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Florian Wagner - Jewelry Artist (en) 05/14/13
He owns a small fine studio in Vienna’s hip 7th district. His jewels are individual designs for strong personalities. A portrait of the jewellery artist Florian Wagner by CastYourArt.
Florian Wagner - Schmuckmacher (de) 05/06/13
Er besitzt ein ein kleines, feines Atelier im angesagten siebten Bezirk von Wien. Seine Schmuckstücke sind individuelle Kreationen für starke Persönlichkeiten. Ein Porträt des Schmuckkünstlers von CastYourArt.
Les Tardes Goldscheyder - Haiti Nuklear Radar (de) 04/10/13
Seine Gemälde sind Spannungszustände, Stimmungsbilder, extrem im Ausdruck, konsequent in der Behandlung, die Materialien seiner Objekte Fundstücke, roh und poetisch zugleich. Ein Künstlerporträt von CastYourArt.
Meret Oppenheim - Shaman of the archetypes (en) 04/09/13
The bizarre, humorous, erotic and poetic oeuvre of Meret Oppenheim is on display in the Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna till 14 July 2013. An exhibition portrait produced by CastYourArt.
Die Gratellis - eine skurrile musikalische Komödie von Bernd Jeschek (de) 04/05/13
Die Gratellis, eine skurrile musikalische Komödie, wie sie nur das wirkliche Leben erfinden kann! Gestern erst feierten sie Erfolge in Wien, heute schon touren sie durch die Welt! Eine Kostprobe von CastYourArt.
Az W Gold - The Collection. (en) 04/04/13
On the occasion of the 20st anniversary of the Architekturzentrum Wien the new exhibition "Az W Gold" directs a spotlight on the previously unknown Az W collection. An exhibition Portrait by CastYourArt.
Meret Oppenheim - Die Schamanin der Archetypen. (de) 04/02/13
Meret Oppenheims skurriles, humorvolles, erotisches und fragmentarisches Oeuvre ist derzeit im Bank Austria Kunstforum zu besichtigen. Ein Ausstellungsporträt von CastYourArt.
Das Gold des Az W - Die Sammlung. (de) 03/27/13
Das Architekturzentrum Wien stellt die bislang unbekannte Architektursammlung des Architekturzentrums ins Rampenlicht. Ein Ausstellungsporträt.
Rudolf Goessl - Transformations. (de) 03/12/13
Rudolf Goessl was one of the first Austrian artists to devote himself to monochrome painting. An artist portrait by CastYourArt.
Helmut Grill - From Epicurus to Donald Duck. (en) 02/18/13
As an artist, Helmut Grill explores the complicity between the image-maker and the viewer to a maximum. An artist-portrait by CastYourArt.
Helmut Grill - Von Epikur bis Donald Duck. (de) 02/14/13
Ein Konzept, das auf die Faszination des Geheimen aufbaut. Die Abwesenheit von Personen ist Teil der Geschichte. Ein Künstlerportrait dieses visuellen Komponisten von CastYourArt.
Miquel Barceló - Matter and Form. From Matter to Metaphysics. (de/sp) 12/18/12
The material is mixed, ground, split, applied and heaped up in layers: Miquel Barceló’s energetic handling of matter is on show in the Bank Austria Kunstforum Vienna. An exhibition-portrait by CastYourArt.
Johannes Deutsch - Medienperspektiven (de) 12/06/12
Johannes Deutsch hat für die Aufführung der Oper Manfred von Robert Schumann mit den Düsseldorfer Symphonikern die Regie und künstlerische Visualisierung übernommen. Ein Künstlerporträt von CastYourArt.
Hans Kupelwieser - Reflections (de) 09/28/12
In dem er neue Sehweisen erprobt und noch nicht Gesehenes erfindet, lotet Hans Kupelwieser die Grenzen seiner Formensprache aus. Ein Künstlerporträt anlässlich der Ausstellung Reflections in der Landesgalerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst St. Pölten.
Özlem Sulak - Fictive Presence (en) 09/20/12
From September 19th to November 18th, the Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna dedicates an exhibition in its vault room to the artist Özlem Sulak. An exhibition portrait by CastYourArt.
The Eight - Hungary’s Highway to Modernism (de/en) 09/19/12
News, even if they are 100 years old: In the Bank Austria Kunstforum the pioneers on Hungarian modernism are on display in a unique group exhibition. An exhibition portrait by CastYourArt.
Ugo Rondinone – wisdom? peace? blank? all of this? (de) 07/23/12
Das Wiener Kunsthistorische Museum eröffnet seinen Ausstellungsreigen im Theseus Tempel mit dem Künstler Ugo Rondinone. Ein Künstlerinterview von CastYourArt.
Kris Martin – Festum II (en) 07/20/12
The Viennese Kunsthistorisches Museum shows in its second exhibition at the re-opened Theseus Temple a work by the Belgian artist Kris Martin. An artist interview by CasYourArt.
