ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO AUSTRIACO Y PINTURA DE LA POSGUERRA: COLECCIÓN ESSLMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), México05. October 2005 - 29. December 2005
AUSTRIAN CONTEMPORARY ART AND POST-WAR PAINTING: THE ESSL COLLECTION
Excepts from Sonja Traar's text which complements the exhibition catalog.
Aspects of the figure
The human figure is present in contemporary art with renewed gusto particularly since the turn of the 21st Century. The works on display by Alex Katz (an American pioneer), Katrin Plavcak, Muntean & Rosenblum, and Elke Krystufek reveal the various ways artists have addressed this issue. The renowned Austrian painter Maria Lassnig is present in the exhibition through two paintings in which her absolutely independent treatment can be evidenced. A lack of distance, social reality, and definition by the current generation on its standing in life, determine the works' highly variable content, as well as the denial of a narration (in Alex Katz). Gottfried Helnwein digresses from fleeting contemplation with his Self-portrait: the canvas on display prompts an immediate, impulsive reaction...
Artistas participantes
Sieried AnzingerKarel AppelGeorg BaselitzHerbert BrandlGünter BrusJim DineSam FrancisHans HartungGottfried HelnweinFriedensreich HundertwasserAsger JornMartha JungwirthAlex KatzMartin KippenbergerElke KrystufeekMaria LassnigMarkus LüpertzJürgen MessenseeJosef MiklMuntean / RosenblumHermann NitschKatrin PlavcakArnulf RainerGerhard RichterFranz RingelHubert ScheiblPierre SoulagesHans StaudacherAntoni TàpiesMax WeilerFranz West
