausstellungsstrasse where the preparations for the opening of Jennyfair 2011 are in full swing. With works by Bernadette Anzengruber, Helene van Duijne, Verena Dürr, Nora Friedel, Lola Göller und Lilli Kuschel, Thomas Grill, Katrin Handlbauer, Jochen Höller, Suzie Léger, Wolfgang Lehrner, Matthias Makowsky, Christine Schörkhuber/ Veronika Mayer, Veronika Merklein, Johann Neumeister, Michael Niemetz, Fabian Patzak, Ulla Rauter, Gerald Roßbacher, Nino Stelzl, Iv Toshain, Simon Veres, Nicole Weniger, Anna Werzowa.Only til Sunday May 15 2011.

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PARKFAIR 2011

theartVIEw previews PARKFAIR. While the crew is still busy putting all the art in place you still have to choose, what's ready and what's only the packing stuff at the park house near the stadion. The unusual place looks very american and offers great views on the Prater and Vienna's skyline. Don't miss - only until May 13, 2011.

Artists: BRIGITTE KOWANz, MARCUS SENDLINGER, CONSTANTIN LUSER, CHRISTIAN EISENBERGER, JULIUS DEUTSCHBAUER, DANIEL DOMIG, THOMAS DRASCHAN, FRANZ POMASSL, MARKO LULIC, CHRISTIAN FALSNAES, MANUEL GORKIEWICZ, JULIE MONACO, ROBERT SCHWARZ, THOMAS FEUERSTEIN, IV TOSHAIN, FRANZ GRAF, MARA MATTUSCHKA, ANNA CEEH, MAX FREY, RINI TANDON, MARKUS PROSCHEK, JUDITH FEGERL, MATTHIAS MEINHARTER, SABINE AICHHORN, MOUSSA KONE, NIKI PASSATH, DEJANA KABILJO, MARIO NEUGEBAUER, NIKOLAUS GANSTERER, MATTHIAS MAKOWSKY DAVID MOISES, LORI HERSBERGER

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Klaus Pichler's "Skeletons in the Closet" at anika handelt

anika handelt shows photographer Klaus Pichler, who had a look behind the scenes of the Natur Historische Museum where dead animals are stored in closets and dark rooms.

anika handelt - Klaus Pichler auf Fotosafari in den Tiefen des Natur Historischen Museums, wo wilde Tiere in dunklen Gängen und in versteckten Abstellkammer auf Ewigkeit lauern.

all artworks © by klaus pichler and anika handelt

Ragnar Kjartansson "Take me here by the Dishwasher" at BAWAG Contemporary

Ragnar Kjartansson's sound installation "Take me here by the Dishwasher – Memorial for a Marriage" at BAWAG Contemporary. The young artists from Island presents together with several musicians an autobiographic performance full of romance, humor and soft vintage porn. Music by Kjartan Sveinsson, legendary Keyboard player of the famous islandic post rock band Sigur Rós, who was also present at the opening. Till June 26, 2011.

Ragnar Kjartansson Soundinstallation "Take me here by the Dishwasher – Memorial for a Marriage" in der BAWAG Contemporary. Der Shootingstar aus Island präsentiert mit seiner Truppe aus isländischen Musikern eine autobiographische Performance voll Romantik, Humor und Vintageporno. Musik von Kjartan Sveinsson, dem legendären Keyboarder der isländischen Postrockband Sigur Rós. Bis 26 Juni 2011.

art austria 2011 at Leopoldmuseum

theartVIEw shows a few glimpses from the opening of Art Austria, an art fair showing works of austrian artists of various periods. While well established art and artist still are the main focus more and more contemporary art and upcoming artist are promoted by their galleries this year.

Auf der 4. art austria, wo traditionell eher etablierte Kunst und Künstler der verschiedensten Epochen zu sehen war wird – heuer zum ersten mal im Leopoldmuseum – wird von den insgesamt 49 Ausstellern immer mehr zeitgenössische Kunst und noch nicht so etablierte Künstler gezeigt.

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