Tag: photography exhibitions
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Crooked Angles and Poetic Shadows
Francesca Woodman at the Albertina Yesterday I joined a guided tour of the Francesca Woodman exhibition at the Albertina, organised by the Prager Fotoschule – and I’m still processing what I saw. Woodman’s photographs are strange, raw, and oddly haunting. They tug at something unconscious, uncomfortable even – and yet they’re deeply inspiring. An encounter…
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Photography in Full Spectrum
True Colors at Albertina Modern Captures a Century of Innovation Colour photography feels like a given in today’s world, but it was a long and intricate journey to get here. Albertina Modern’s exhibition True Colours traces this fascinating evolution from 1849 to 1955, showcasing around 130 works that document the relentless pursuit of capturing the…
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Capturing a labour of love
On Sunday evening, the exhibition “Ehrensache – A Matter of Honour” by photographer Jutta Fischel opened at the Fine Art Galerie in Traismauer. This fine exhibition pays tribute to 42 female volunteers in photographs. Fischel´s pictures are a touching portrait of these women and their diverse activities. They show the pride and commitment with which…
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Gregory Crewdson’s Haunting Images of American Life at the Albertina
A recent visit to the Albertina Museum’s Gregory Crewdson retrospective with fellow photographers, organised by the Prager Fotoschule felt like stepping into a world I already knew. As a big fan of Edward Hopper’s paintings and moving pictures like David Lynch´s iconic “Twin Peaks” series, I was instantly drawn to Crewdson’s staged photographs. Their meticulous…
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Floral visions
“The Secret Service of Flowers” – a nice pun, is the title of the new photography exhibition at Galerie Anzenberger in Vienna´s former Anker bread factory. It opened last week, and I went to the opening night. The Gallery currently offers a sort of refuge from the urban every day, a place to figuratively breathe…
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Sternfeld’s America: A Palette of Colour and Narrative
I had the privilege of attending an artist talk with Joel Sternfeld at the Albertina Museum, which is currently showing a major exhibition of his series “American Prospects”. Listening to Sternfeld was an enlightening opportunity to gain insights into his creative process and the inspirations behind his captivating large format work. It was a remarkable…
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The Eternal Question: Art’s Take on Mortality
The Dom Museum Wien’s latest exhibition “Sterblich sein” (being mortal) is a poignant exploration of mortality, art, and the human condition. This thought-provoking showcase delves into the intricate interplay between life and death, offering a visual narrative that transcends time and cultural boundaries. From contemporary responses to the pandemic, such as Günter Brus’ “Young Death,”…
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Iconic photography at the Semper Depot
Today I went to see the special exhibition of one hundred of Steve McCurry´s photographs from around the world at Vienna´s Semper Depot. This exhibition had previously hung in Graz, Styria, and I had missed it there, so was really pleased that they decided to show it in Vienna as well. Steve McCurry is one…
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Painted with colour and light
Next Friday is THE day to visit Gumpoldskirchen, which is not only a charming small vineyard town with delightful wineries and a beautiful landscape, reachable from Vienna by Schnellbahn, but also becomes a venue for beautiful art at the gallery [Weinhauerhaus]KUNST on 12 May from 7 p.m.: the joint exhibition of Francisco Claure Ibarra and…
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Seventeen Sisters
Rediscovering photo history through analogue lenses: The Fine Art Gallery and Music space in Traismauer just opened a new exhibition, curated by Reinhard Prenn: “Seventeen Sisters“, featuring 17 analogue cameras from different historical periods. These cameras offer unique ways of seeing and photographing, and Reinhard Prenn had the fabulous idea of lending out his cameras…
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