Eduard Angeli – The remnants of man (de/en) 06/24/12
Lone houses, ruins, wrecks, walls. The backyards of the hustle and bustle, the moments when the party has moved on are what attracts Eduard Angeli. The silence of his paintings touches us in our existence. An artist portrait.
Isabelle Mühlbacher – Traces from the Past (de) 05/31/12
By means of the most diverse media, Isabelle Muehlbacher defends the position of the humane where it already is a relic, a trace, a reminder.
Manfred Wakolbinger – The Ephemeral and the Eternal (de) 05/16/12
Change, transformation, mutation, metamorphosis: Manfred Wakolbinger questions the surrounding space around us and puts our perception on a new level, in order to open us up for receiving beauty.
Rainer Ganahl - I wanna be Alfred Jarry (de) 05/10/12
Das Fahrrad im Zentrum der Auseinandersetzung des österreichisch-amerikanischen Künstlers Rainer Ganahl. Ein Ausstellungsportrait.
Fondation Hubert Looser - My Private Passion. (de) 04/20/12
The Fondation Hubert Looser is one of the foremost private collections of modern and contemporary art. On occasion of the spectacular collection presentation at Bank Austria Kunstforum Vienna CastYourArt produced a collectors-portrait.
Hands-On Urbanism 1850-2012 - The Right to Green. (en) 03/23/12
Whether in Brazilian Favelas, Turkish Gecekondu, or in Vienna’s Schmelz: For their strategies of self-empowerment, citizens do not need any ideological superstructure.
Attilio Zanetti Righi - more geometrico. (de) 03/07/12
Attilio Zanetti Righi behandelt seine Bilder wie ein Gefäß, zuerst malt er sie voll, dann malt er sie wieder leer - die Entdeckung eines Tessiner Einzelgängers.
MUSA - Beauty Contest. (de/en) 03/01/12
Beauty and its construction and deconstruction in art can be seen in great diversity at the MUSA in Vienna. An exhibition portrait by CastYourArt
BODY.ACTION - Werke der Bank Austria Kunstsammlung. (de) 02/28/12
Die Ausstellung BODY.ACTION im tresor im Bank Austria Kunstforum zeigt Werke aus der Bank Austria Kunstsammlung.
Evan Penny - Re Figured. (de/en) 02/10/12
With meticulous attention to detail and utmost technical precision, Evan Penny‘s sculptures portray human bodies. An exhibition-portrait of the Evan Penny show at Museum der Moderne in Salzburg.
Herbert Brandl - Charging pictures until they (almost) burst. (de) 01/26/12
Libidinally charged works of the last 3 decades by Herbert Brandl are presented by Florian Steininger and Ingried Brugger in the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien. An artist-portrait.
Herbert Brandl - Charging pictures until they (almost) burst. (de/en) 01/26/12
Libidinally charged works of the last 3 decades by Herbert Brandl are presented by Florian Steininger and Ingried Brugger in the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien. An artist-portrait.
Tomak - PHANTOMAK (de) 01/11/12
Mit der Ausstellung „PHANTOMAK“ präsentiert der Künstler Tomak erstmals eine Skulpturenreihe der Öffentlichkeit. CastYourArt hat den Künstler zum Skulpturenprojekt interviewt.
Wettbewerb - Slow Fashion Award 2012 (de) 12/16/11
Die beiden Gründerinnen des Slow Fashion Awards Barbara Irma Denk und Lisa Niedermayr zum Slow Fashion Gedanken und diesjährigen Thema "Nighties and Linen" im Interview.
Vienna Secession - to every age its art and to art its freedom (de/en) 12/06/11
The building of the Vienna Secession is regarded as the structural manifestation of the ideas of the artist union around Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser and others. A feature about this historical and contemporary venue of the arts.
Glenn Murcutt - architecture for place (de) 11/15/11
His advice to students is to be patient, because architecture takes time – and to observe, because it is the only way to discover.
Aron Demetz - Dialogue with life (de/en) 11/06/11
He has embraced tradition in order to forget it again: wood as a challenge and possibility of failure. An artist-portrait of the sculptor Aron Demetz
Fernando Botero - Inhabiting Paintings (en) 10/25/11
In my paintings, there are improbable, not impossible things - Fernando Botero's work is on view at Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna
Fernando Botero - Abu Ghraib (en) 10/19/11
On the occasion of the Botero Exhibition in the Bank Austria Kunstforum, curator Dr. Evelyn benesch will speak about the artist’s Abu Ghraib series.
Arnulf Rainer - the Veiling (de) 08/09/11
Together with Maria Lassnig he is considered the originator of Informal Art in Austria.
EVA und ADELE - über SALZBURG (en) 07/25/11
EVA und ADELE - über SALZBURG
Alexander Brodsky - It still amazes me that I became an architect (en) 07/05/11
Rather than expressing something directly, the force of artistic expressivity lies within manifesting the getting-to-talk within the work itself.
