We are pleased to show the exhibition by the great artist Michael Kienzer with results of his most recent artistic research. ‘Melted into the surroundings’ is the title of a series of new works by the artist, that show a fresh approach towards central questions in the artist’s sculptural thinking. The works are conceived on the floor without a fixing element in the gathering and layering of material, objet trouvés from weekly material searches and remnants from the artist’s studio. Combined with Kienzer’s assemblages in display cases on the walls, in which the overlapping of different media has been performed before, the origins of these new thoughts are visible.Born in 1962 in Steyr, Austria, lives and works in Vienna, Austria. Late 1970s School of Arts Graz. Late 1980s stage design at Westfälisches Landestheater Castrop, Germany; 2004—06 professorship at University of applied Arts Vienna; 2007—2017 Curator of Kunstverein Weikendorf Austria; 2011 ISCP New York.Art awards, a.o. 2001 Otto-Mauer Prize Vienna, 2008 Viktor-Fogarassy-Prize, 2012 Austrian State’s Prize for Applied Arts.Many solo exhibitions, a.o. Galerie Peter Pakesch (1987, 1987); Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman (from 1998 in a yearly basis); Galerie Bernard Jordan Paris and Zurich (2008, 2014); 2012, Logik und Eigensinn, Kunsthaus Graz; 2016, Michael Kienzer. 24 von 274.668 Tagen, Klangraum Minoritenkirche, Kunsthalle Krems Austria, ; 2017 Kunsthaus Zug Switzerland, Gerhard Marcks Haus Bremen Germany; Important exhibition participations, a.o. 2019 Descrete Austrian Secrets curated by Margareta Sandhofer, The Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art, Chongqing, China; 2016 The Body Extended: Sculpture and Prosthetics curated by Lisa Le Feuvre, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds; 2011, Glasstress 2011, 54th Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice; FÜNF RÄUME, austrian cultural forum, New York;He continuously develops art projects in public space, a.o. since 2005 in front of MAK Vienna, at 2007 Fiac Paris, since 2009 Bruno Kreisky Park Vienna, 2009 in front of mumok Vienna, since 2017 Metro Station Troststraße Vienna.
Current exhibition MICHAEL KIENZER a.o. at Neuer Kunstverein Wien, HERE AND NOW — Wien Skulptur 2022.
MICHAEL KIENZER Melted into the surroundings Vol. 2 2021 stone, aluminum, aluminium casting, plaster, acrylic glass, glass, silicone, paper 30 x 115 x 120 cm - Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von: thoman
MICHAEL KIENZER ohne Titel (Assemblage) 2022 mixed media, object frame 79.5 x 59 x 5 cm - Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von: thoman / Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman
MICHAEL KIENZER ohne Titel (Assemblage) 2022 mixed media, object frame 98.5 x 69.5 x 4.5 cm - Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von: thoman / Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman