The art angels have been busy and finished hanging the “Transmission” exhibition at Galerie 10.
Tag: Vienna
Painting Party
Often painting is a very solitary past time or career. So when there is an opportunity paint with other artists, it is something special.
Painting Collaboration with Kevin Campeau
Recently I started a collaborative painting project with Kevin Campeau. In this video we briefly discuss how we worked together and what we did with the canvas.
Posted in: Artist, Artwork, Painting, Video, Work in Progress
Studio Video Report
This is a short video report from the studio in Vienna, after returning from the Galerie Atelier III exhibition in Barmstedt, Germany.
Changing of the Guard
Since December last year I have had my artwork hanging in Dancing Shiva on Nuebaugasse in the Vienna 7th district. With exhibition season having begun, it was time to take my artwork down in preparation for sending them of to far flung destinations once again. But more about those exhibitions in future articles.
Art Universities – the Future of Art?
This past weekend I attended the open studios (Rundgang) of the Vienna Academy of the Fine Arts (Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien). In the unending push to remain abreast with the current art trends, the past is cut off and cast aside as worn out worthless rubbish. That is, unless, it earns some money, like the Painting Gallery, which houses valuable Old Masters artworks from Rubens, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Hieronymus Bosch and Titian.
Max Ernst Retrospective Exhibition – Albertina Vienna
It’s a Tuesday night in Vienna. What to do? Go to the premier opening of the Max Ernst retrospective exhibition in the Albertina, of course. Thanks goes to Celene and Jutta Venosa for making this possible. Otto Rapp and Timea Tallian were also there to gaze, point. Pick the artists!
Posted in: Artist, Austria, Exhibition, Friends, Galleries Museums, Vienna
Juxtaposition – When New Ideas Happen
Those moments of empty minded clarity, when not much is happening, lounging on the obligatory comfy studio sofa, looking at the artwork. In my Vienna studio, two unrelated paintings suddenly took on a new meaning together.
Smell the Coffee
Living in Berlin, I know all of my favourite and interesting corners. So if I want something, I know exactly where to go. For instance coffee. Now I find myself in Vienna and I am on the hunt for good coffee.
The Irresistible Flow of Time – Galerie 10
Today Dennis Konstantin, Karl Person and I drove all the way from Berlin to Vienna. Dennis and I are exhibiting with a selection of 11 artists from the Fantastic Art movement, this September in Austria at Galerie 10.
Posted in: Artist, Artwork, Austria, Exhibition, Vienna
Robert Venosa Interviews Peter Gric
After spending time in the Liminal Village at the Boom Festival where he was exhibiting, Robert Venosa made his way over to Vienna. Here he paid a visit to my friend Peter Gric, who he sat down with and discussed his artwork and a little about Fantastic and Visionary movement.
Otto Rapp’s Essay on the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism
Otto Rapp has writing an essay about, “The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism”. This is by far the most succinct and informative writing I have read yet on the Vienna School.
Galerie 10: Group Exhibition
My good friends, Luigi La Speranza , Amanda Sage and Peter Gric are exhibiting with Wessi currently at Galerie 10, Vienna, Austria.
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Return to the Source
I spent a hectic but thoroughly enjoyable time in Vienna over December, staying with my good friend and colleague Amanda Sage (www.amandasage.com). She was very gracious to allow me the use of her studio, and so for the first time…
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