Alexander Steinwendtner - Random. Clean Cuts. (de/en) 06/20/11
Rather than expressing something directly, the force of artistic expressivity lies within manifesting the getting-to-talk within the work itself.
Rudolf Polanszky: Models for Trans-aggregate Structures (de) 05/30/11
Polanszky shows that perceptions do not simply happen within us, but in fact are performed by us – producing reciprocal dynamics.
Jan Fabre - Home Fabre: in the realm of the Blue Hour (en) 05/16/11
Between mythical creatures and human forms, between dream and nightmare, we find ourselves in a world where life crawls and insects swarm: Welcome to the land of the Blue Hour.
Viennafair 2011 – This Year CEE-Focus Lastingly Strengthened 05/12/11
For the seventh time, Viennafair takes place from May 12th to May 15th, with a focus on Central and Eastern European art.
The 1960s - Fantastic Modernism (de) 03/29/11
The 1960ies: a fantastic modern in the MUSA Vienna reveals the spirit of a decade marked by radical upheaval, along the way the entire who’s who of Austrian art is displayed.
Aivazovsky – A Russian fairytale (de) 03/23/11
Aivazovsky is regarded as the master of seascapes. In his lifetime he dedicated himself to this motif as a metaphor for life, of desire as well as the struggle between nature and culture.
Inci Eviner – Art Sets Our Consciousness in Motion (en) 02/10/11
It is almost impossible to breathe and move within the linguistical system in which we are embedded. Art brings new movement into our consciousness. A portrait.
Kucsko - Double coated IP capsule (de) 01/19/11
This project of Kucsko in cooperation with Karlheinz ESSL at the vault of Bank Austria Kunstforum uses the space as ready made questioning issue of Intellectual Property.
Birgit Juergenssen - Retrospektive (de) 12/20/10
By means of drawings and photography Birgit Jürgenssen develops surreal and subversive counter-concepts to female gender stereotypes of the 1970ies, with a sprinkling of humor and poetry.
Erwin Wurm - Collection Wien Energie Fernwaerme. (de) 12/10/10
His fleeting works are based on an idea of the transitory and question the notions that define sculpture: permanence, tradition, historical memory... all are essential to the traditional notion of sculpture.
Die Residenzgalerie - Museum alter Meister. (de) 11/30/10
As a former location of princely representation the province gallery, founded with the collections Czernin and Schönborn-Buchheim, illustrates an essential part of Salzburg’s history.
Clemens Hollerer - The Beauty of the Beast. (en) 11/19/10
Hollerer makes conceptual extractions from urban space – yet there is no way of a back transfer as he abstracts to signs and thinks in and with the exhibition space.
Teaser Nr 5. - Michi Maier (de) 11/17/10
Das Bild trägt immer einen kurzfristigen emotionalen Sieg über das geschriebene Recht davon. Ein Gespräch mit dem Künstler und Juristen Michael Maier.
Teaser Nr 4. Kunst und Recht - Joseph Marko (de) 11/16/10
Im vierten Beitrag der Pilotserie Prof. Joseph Marko bespricht ausgehend von Ambrogio Lorenzettis Renaissance Freskenzyklus Grundfragen der "good governance" oder wie es bei Lorenzetti hieß: des „buon governo“.
Teaser Nr 3. Kunst und Recht - Peter Strasser (de) 11/15/10
Für den dritten Beitrag der Pilotserie haben wir Prof. Dr. Peter Strasser, Philosoph mit Schwerpunkt Recht, Moral und Gerechtigkeit interviewt. Sein Einstieg ins Thema: Überlegungen zum Verhältnis von Kunst, Moral, Religion und Recht.
Teaser Nr 2. Kunst und Recht - Andreas Cwitkovits (de) 11/15/10
Für den zweiten Beitrag der Pilotserie haben wir Anwalt Dr. Andreas Cwitkovits, u.a. spezialisiert auf Kunstrestitution interviewt. Sein Einstieg ins Thema: Überlegungen zur Restitution und Provenienzforschung im Bereich der Kunst.
Teaser Nr 1. Kunst und Recht - Armin Stolz (de) 11/12/10
Für den ersten Beitrag der Pilotserie haben wir Ass.-Prof. Dr. Armin Stolz interviewt. Sein Einstieg in die Thematik: Überlegungen zum "verrechtlichten" Künstler.
Fritz Panzer - the Walk-in Drawing (de) 11/08/10
Fritz Panzer relieves objects of his immediate reality of their significations and shows them in their half present - half absent nature.
Peter Baldinger - interface (de/en) 10/21/10
It is often said that an every portrait is a self-portrait of the painter in a sense and every painter is painting himself - Baldingers portraits show the presence of the absent.
