A War in the Distance

23.09.2022 - 12.02.2023

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Duration

23.09.2022 - 12.02.2023

Location

Neue Galerie Graz

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About the
Exhibition

At the core of steirischer herbst ’22 is an exhibition at Neue Galerie Graz that juxtaposes historical works with contemporary artists’ projects.


 

A cooperation between steirischer herbst ’22 and Neue Galerie Graz 

 

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Curated by Ekaterina Degot with David Riff, Christoph Platz, Mirela Baciak, and Barbara Seyerl (steirischer herbst), with curatorial advice by Gudrun Danzer and Günther Holler-Schuster (Neue Galerie Graz)

 

Meeting point: Joanneumsviertel and Neutorgasse 45 (historical entrance), 8010 Graz

 

Guided tours (fixed dates): 23.9.–16.10.22, Sat and Sun 16:00, Thu 17:00
Special tours and workshops (bookable): 23.9.22–12.2.23 within opening hours

This year’s edition of steirischer herbst centers on an exhibition in both wings of the first floor of Neue Galerie Graz. It combines historical works from the gallery’s collection with projects by contemporary artists, thus offering a rereading of the collection through the prism of ignored wars, hidden histories, and repressed conflicts.

Rereadings of Neue Galerie Graz’s collections have already been undertaken in the past, partly in the frame of steirischer herbst, often in search of forms and media prefiguring modernist and contemporary art. This time, the exhibition focuses on works that, in modernism-centered art histories, remained mostly in the shadows: 19th- and 20th-century works that were neglected due to their figurative and narrative qualities. These are linked to works by contemporary artists in different media, most of them newly commissioned. They provide artistic and curatorial comments to ominously peaceful artworks, amplifying the echoes of not-so-distant battles and their far-reaching consequences.

The exhibition is divided into chapters and arranged according to subjective curatorial choices, built on free associations and counterpoints. Its focus is on the political uses of painting, and its common thread is a growing sense of danger, connected to the veiled and open conflicts of Austrian history. These include historical grievances related to the loss of empire, the long history of colonialism, exoticization, and othering in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the dramas and struggles of class, as solemnly and playfully reflected in works of art.

A detailed exhibition guide is published for the opening and is available free of charge at Neue Galerie Graz and at the Visitor and Press Center of steirischer herbst.

Künstler:innenliste

Gabriel Abrantes
Friederike Anders
Keti Chukhrov
Josef Dabernig
Jannik Franzen
Aslan Goisum
Assaf Gruber
Emil Gruber
Flaka Haliti
Yuriy Illienko
Iman Issa
Zhanna Kadyrova
Rajkamal Kahlon
Iosif Király
KwieKulik
Kateryna Lysovenko
Ekaterina Muromtseva
Henrike Naumann
Navaridas & Deutinger
Igor Friedrich Petković
Nihad Nino Pušija
Mykola Ridnyi
Willem de Rooij
Augustas Serapinas
Raed Yassin

Künstler:innen aus der Sammlung der Neuen Galerie Graz

Tina Blau (1845–1916)
József Borsos (1821–1883)
Hugo Cordignano (1882–1959)
Constantin Damianos (1869–1953)
Josef Danhauser (1805–1845)
Sandro De Alexandris (1939–)
Leo Diet (1857–1942)
Anny Dollschein (1893–1946)
Margarethe Donnersberg (1878–1966)
DRAGO (Dragoš Kalajić) (1943–2005)
Franz Ehrenhöfer (1880–1939)
Georg Eisler (1928–1998)
Zea Fio (1954–)
Emanuel Fohn (1881–1966)
Hans Fronius (1903–1988)
Krzysztof Glass (1944–2000)
Gabriel von Hackl (1843–1926)
Friedrich Holzhausen (1857–1923)
Karl Jirak (1897–1982)
Ludwig Kainzbauer (1855–1913)
Eduard Klenk (1885–1944)
Alois Krenn (1952–2021)
Franz Ehrenhofer (1880–1939)
Hans Mauracher (1885–1957)
Wilhelm Mende (Lebensdaten unbekannt)
Dušan Minovski (1953–)
Leopold Carl Müller (1834–1892)
Anton Nowak (1865–1936)
Erzherzog Karl Stephan von Österreich (1860–1933)
Adolf Pirsch (1858–1929)
Carl Pischinger (1823–1886)
Rudolf Pointner (1907–1991)
Johann Gualbert Raffalt (1836–1865)
Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez (1838–1926)
Anton Romako (1832–1889)
R. F. Rougon (Lebensdaten unbekannt)
Paul Schmidtbauer (1892–1974)
Alois Schönn (1826–1897)
Gustav Seyfferth (1850–unbekannt)
Fritz Silberbauer (1883–1974)
Rudolf Spohn (1905–1975)
Josef August Stark (1782–1838)
Heinrich Stegemann (1888–1972)
Karl Sterrer (1885–1972)
Johann Wachtl (1778–1839)
Franz Yang-Močnik (1951–)

Glimpses

Wolfgang Muchitsch (wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer Universalmuseum Joanneum), Ekaterina Degot (Intendantin steirischer herbst), Peter Peer (Abteilungsleiter Neue Galerie Graz), v.l.,

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"Ein Krieg in der Ferne", Außenansicht, Neue Galerie Graz 2022,

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Exhibition view, "Ein Krieg in der Ferne", Neue Galerie Graz 2022,

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Ausstellungsansicht, "Ein Krieg in der Ferne", Neue Galerie Graz 2022,

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Ausstellungsansicht, "Ein Krieg in der Ferne", Neue Galerie Graz 2022,

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Ausstellungsansicht, "Ein Krieg in der Ferne", Neue Galerie Graz 2022,

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Ausstellungsansicht, "Ein Krieg in der Ferne", Neue Galerie Graz 2022,

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Ausstellungsansicht, "Ein Krieg in der Ferne", Neue Galerie Graz 2022,

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Ausstellungsansicht, "Ein Krieg in der Ferne", Neue Galerie Graz 2022,

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Ausstellungsansicht, "Ein Krieg in der Ferne", Neue Galerie Graz 2022,

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