Download Press Release 19th of September 2012 - Viennafair 2012

Plamen Dejanoff and Tillman Kaiser, Galerie Krinzinger sculptures by Hans Op de Beeck and
Manfred Wakolbinger, KROBATH Vienna | Berlin Julian Opie, Ugo Rondinone, and Esther
Stocker; Galerie Lang Wien showcases a.o. Gottfried Leitner; GALERIE LINDNER is there
with a.o. Heinz Gappmayr; Meyer Kainer naturally presents Gelatin and Franz West; and
Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder features Polly Apfelbaum, Herbert
Brandl, and Adrian Schiess, among other artists. The list from Vienna goes on: Galerie Raum
mit Licht, who will present works by John Hilliard and Ernst Koslitch a.o., GABRIELE SENN
galerie with a.o. Elfie Semotan and Hans Weigand, Kunsthandel Heinrich Steinek with a.o.
Walter Pichler, and Galerie Hubert Winter with a.o. Lawrence Weiner. From Gmunden and
once again at the fair is Galerie 422 Margund Lössl with a.o. Xenia Hausner and Otto Zitko.
And last but not least, Arnold Schmidt and Oswald Tschirtner will be showcased by galerie
gugging at VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary.
Exciting solo presentations in ZONE 1
ZONE 1, a proven site of exceptional presentations, is also a part of the 2012 VIENNAFAIR
The New Contemporary. Galleries are given special conditions for twenty-square-meter
spaces in an open booth system where they can make solo presentations of the works of
young artists. The Graz-based artist Wolfgang Becksteiner presents object and video art at
the booth of Galerie Heike Curtze (Vienna); spaces are a central theme in the paintings of the
Austrian Dominik Louda, who will be featured by Kerstin Engholm Galerie (Vienna). Stephan
Reusse, who taught at the Media Art College in Cologne from 2000 to 2006, displays his
media art with Lukas Feichtner Galerie (Vienna); with the project Djinni in a Bottle, Galerie Lisi
Hämmerle (Bregenz) presents cutting-edge art with the latest 3D technologies; Projektraum
Viktor Bucher (Vienna) exhibits works by Daniel Leidenfrost, known for his staged
photography; and Andrae Kaufmann (Berlin) presents drawings and objects of Bettina Krieg.
Christina Zurfluh, who was invited by Galerie Mezzanin (Vienna) to ZONE1, combines
painting and sculpture in her works. The recently opened OstLicht. Galerie für Fotografie
(Vienna) contributes with the photographer Andreas Duscha. Architecture of the modern is
thematized by GABRIELE SENN galerie (Vienna) in their presentation of Marko Lulić. Ilse
Haider presents her multimedia photographic works at the booth of Galerie Silvia Steinek, and
Jana Farmanová spices up ZONE1 with her serial imagery at the booth of Vernon Gallery
(Prague). After a residency in Bad Gastein this summer, Florian Neufeldt is showing new
works at the ZONE 1 stand of Gallery Opdahl (Berlin). The subject of money plays a
significant role in Carlos Airesʼs installation in ZONE 1, which is being presented by Mario
Mauroner Contemporary Art (Salzburg/Vienna). Figge von Rosen Galerie (Berlin) are making
their entire stand available for the Russian-born, Nottingham (GB) resident artist Velena
Popova. Room-filling sculptures by Gregor Gaida can be expected at the PARROTTA
(Stuttgart) stand in ZONE 1. Polina Kanis was already present in Vienna this year in the group
show Russian Renaissance. Her videos will be presented in ZONE 1 at the VIENNAFAIR The
New Contemporary by Galleria Glance (Turin). The Alma Gallery of Riga will be presenting
Lithuanian Krišs Salmanis who was born in 1977. Manila native Jayson Oliveria will present
his paintings with Zimmermann Kratochwill (Graz).
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