Titel: European Urban Space - Consensus or Conflict? (de) 10/19/10
Platz da! Consensus or conflict? The exhibition in AzW has a definite answer: both
KOMET - director of nightmares (fr/en) 09/29/10
In his dream scenarios, Komet has the role of the stage director.
Peter Fritzenwallner - Things on the Move (de) 09/14/10
Finely balanced, almost weightlessly, the pencil seems to find its place in the center of the image, it de-picts simultaneously time itself. A Portrait of Peter Fritzenwallner.
PHANTOMAK - The First Hit. (en) 09/09/10
"The First Hit of PHANTOMAK: The Ear Problem. No Problem." Masquerade, demasquerade, illusion, delusion, covering, decovering, position, superposition. CastYourArt presents the first series of works of the PHANTOMAK project by TOMAK and Alek Kawka.
Irene Andessner-Art Protectors (de) 09/07/10
Irene Andessner resuscitates the Tableau vivant with “Art Protectors” in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.
Frida Kahlo PAIN-ting (de/en) 09/01/10
Frida Kahlo’s work oscillates between self stylizing and radical authenticity, relentlessly facing the question of her female identity and at the same time touching the search for identity of an entire nation.
UNIQA - New Generation of Art Insurance (en) 08/11/10
Dealing with art institutions as well as private collectors requires the insurer UNIQA to secure value, promote culture, and bring people together.
Kiss@Belvedere - Solidarity within the fight against HIV. (en) 07/23/10
As a sign of our solidarity within the fight against HIV and the social exclusion of HIV positive people. A flash mob, initiated by the Viennese Museum Belvedere - we filmed at Kiss@Belvedere ...
Kontakt - The name says it all. (en) 07/20/10
Kontakt is the Erste Bank group’s collection of contemporary Eastern European art. But there is more to it…it allows new insights and a deeper understanding of current trends
Edgar Honetschlaeger - to the limits (en) 07/07/10
Edgar Hontschlaeger tests the boundaries of the possible, always along the limit in order to question the existing standard, the process being as important as the results.
Brigitte Kowanz - Now I See (de) 06/22/10
Brigitte Kowanz challenges us to question things, perception processes become cognition processes.
Hermann Nitsch - "The Passion is the Reverse Image of the Orgiastic" (de) 06/08/10
Artist portrait Hermann Nitsch. The fact that the world exists is primary for me. The art of celebrating existence.
MUSA - The City as Art Lover (de) 05/20/10
The Museum on call, the city of Vienna’s contemporary art collection is currently showing the exhibition Raum_Körper Einsatz, a representative overview on the formal vocabulary of Austrian postwar art.
Allyson Mitchell - Furry Crits (en) 05/12/10
Allyson Mitchell's activist art is meant to prod and provoke, but it draws you in with warmth, sincerity and just a little faux-fur.
Slow Fashion Award 2010. Wien - Agadez (de/en) 04/20/10
The Slow Fashion Award 2010 is awarded for the third time. We spoke with participating designers about their view on sustainable fashion. .
Thomas Draschan - Psychic Images Collision (de) 04/06/10
To Bollywood background music, the blows her partner, then he generously lathers her hairy fanny with soap… a porn movie? No, silly - an art video by Thomas Draschan.
Miki Eleta - Playing with Time (de) 03/23/10
Every work of art has its own time structure, and Miki Eleta invites us to a dialogue about the transformation of time into space and vice versa.
Sexcession - Sex in the City (de) 03/16/10
Swinger’s club in the Secession, blue sperm, and “Bar Rectum” in the Museumsquartier! Sexplosion in the city? Going Artsy - We get our art criticism off the street.
Crosswise - “x projects by arbeitsgruppe 4“ (de) 03/10/10
The curators of the Architekturzentrums Wien, Sonja Pisarik and Ute Waditschatka, make an expedition through the world of post-war architecture in Austria. A retrospective covering 20 years of the projects of the “arbeitsgruppe 4“.
Constantin Luser - Music soothes the savage beast… (en) 03/02/10
Constantin Luser challenges us to enter the maze of his imagination: he corners us against the wall of our indifference and confronts us with the unavoidable question whether we will ever be able to escape. But escape what?
Prince Eugen - General Philosopher and Art Lover (de) 02/17/10
An exhibition on the statesman and art patron Prince Eugene of Savoy-Carignan is currently open at Vienna’s Belvedere gallery.
A Feast for the Eyes - Food in Still Life (de) 02/10/10
When one feasts with the eyes, does one realize that one is consuming more than just food? An episode on the Augenschmaus exhibition at Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna.
Tanzimat - Interview with Esra Ersen (de) 02/04/10
Developed in parallel to the major Prince Eugen exhibition at the Lower Belvedere, tanzimat examines the continual reorganization of historical constructs and devices that underscore the neverending project of modernity.
