exhibitions 2024
Michael Neumüller: Vom Piktoralismus zur Schule der Weichzeichner
Michael Neumüller
Neumüller is one of the most productive Austrian amateur photographers of the 20th century. In the 1920s, he began participating in numerous amateur photography exhibitions, which he continued to do until 1965. He collected 104 awards, including 33 gold medals in 15 different countries. His pictures were published in numerous photo magazines. Neumüller became known […]
Roger the Rat
Roger Ballen
The Leica Gallery Vienna is showing the series »Roger the Rat« by the renowned photographer Roger Ballen. Ballen’s work spans 40 years and is known for his provocative and symbolically charged imagery. With Roger the Rat, the artist stages a variety of tragicomic scenes from the life of Roger the Rat and -deliberately blurs the […]
Lonely Planet
Lenka L. Lukačovičová, curator Beata Jablonská
Lenka L. Lukačovičová presents her most extensive project, »Lonely Planet Trnávka«, at the Lonely Planet exhibition. She does not limit her territory, she passes through her own space. She observes it and finds in it transformations, (inter)spaces, public spaces, unexpected situations. Places that are not coherent and monotonous, but are organized and chaotic at the […]
Sophie Thun / Thomas Freiler
Sophie Thun, Thomas Freiler
The often overlooked production process behind analog technology becomes the motif in Sophie Thun and Thomas Freiler’s work — be it through the »analysis or deconstruction of photographic images« (Freiler) or the physical inscription during the exposure process in the darkroom (Thun). In this exhibition, the photographic works of both artists enter into a dialog and […]
Floating – Mario Kiesenhofer
Mario Kiesenhofer
In his solo exhibition Floating at Smolka Contemporary, Mario Kiesenhofer presents new works from his series »Treasure«, which was on view at the tresor of the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien in 2023/24 and portrays the queer rave scene in Eastern Europe. For this exhibition, Kiesenhofer celebrates the queer community in Budapest and captures the techno […]
Polaroids
Leo Kandl
In 1978, equipped with a Polaroid-camera, Leo Kandl visited night cafés, wine-houses, run-down pubs as well as railway stations. There he met a multitude of social outsiders such as suburban drifters, leftovers, harddrinking revellers, people who wanted to escape their loneliness, foreign workers, ex-prisoners, night owls and people without shelter. He approached people he didn’t […]
DAS ANDERE LAZARETT
claudia schumann, elisabeth von samsonow, takashi doihosted by SCHUMANN 09 in cooperation mit RENATE KORDON
Outsiders – between the experience of exclusion and the self-assertion of otherness. DAS ANDERE LAZARETT stands for the perception of wounding and space for difference, where aspects of identity and culture can be dealed with.
WERKSCHAU XXIX: KARL-HEINZ KLOPF – Komplex
Karl-Heinz Klopf
WERKSCHAU XXIX is the continuation of the annual exhibition series of FOTOGALERIE WIEN, in which contemporary artists are presented who have significantly contributed to the development of art photography and the new media in Austria. This year we present the artist Karl-Heinz Klopf. The works shown by Karl-Heinz Klopf deal with issues such as urbanisation, […]
Joly Dots and Don’ts
Alan Phelan
It has already become a festival tradition that one artist was chosen as the Grand Prix winner. Alan Phelan convinced the jury with »Joly Dots and Don’ts« and received the highest number of points. His project, which can also be seen on the cover of this catalog, will have its own exhibition in our gallery. […]
Animal Absurdity
Roger Ballen
Roger Ballen is considered one of the most important contemporary photographers. The exhibition we present offers a thematic cross-section of his extensive body of work, where animals often play a central role. In series such as Outland or Asylum of the Birds, animals appear as an integral part of the worlds he depicts. They live […]
Winners of open Call »Outsiders«
Main exhibition
478 photographers from 48 countries participated in our Open Call, confirming our suspicion that analogue photography, often declared dead, is not only experiencing a revival but is reinventing itself. Artists:Mónica Almereyda, Salem Ashe, Matevž Čebašek, Yuxing Chen, Thana Faroq, Spencer Glover, Kat Green, Sarah Mei Herman, Vladislav Lakubovskii, Vanni Jung Ståhle, Catriona Leahy, Lesha Pavlov, […]
