ZURÜCK ZUR FIGUR
Contemporary Painting

24. May 2007– 30. Sept 2007, daily 10.00 – 19.00 hrs

ACHTUNG!!
DIESE AUSTELLUNG WURDE VERLÄNGERT
BIS 7. OKTOBER 2007!!!

The exhibition gives a survey of the current boom in modern contemporary art, presenting the entire spectrum of possibilities of figurative painting.Stars of the international art scene are represented as well as yet unknown artists.

The exhibition focusses on the exploration of the human figure (‘figuration’ here does not include still life or landscapes) and is restricted to new, young works of art, whereby the deciding factor is not the age of the artist but the date of the painting itself: the paintings selected were all painted after the year 2000. The result is a kaleidoscope of contemporary art, providing a first critical overall view of figuration in the 21st century.

On exhibition will be more than 50 works of Christian Brandl, George Condo, Stephen Conroy, John Currin, Lucian Freud, Regina Götz, Xenia Hausner, Wolfgang Herzig, Alex Katz, Elke Krystuffek, Maria Lassnig, Muntean Rosenblum, Neo Rauch, Peter Sengl, Gabi Trinkaus, and many others more.

Press presentation: Wednesday, 23 May 2007 – 10.30 hrs (only with invitation!!)
Exhibition opening: Wednesday, 23 May 2007– 19.00 hrs (only with invitation!!)

For further information and photo material please contact:
Sabine Schmeller, Verena Schrom
KunstHausWien Pressestelle:
Tel. 0043/1/712 04 95-14, Fax 0043/1/712 04 96
e-mail: sabine.schmeller@kunsthauswien.com, verena.schrom@kunsthauswien.com