Tanzimat - Interview with Gulsun Karamustafa (en) 02/03/10
Developed in parallel to the major Prince Eugen exhibition at the Lower Belvedere, tanzimat examines the continual reorganization of historical constructs and devices that underscore the neverending project of modernity.
Tanzimat - Interview with Franz Kapfer (de) 02/03/10
Developed in parallel to the major Prince Eugen exhibition at the Lower Belvedere, tanzimat examines the continual reorganization of historical constructs and devices that underscore the neverending project of modernity.
tanzimat - History is in the making (de) 01/26/10
Developed in parallel to the major Prince Eugen exhibition at the Lower Belvedere, tanzimat examines the continual reorganization of historical constructs and devices that underscore the neverending project of modernity.
Christian Eisenberger - Estrangement and engagement (de) 01/19/10
Christian Eisenberger’s art work and performances often smack of insouciance, but, like a child and even more like an artist, his desire to engage is very real.
Open Space - Boundary Signal (de/en) 01/12/10
The boundary signal as a conceptual starting point for an interdisciplinary exhibition at Open Space in Vienna. An interview with Fatih Aydogdu.
Fiene Scharp -Hair out of place (de) 01/05/10
Fiene Scharp’s references to hair and skin confront us with our own corporeality and challenge us to place such normally mundane materials in a new context, not only in art, but in life as well.
Irene Andessner - Portraits of the Self (de) 12/22/09
Irene Andessner’s self-dramatizations are revivals of historical personalities that utilize memory as a source of reactivation.
BAWAG P.S.K. Culture Sponsoring - Eyes on the Prize (de) 12/15/09
Timing is everything, and the Viennese Jazz Club, Porgy and Bess, could not have asked for better timing when BAWAG PSK stepped up as their newest cultural sponsor. A look at a mutually beneficial partnership.
Takeaway Concert Uwe Dreysel - Man muss ja nicht verraten (de) 12/09/09
An improvised mini-takeaway-concert featuring the singer and composer Uwe Dreysel from CastYourArt.
The Chamber of Curiosities at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (de) 12/03/09
“The chamber of curiosities at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, one of the most important chambers worldwide, will reopen in 2012.
Edgar Lissel - On the rise and fall of images (de) 11/17/09
“Whoever leaves behind an image of oneself chronicles his/her existence, reflecting him/herself in this gesture. Photography and biography: the imagemaking art of Edgar Lissel.
CastYourArt - New Viennese Violins. A Virtuoso Craft (de) 11/10/09
“The virtuoso handicraft of violin-making nearly four hundred years after Stradivari. A view of the "New Viennese Violins" workshops.
Herbert Boeckl - Capturing the Essential (de) 11/04/09
“Herbert Boeckl experimented to figure out which new possibilities on offer would preserve that which was essential. A portrait of the advocate of the Austrian Modern.
Restless Glance - The Unicredit Group Collection at the Bank Austria Kunstforum. (en) 10/27/09
“Every work of art in the moment it is created is contemporary”, says Walter Guadagnini, curator of the exhibition “PastPresentFuture”, at the Bank Austria Kunstforum.
Warhol, Wool, Newman - “Barney is now at another party.“ (de) 10/20/09
Kunsthaus Graz explores parallels between Warhol, Wool, and Newman and presents work that confirms the influence of American abstract expressionism on pop art.
Helmut Grill - Suspension of Belief. (de/en) 10/13/09
As an artist, Helmut Grill pushes the complicit engagement of imagemaker and viewer to the limit. A portrait of the artist.
Utopia and Monument - On the validity of art between privatisation and the public sphere. (en) 10/06/09
What kind of validity can art attain between privatisation and the public sphere? An exhibition project curated by Sabine Breitwieser for the contemporary art festival "Steirischer Herbst".
Viennese Model Rooms. Can art create a livable space? (de/en) 09/29/09
Can art create a livable space? A podcast on the exhibition “Viennese Model Rooms” at the Belvedere in Vienna.
art albertina - The Art of Drawing (de) 09/24/09
Austria’s newest international art fair, “art albertina - Drawings International Art Fair“, presents master drawings from every period.
Götz Valien - Undisguised Seduction (de) 09/15/09
As a “picture-maker”, Götz Valien is interested in the efficiency of pictures. He uses this effectiveness and at the same time exposes it—that is the agenda behind his picture-making art.
Deborah Sengl - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. (de) 09/08/09
Deborah Sengl’s hermaphroditic cross-breeds between humans and animals arise from the unstable intermediate realm of fragile identities and precarious subordinate positions.
Julius von Bismarck - Everything and nothing (de) 08/26/09
His inventions are not only exceptional on a technical level, they are also imaginative, confrontational, and critical of society--and unexpected at the same time. A portrait of Julius von Bismarck.
Wilhelm Scherübl - transform (de) 08/18/09
His work measures the coexistence of the natural and the artificial and creates a classification of personal experiences of time and nature . A portrait of the artist Wilhelm Scherübl.
