flat1

Flat1 is an exhibition space run by three artists Karin Maria Pfeifer, Sula Zimmerberger and Maria Hanl, it is located in Viennas 4th district . "flat1 ist ein Kunstraum in der Schikanedergasse 2 im vierten Bezirk, der seit Januar 2009 - zeitgleich mit den Schleifmühlgasse-Eröffnungen - wechselnde, thematische Gruppenausstellungen mit in der Regel 3-5 KünstlerInnen zeigt. Der Schwerpunkt von flat1 liegt in der Präsentation zeitgenössischer bildender Kunst. Interdisziplinäres in Richtung Musik, Film, Performances bildet das Rahmenprogramm, dessen Ausweitung sich in Arbeit befindet. Hauptanliegen von flat1 ist die Förderung des Austauschs zwischen inter/nationalen KünstlerInnen mit thematisch und/oder formal ähnlichen Ansätzen, deren Wege sich in ihrem separierten Schaffensalltag vermutlich nie gekreuzt hätten. Im unabhängig organisierten Umfeld von flat1 haben sie nun Gelegenheit zu kontinuierlicher Kommunikation und zur Erweiterung ihrer Netzwerke."
The current exhibition
"... und sie verliefen sich im wald" with works of Markus Bacher, Robert Gfader, Ulrike Königshofer, Stefan Malicky, Gerald Naderer, Lila Rock is on show until march 5, opening hours every thursday 6 to 9pm

flat1 on myspace

Wangechi Mutu

Wangechi Mutu "The Naughty Fruits of My Evil Labor", 2005, Ink, acrylic, collage, contact paper, packing tape on mylar,
80 1/2" x 42 1/2"

Wangechi Mutu, born 1972 in Nairobi, Kenya, lives and works in New York, USA. She works with cut outs of lifestyle and porno magazines, packing tape, glitter, ink, etc.. Material that she composes to collages. Wangechi Mutu unveils and magnifies the misconceptions used to define African people, particularly women, who were depicted as malformed, hyper-sexual or un-evolved. The creatures she creates sometimes look bizarre or fantastical, sometimes scary and mysterious.

Right now until December 7th 2008 you can see a great exhibition of the artists at Kunsthalle Wien, project space at Karlsplatz.

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/wangechi_mutu.htm

http://www.kunsthallewien.at/en/events/index.shtml?id=3055

http://vielmetter.com/artists/Mutu/wangechi_mutu.htm

http://www.sikkemajenkinsco.com/wangechimutu_works.html

Busy Vienna

photo by p.p.queen, right side: big wellness skull, left side: small joep van lieshout

Until sunday the Vienna Art Week is taking place. You can choose from a load of events- artist talks, lectures, openings, discussions- which makes decision hard sometimes.
P.P.Queen heard an interesting lecture from Robert Morris at the MUMOK and was at the opening of Joep van Lieshouts Wellness Skull, which is located in the center of the city at the Karlsplatz.
"With his ironic monument to transitoriness, van Lieshout alludes to the fitness mania of present-day society that provides a surrogate for a spiritual experience beyond all bodily and material affairs. Metaphorically, the artist regards the skull as man’s mental shell. It is the interplay between supernatural, divine powers and the secular power that Joep van Lieshout thematizes in his “Wellness Skull.” The functionalization of such a symbol, which is characteristic of the artist’s work, lends an ironical tone to it: when the sauna is turned on, white smoke rises from the skull’s openings."(kör)
After the opening there was a fine discussion about Art in public space with Joep van Lieshout, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Brigitte Franzen, Thomas Edlinger and Gerald Matt (Moderation) at the Kunsthalle Wien, project space karlsplatz.

http://www.ateliervanlieshout.com/

http://www.koer.or.at/en/

http://www.kunsthallewien.at/en/

http://www.viennaartweek.at/2008/