Culture Shock
Galerie ArtGarage expérimental
5020 Salzburg, Bayerhamerstrasse 12a
Austria
The entries were of great artistic interest and the members of the jury had the difficult task of selecting a number of works to make the best possible use of the exhibition and hanging space available. Finally the jury decided to select not the forty artists originally envisaged but approved works from 42 entrants representing 15 countries which will be exhibited at the first ArtGarage presentation. The exhibits consist of works from the fields of painting, printing and etching, drawing, photography, mixed media and sculpture. The jury were surprised by the variety and high quality of the works submitted, and this made their decision that much harder. The advertised title of the exhibition has produced a diverse range of ways of dealing with the subject which the artists have not only interpreted with artistic vigour but as requested by the organisers the artists have also supplied stimulating explanatory texts to accompany their works.
Some entrants have been previously involved in the Salzburg Summer Academy and are looking forward to returning to this city of art and culture on the Salzach. At present a quarter of the artists have already indicated their intention to attend the opening preview on 15th April and have booked accommodation.
The organisers want the preview to be a special kind of event to mark the opening of the exhibition. It is hoped visitors will be involved interactively with the event so that they have the sense of not being merely “passive onlookers”.
It is well known that undertakings of this kind don’t arise from nothing and without a great deal of planning. The artists have also made a considerable contribution to this in taking on the transport of the works themselves.
Both organisers are also seeking further sponsorship for this project from the private sector as well as public institutions in and beyond the Salzburg region. At the same time Biennale Austria and KRÜGER DOSSIER hope to arouse a great deal of curiosity among the art and culture sections of the print media as well as with local television stations to match the huge commitment of the artists who have created works for the exhibition and to spur them on to continue their artistic engagement with events in the world around them.
Artists:
ARAPAKI Konstantia, Greece · ARLEITNER Edeltrude, Austria · BAKER Eva, Austria · BAUDIER Pierre, France · BAUER Herbert, Austria · BENTIVENGA Gianna, Italy · BONNEAU-MARRON Valérie, France · BREITSCHEIDEL Lusine, Armenia · BUCHER Franz, Switzerland · CARLETTI Sabrina, Italy · CEROLINI Manuela, Italy · DALUM Birgit, Denmark · DEPPIERI Alberto, Italy · FASSINA Paolo, Italy · FRANK Inge, Germany · HAROUTOUNIAN Sabine, France · JARMAIN Hannah, Vietnam · KOSINA Gerlinde, Austria · LORRAINE Liz, Austria · MASI Chiara, Italy · MONTOYA Francisco, Colombia · PANARELLI Andrea Marco, Switzerland · PFEIFER Magdalena, Austria · POGGIPOLLINI Andrea, Italy · PROKOP Igor, Hungary · RASS Elisabeth, Austria · RICCA Patrizia, Germany · RIGATO Carla, Italy · ROSENMAN Liora, Israel · SCHERIAU Hanna, Austria · SCHINKO Bernhard, Austria · SCHNEIDER Johanna, Switzerland · STENICO Cristiano, Italy · SUK Lukas, Austria · TESAREK Annette, Germany · VALLINI Diana Isa, Italy · VELKOVA OLIVERA, Macedonia · VON BOROWSKI Yuri, Russia · WEBER-WIEN Manfred, Austria · WEINGÄRTNER Florian, Germany · ZAINAL Zubin, Malaysia · ZURIATO Claudia, Italy.
Date
Galerie ArtGarage expérimental, Salzburger 16 - 26 April 2011
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