Michael Kienzer - inter/medium (de) 08/11/09
His view is one of pragmatic irony, the work of art without the narrative. A portrait of the artist Michael Kienzer.
1918 ArtSPACE Shanghai (en) 08/04/09
In preparation for the upcoming EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, the city is now positioning itself in the artistic regard. An interview with the Galeristin Anne-Laure Fournier of Galerie 1918 Shanghai ArtSPACE.
Gertraud and Dieter Bogner - Collecting art, making ideas usable. (de) 07/21/09
Achievements of the past made accessible so that one can develop the future. A portrait of the collectors Gertraud and Dieter Bogner.
Ariel Schlesinger - Poetic Destruction (en) 07/14/09
The magic of enchantment exists in transformation. A portrait of the Israeli artist Ariel Schlesinger.
Johannes Deutsch - The Invisible Garden (de) 07/07/09
How reality constructs itself when we forego that sense which determines our medial world in such a predominating way. A discussion with the media artist Johannes Deutsch over the Invisible Garden in the Museum Stift Admont.
The Bruce High Quality Foundation - Con Artists (en) 06/30/09
A young art collective characterized by highbrow hijinks. An interview with the Bruce High Quality Foundation.
Nadine Rennert - Nowhere to Hide (de) 06/16/09
Nadine Rennert’s early abstract work explores the formal possibilities of its material. A deep look into the soul.
Oswald Oberhuber - The Passions of Prince Eugen (de/en) 06/09/09
Oswald Oberhuber has created a site-specific installation which includes drawings, paintings, and sculptures thematically related to Prince Eugen of Savoy. A discussion about the exhibition with the artist.
Maria Lassnig - The Ninth Decade (de) 06/08/09
Portrait Maria Lassnig: “Soft as marmalade, marmalade out of blood. I’m batted and left locked out from the world of painting.”
Liselot van der Heijden - The Eyes Have It (en) 06/03/09
In Liselot van der Heijden’s installations, the viewer always plays an integral part in the set-up and passivity is not an option. A portrait of the artist.
Maria Teresa Ponce - Prodigal Homes (en) 05/26/09
Her search for certain areas and her willingness to expose herself to them is one of the strengths of Maria Teresa Ponce's work. A portrait of the artist.
Takeaway Concert Monica Reyes - Frühbar (de) 05/17/09
An improvised mini-takeaway-concert featuring the vocalist Monica Reyes from CastYourArt.
Bill Anthony - Comedy of Errors (en) 05/12/09
In William Anthony’s world, no artist is too high to be sent up. A portrait of the artist.
Nature - Creation is not finished! (de) 05/06/09
The border between nature and culture is a tectonic faultline of human self-understanding. A peek into the exhibition "Nature - The Creation is not finished!" at the Museum at the Monastery of Admont.
BAWAG - Young Meets New (de) 04/15/09
The concert series “Young Meets New” makes new interpretations of classical music accessible and introduces the kind of artistic interaction which transcends the borders of institutions, generations, and cultures. .
Carsten Nicolai - Spaces in between (en) 03/31/09
Overcoming the segregation of forms of sensory perception. A portrait of artist Carsten Nicolai.
MUSA - Museum on Demand (de) 03/27/09
We keep things on hand because they are important to us, for example, birthdays of friends, important telephone numbers, and sometimes, works of art. A visit to the Museum on Demand of the city of Vienna.
Shary Boyle - Heartburnt Porcelain (en) 03/24/09
With her porcelain figures, the artist Shary Boyle uses delicate ornamentation in the representation of contradiction and hybridity. A view into the manufactory of the fragile.
Francisca Benitez - Ephemeral City (en) 03/24/09
In an ephemeral city, Francisca Benitez discovers the human element of public space. A portrait of the artist.
Karine Giboulo. 3D Comic Book (fr/en) 03/03/09
Karine Giboulo’s artworks are miniature worlds, three-dimensional comics, fascinating documentations against the social production of moral invisibility.
Miguel Alvear. Tableaux Popular (sp/en) 02/24/09
Ecuadorian artist Miguel Alvear's photography and films originate from South American pop culture worlds and unearth buried layers of the collective. A Portrait.
Sense and Sentiment. Mistakes are closely followed by Effects (de) 02/10/09
When art moves people. Augarten Contemporary, which specializes in young art, highlights the power of sensation in an exhibition.
The Sanchez Brothers. Exposures of the Dark (en) 02/03/09
Canadian photographers Carlos and Jason Sanchez reveal the dark side. One can find among their works, that which one turns a blind eye to in life.
The Power of Ornament. An Exhibition at the Orangery, Lower Belvedere (de/en) 01/28/09
Wherein lies "The Power of Ornaments"? The curator Sabine B. Vogel and the artist Parastou Forouhar answer at the Orangery, Lower Belvedere.