Migrantische Photographie – Rückblick – Einblick – Verortung
Group Exhibition
Currently, Austrian photography is being rediscovered, prompting a critical examination of the country and its sociocultural identities. This exploration delves into themes such as political history, social environments, and urban spaces, often highlighting aspects that were on the verge of fading away. Notably, the contributions of female pioneers, such as Elfriede Mejchar, Inge Morath, Elfie […]
The Meaning of Land
Daniela Köppl, Kurt Sorensen
The AnzenbergerGallery presents the Australian artist Kurt Sorensen and the Austrian artist Daniela Köppl with landscape photographs of their home countries. What significance does land have in times of climate crisis and war? How do people treat the land, cultivate it and try to control it? While Kurt Sorensen traces the origins of the landscape […]
Verwandlung
Heliane Wiesauer-Reiterer
I create objects from found, so-called »poor materials« such as wood, plastic, fabric remnants, paper waste, cords, etc., which I photograph and often process in analog. The working process results in abstract, poetic photographic works and objects. About the artist:Born 1948 in Salzburg (AT), 1948-65 in Buenos Aires (ARG) and Marne (GER), 1968-72 art studies […]
SEEKING SILENCE.
Félix de La Forest de Divonne
SEEKING SILENCE. focuses on the fleeting beauty found only in moments of genuine introspection. Each portrait in the collection isolates a unique moment of self-reflection demonstrating the artist’s ability to capture that what is simultaneously deeply personal and universally human. Every distinct composition carries with it the voice of artist Félix de La Forest de […]
Proximity Landscape – Eine analoge fotografische Untersuchung im urbanen Umfeld
Ilse Chlan, Christoph Euler, Irene Lukas, Johanna Tatzgern
ToZOMIA has moved from the Sonnwendviertel to St. Marx. The loose collective explores the area photographically. How to develop a concrete, but also imaginary environment that allows an analog approach to urban conditions, contradictions and continuities? To what extent can the temporary, i.e. a simultaneity of the non-simultaneous, be reflected photographically in the urban in-between space? […]
Beyond the Lens
The Art Circle
The exhibition Beyond the Lens delves into the possibilities of camera- and lens-based art. This collection showcases a diverse array of works ranging from traditional photography and video to cutting-edge digital and analog creations, mixed media, and experimental pieces. By pushing the boundaries of what we perceive as photography, the exhibition re-imagines this traditionally static […]
PARADAJS PHOTO MAG ZINE EDITION 01-05
Zuzana Pustaiová, Ján Viazanička, Robo Kočan, Micha Bardy, Veronika Marek Markovičová
PARADAJS PHOTO MAG is a magazine and online archive of photography, run by two Slovak photographers – Ján Viazanička and Veronika Marek Markovičová. Beside the magazine and photo festival Paradajs Photo Fest, they have started in collaboration with Zuzana Pustaiová, Matúš Lelovský, Eva Benková and Monika Domovcová a new zine edition. Thanks to Rotlicht Festival and […]
Midnight in Mumbai
Tanja Verlak
Tanja Verlak’s work emphasizes the relationship between the indexical image and its imaginary aspects, rooted in 19th-century photography’s role as a reliable representation of reality. This theme was central to her doctoral thesis, exploring how photography captures the invisible and unreal. Her series Midnight in Mumbai (2012-2019) embodies this exploration, highlighting gestures of observation and […]
Rijeka in the Camera Obscura
Borislav Božić
For half a century I’ve been trying to discover the secret of the photograph, and it keeps eluding me. Perhaps the beauty is in the search itself, in the process of searching. The paths and by-roads you must go down in this search are always unpredictable, and the results of the search always wondrous. I […]
Rotlicht Emerging Artist 2024
Group Exhibition
This annual exhibition showcases a selection of diverse artistic positions within a group exhibition. The focus is placed both on the overarching theme and the techniques used, with particular emphasis on analog photography and its processes.
