curated by_vienna 2013: Why Painting Now?
October 11–November 14, 2013
Opening: October 10, 6–9pm
20 Viennese galleries with exhibitions by
20 international curators
Hours: Tuesday–Friday noon–6pm;
Saturday 11am–3pm; Saturday, October 12
and Sunday, October 13, 11am–5pm
curated by_vienna is a project initiated by departure – The Creative Agency of the City of Vienna, which aims at intensifying cooperation between leading Viennese galleries for contemporary art and international curators. The meanwhile fifth edition of curated by_vienna is launching a discussion that centers on a reflection of today’s discourse of painting.
Why Painting Now? is the title of curated by_vienna 2013 for which curator Eva Maria Stadler has developed the concept on behalf of departure. Together with 20 Viennese galleries and the curators invited she has further pursued the diverse questions currently arising in the field of painting.
According to the title Why Painting Now? 20 international curators have developed different approaches that show that the media is constantly redefining itself by permanently verifying and enlarging its opportunities. Hence, Why Painting Now? does not stand for the simple contemplation of panel paintings but for a wider concept of painting that interacts with other media including installations, photography, video and performance, thus demonstrating that painting has long become part of a pictorial world beyond the mere painted canvas—also in terms of its material qualities.
Why Painting Now? offers group exhibitions and solo shows which will provide the visitors with the opportunity to come across established artistic perspectives and others yet to be discovered. The different exhibitions react to painting-specific questions, to the relation between tone and painterly gesture, picture surface and space, illusion and reality, concept and author. The projects furthermore examine how painting manifests itself as a social process equally involving artists, viewers, institutions and media.
Participating galleries & curators
Charim Galerie Wien: Gürsoy Dogtas
Kerstin Engholm Galerie: John Peter Nilsson
Galerie Hilger NEXT: Lucie Drdová
Galerie Andreas Huber: Franklin Melendez
Galerie Martin Janda: Jan Verwoert
Georg Kargl Fine Arts: Martin Prinzhorn
Knoll Galerie Wien: Lina Džuverović
Christine König Galerie: Sophie O’Brien
Krinzinger Projekte: Antony Hudek
Krobath Wien | Berlin: Gerwald Rockenschaub
Galerie Emanuel Layr: Bart van der Heide
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art: Christiane Meyer-Stoll
Galerie Meyer Kainer: Ei Arakawa
Galerie Mezzanin: Tyler Coburn
Galerie nächst St. Stephan: Miguel Wandschneider
Galerie Raum mit Licht: Nav Haq
Gabriele Senn Galerie: Antonia Lotz
Galerie Steinek: Caroline Smulders
Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman: Marion Piffer Damiani
Galerie Hubert Winter: Yve-Alain Bois
For further information on the individual exhibitions, the curators and the participating artists, please visit our website.
Publication: Why Painting Now?
curated by_vienna 2013 is accompanied by a catalog (German/English) published by Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg with support by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture (BMUKK). The catalog contains numerous illustrations of the exhibited artworks, theoretical texts by Carol Armstrong (Yale University), Achim Hochdörfer (mumok, Vienna), Eva Maria Stadler and contributions of all curators involved in the project. The publication is available in all participating galleries and in selected bookstores.
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