Robert Lucander. Picturing the Moment (de) 01/20/09
The Finnish painter Robert Lucander does not try to insert his own meaning, opinion, or views into his work. He is picturing the moment.
The Leopold Collection. Vienna 1900 (en) 01/13/09
Presenting an era of artistic development. An interview with Diethard Leopold about the permanent exhibition "Vienna circa 1900" at the Leopold Museum in Vienna.
Russian Video Art. On the Fly (en) 01/07/09
Who are the players in Russian video art? An update by Antonio Geusa, curator and recognized authority in all things regarding contemporary video art in Russia.
Christian Niccoli. Lost in Perception (en) 12/23/08
Lonesomeness is what we share but does not bring us together. Photography and video works of the Italien artist Cristian Niccoli reveal the urban consciousness of young adults of our time.
Georges Braque. Kubismus an Picassos Seite (de) 12/09/08
Georges Braque, dem Kubisten an Picassos Seite widmet das Kunstforum der Bank Austria in Wien eine Retrospektive. Ein Kuratorengespräch.
Michel de Broin. Matters of Circulation (en) 11/25/08
When progress and efficiency holds back the world. The Canadian artist, Michel de Broin, in portrait.
Roy Kortick, al fresco (en) 11/18/08
Roy Kortick, the New York-based artist brings the fresco into the new millennium. A portrait.
Ahmet Ögüt. In Front of Your Eyes (en) 11/11/08
Ahmet Ögüt, the internationally renowned Turkish artist of the post-2000 generation. A portrait.
Noah Fischer. State of the Art (en) 11/04/08
The artist Noah Fischer turns the ubiquitous monitor on its head, evoking a decidedly modernist, Duchamp-ian gesture . A portrait.
Nature Theater of Oklahoma. Theater of Chance. (en) 10/21/08
A Portrait of the New York theater group, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, led by Kelly Copper und Pavol Liska.
Thomas Baumann. The Language of Movement. (en) 10/14/08
Technology’s original function, says Thomas Baumann, was to please humans and enhance their existence—a purpose which he attaches to his artistic work.
SIGNA. The Northern Complex Method. (en) 10/08/08
The artist duo SIGNA installs parallel worlds. A visit to the northern complex of the Dorine Chaikin Institute at the Steirische Herbst.
Füsun Onur. Silent Music. (en) 09/24/08
"I never look back. When it's done, it's done." A portrait of the Istanbul based artist, Füsun Onur.
Die Sammlung FOTOGRAFIS. Eine Geschichte der Fotografie. (de) 09/17/08
A glimpse of the Fotografis Collection of Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna and an overview of 150 years of the art of phtography.
Gordan Savicic - Lat 54.136696 Lon 13.771362 (en) 09/11/08
The art of translation between virtual and real space. A portrait of RealGamer Gordon Savicic.
Stylianos Schicho. ... weil uns eigentlich kalt ist (de) 09/03/08
The pictures of the painter Stylianos Schicho reveal such instants in which time stops, but at the same time, everything overwhelms.
Franziska Maderthaner - geschüttet, ungerührt. (de) 08/13/08
Instead of reduction, construction, de- and re-construction, and bricolage prevail. Instead of strict exclusion, surplus of meaning. Franziska Maderthaner - a portrait.
Sweat. The Workshop (en) 08/06/08
"Sweat - The Movie", directed at the Impulstanz Festival in Vienna. A portrait on the workshop and movie.
Markus Wilfling. A Sculpture Is Something That Is Here. (en) 07/30/08
The transference of the spatial into the visual and vice versa opens up possibilities of the sculptural. Markus Wilfling, a portrait.
Thomas Hirschhorn, Secesssion. (de) 07/23/08
Heiß laufen, ausrasten, durchdrehen, rot sehen. "Das Auge" sieht rot. Ausschließlich. Eine Installation des Schweizer Künstlers Thomas Hirschhorn.
Bernhard Buhmann. Charaktere, Rollen, Räume (de) 07/09/08
2007 gewinnt er den Kölner Art Award, ein Jahr darauf ist er Preisträger der Strabag Kunstsammlung in Wien. Bernhard Buhmann zeigt Personen, die gegenüber dem Betrachter verhalten wirken, für sich sind, manchmal vertieft ins Spiel.
Ulrike Truger. In den Weg gestellt. (de) 07/02/08
Die Bildhauerin Ulrike Truger hat sich mit ihrer Kunst immer der Öffentlichkeit gestellt, oft auch in den Weg gestellt. Ein Portrait der Bildhauerin.
Götz Bury. Illusions (de) 06/25/08
Kunst kann Medienkritik sein und Medienkritik kann Spaß machen, das jedenfalls lehrt die Kunst des Traumfabrikanten Götz Bury.
Fuckhead. Dieses schöne Lied. (de) 06/18/08
Dieses schöne Lied verstört, zumindest seit die Hardcore-Performance Gruppe Fuckhead dessen fortschreitende Dekonstruktion mit großen Gesten zelebriert.
