Art Basel 2009
June 10 – 14, 2009
Booth K6 Hall 2.0
Galerie Ernst Hilger
hilger contemporary
Dorotheergasse 5
A-1010 Vienna
tel: 43-1-512 53 15
fax: 43-1-513 91 26
The American sculptor and painter Larry Rivers (born 1923 in the Bronx, NY, USA), whom critics saw as a revolutionary who deliberately opposed common and traditional movements for the thrill of challenging the status quo, succeeded in integrating his subversive ideas into contemporary art. They might be categorized as being pop-artish or neo-classic. One might name or define his work whichever way one wants, but the immanent vitality that derives from Rivers’ restlessness and spontaneity is apparent. He once said to Frank O’Hara, an American poet, at a random party: “After all, it is life we’re interested in, not art.” Later in his studio, with no intention of contradicting himself, he said, “After all, it is art we’re interested in, not life.” According to Frank O’Hara “his main interest was obviously in the immediate situation.”
Further artists at Art Basel 2009: Daniele Buetti, Oliver Dorfer, Erró, Ivana Franke, Allen Jones, Jiri Kolar, Anastasia Khoroshilova, Andreas Leikauf, Angel Marcos, Sara Rahbar, Mel Ramos, Mimmo Rotella, Miha Strukelj, Massimo Vitali, Andy Warhol.
For further information please contact the gallery: ernst.hilger [at] hilger.at
Galerie Ernst Hilger since 1971.