Push
Lukas Gross
Push propels us forward while simultaneously showcasing an urban subculture found in every major city. The exhibition by Lukas Gross, one of the »Rotlicht emerging artists«, presents a culture of change, offering a dynamic urban perspective that challenges everyday stereotypes. We are excited to invite you to the opening of this pop-up exhibition, featuring many […]
Nothing really
goes away
Edze Ali, Ulrike Mayrhuber, Elsa Okazaki curated by Marija Ilić
The group exhibition Nothing really goes away by three female artists explores questions of belonging, memory, the fragility of life, and identity. It is often said that time heals all wounds, but is that really true? The artists, each with their own aesthetic approach, show in their photographic works that while the passage and fluidity […]
Safe Zone
Aliza Peisker, Jacob Raphael
Safe Zone deals with the disparity between supposedly safe places and the reality, in which human rights violations occur frequently, and sheds light on European migration politics and the humanitarian crises at the EU’s external borders. The exhibition features photographs and texts that were realised on a trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina together with SOS Balkanroute. […]
“Annäherungen an Elfriede Mejchar II”
Group Exhibition
On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Austrian photographer Elfriede Mejchar, who was honoured with three museum presentations this year, we are showing an exclusive selection from her artistic legacy. Examples from the fields of architecture, landscape and still life enter into a visual dialog with works by younger colleagues who have explored the […]
The Stranger Staring Back
Charlie Casanova
Charlie Casanova is a multimedia artist known for her experimental approaches to contemporary art. With a background in classical piano and live illustration, she merges painting, film and performance, often focusing on social and cultural themes. Casanova engages with issues of identity, society, and power structures, utilizing both traditional and unconventional materials. Her works are […]
Blurred Boundaries
Paulina Kremsner
Blurred Boundaries explores the duality between »the gentle« and »the hard« through analog photography and handmade tin frames. The soft, blurred images reflect moments of impermanence and transience, inviting viewers to discover beauty in the fleeting. The frames, with their hard lines and metallic spikes, protect the fragile images and create a tension between hard […]
Staunen Machen Staunen Machen
Lumen X: Cristin Al Shati, Julius Chromecek, Harald Mairböck, Kerstin Pfleger
In its latest exhibition, the open photo lab Lumen X explores the theme of amazement. Four photographers explore the question of what makes them marvel and want to pass this feeling on to visitors. Amazement is often dismissed as a childish, even naive quality. For the artists of Lumen X, the following applies: photography begins […]
Die Stadt als Ressource – Mitmach Austellung
curated & organized by Tina Selami, Lisa Rastl-Dorner, Claudia Rohrauer
What does the city have to offer? Which resources can be found? Can plants develop photos? These questions and more will be explored and discussed with young people on a walk in Vienna’s 3rd district as part of the project The city as a resource – photo walk and workshop. The works will be presented […]
The Lives of Women
Mary Ellen Mark
The American photographer Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) is one of the most important representatives of humanist, committed photography in the 20th century. From the 1960s onwards, she portrayed the lives of people on the margins of society with great sensitivity and empathy. Her groundbreaking reportages, which she published in magazines such as Life, Rolling Stone and Stern, usually […]
Outsiders Expanding Boundaries
Georg Eckmayr, Bernhard Hetzenauer, Adrijan Karavdic, Hessam Samavatian, Flurina Schneider, Thomas Steineder
As part of our contribution to this year’s Rotlicht Festival, we present five diverse artists who engage with the themes »Outsiders« and »Expand Boundaries«. Various practices and media are employed in their exploration. The spectrum ranges from analog experimental and documentary films to a photo essay, and extends to experimental approaches with photochemistry and expanded […]
AUTSIDERS – Salzkammergut
Natascha Auenhammer
The position of traditional costume varies greatly in Austria. In Vienna in particular, it is often associated with history and therefore has negative connotations. But there are areas where the dirndl is a completely natural piece of clothing that is worn every day. For every occasion. In the federal capital, on the other hand you […]
Sehschärfenbestimmung 2024
Group Exhibition
Nearly 50 international artists present their unique photo strips, featuring a curated selection of their works. These artists embrace diverse creative processes grounded in analog techniques and aesthetics. From current favourites to pieces in progress and brand-new explorations, the image strips offer a rich tapestry of creativity, innovative ideas, and captivating concepts, inviting visitors to engage, […]