Heidi Popovic. Das unspektakuläre Leben. (de) 06/04/08
In Posterillusionen des Pop, in Reklamen einer Werbewelt, die uns verspricht, dass alles in bester Ordnung ist, birgt Christian Pölzler Illusionsverlust und tagespolitische Apokalypse. Heidi Popovic ist Pop-Art, die reklamiert.
Rita Nowak. Tableaux Vivants. (de) 05/28/08
Die in Wien und London lebende Künstlerin Rita Nowak steht in der Tradition der Tableaux Vivants Kunst. Wir haben sie interviewt und waren bei einer ihrer Inszenierungen dabei.
Mankind at the Donau Festival. (en) 05/21/08
Mankind, der Name des Performance Duos, ist inhaltlich-programmatischer Natur. Das menschliche Sein wird audioszenisch entworfen, improvisatorisch erweitert, gebrochen, mitunter auch zerstört.
Michi Maier. Witch Kitchen. (en) 05/14/08
Malerei führt für den jungen Maler Michi Maier über eine Schwelle. Passiert er sie, befindet er sich in der Hexenküche, in der sich seine Kunst zusammenbraut und er Grenzen unserer Wertewelt zu Fall bringt. Seine Arbeiten brechen aus ihm hervor.
ILA, Wer suchet, der findet nicht. (de) 05/07/08
Schwere fasziniert. Leichtigkeit auch. Der Name des Grazer Künstlers ILA ist zusammengestellt aus den Anfangsbuchstaben der Behauptung, einen "Immens Langen Atem" zu haben. Ein Portrait.
Marten Spangberg, Slow Fall. (en) 04/30/08
Die Werkzeuge des schwedischen Performers Spangberg sind der Körper in Bezug zur Welt und die Art und Weise wie sich der Körper zum Raum verhält.
Leo Peschta, Maschinoid. (de) 04/23/08
Leo Peschta, ein junger Wiener Künstler greift für seine roboterhaften Objekte auf industriell gefertigte, funktionale Teile aus der Industrie zurück.
Thomas Reinhold, Empirische Wissenschaft. (de) 04/09/08
Thomas Reinhold malt erforschend konzentriert. Sein Weg in die Malerei war eine Reaktion auf den künstlerischen Aktionismus. Er habe bewusst einen Kontrapunkt gesetzt.
4shrooms, Analog Synergy in a Digital World. (de) 04/02/08
4shrooms nennen sich die Performancer analoger Visuals im Zeitalter digitaler visueller Produktion.
Mara Mattuschka, Du meines Herzens Vibrator. (de) 03/19/08
Ihr Werk lebt von Fülle, ihre Charaktere sind meist nackt, psychologisch offenherzig. Ein Portrait der Künstlerin Mara Mattuschka.
Eva Jiricka, If I Couldn't Do This, I Wouldn't Know What to Do." (en) 03/05/08
Ein Interview mit der Video- und Performancekünstlerin aus Prag über ihre Arbeiten und ihr künstlerisches Selbstverständnis.
Günther Brodàr, "[no] frames please." (en) 02/27/08
Was der Bodyguard dem Star ist der Rahmen dem Bild. Rahmenmacher Günther Brodàr im Interview.
Andrea Kessler, Revolutions per Minute. (de) 02/20/08
RPM, Revolutions per Minute zeigt eine interaktive Rauminstallation der Wiener Architektur- und Medienkünstlerin Andrea Kessler.
Mission Re.Sonance. (de) 02/13/08
Alle zwei Jahre ziehen Künstler, IT-Techniker und Wissenschaftler von sonance.artistic.network im Rahmen des Re.Sonance Festivals Spuren ihrer Vernetzung im realen Raum.
Journey to the West. (de/en) 02/06/08
Journey to the West, die Ausstellungsreise dreizehn junger chinesische Künstler in den Westen, wird zur Suche nach einer chinesischen Befindlichkeit in der Kunst.
Nomadspace, Art en route. (en) 01/30/08
Wenn Kunst auf die Straße geht. Ein Interview mit Ivana Madariová, Kuratorin von Nomadspace und Galerienomadin im Zeichen der Kunst.
Lastplak in Vienna. (en) 01/12/08
Lastplak, das letzte Pack und die ultimative Plage, nennt sich das Graffiti Kollektiv aus der niederländischen Hafenstadt Rotterdam.
Gürsel Soyel, Eine Art von Form zu leben. (de) 12/31/07
CastYourArt hat den in Zypern geborenen Maler Gürsel Soyel in Wien besucht und ihn auf seinem Weg ins Atelier begleitet. Daraus ist ein Podcast geworden, der mehr zeigt als die Straßen Wiens. Der gemeinsame Spaziergang erschließt den Weg des Künstlers zu seiner Malerei - buchstäblich und mit sympathischer Ironie.