University galery at Heiligenkreuzer Hof
NOTICE: due
to the easter-lockdown the university gallery remains closed from 01.04. - 18.04.2021.
Duration:
11.02.2021 - 10.04.2021
Opening hours: We - Sa: 14:00 - 18:00 (closed on holidays)
Textile
as an artistic medium can only be thought of in the interweaving of textiles with a cultural and social history, with the
development of textile production processes in craft and industrial manufacture, with the global distribution of labour and
resources.
This exhibition begins with small, textile pieces, from which the complex systems of the fabric, its
materiality, the conditions of its manufacturing and the context of its use can be read. On the basis of these small samples,
the textiles could be analysed, enlarged and reproduced, and thus become visible and ready for use once again.
At the centre of the exhibition are sample pieces by artists from the Vienna School of Arts and
Crafts (today the University of Applied Arts), the Vienna Workshop, Bauhaus and the Russian Vkhutemas. From there, the exhibition
draws connections to works of contemporary artists, whose central concerns are with textiles as a fundamentally political
medium which questions the traditional concepts of “high” art, image, object and authorship.
The
exhibition emerged out of the initiative of a group of students from the University of Applied Arts and the Academy of Fine
Arts Vienna. It has been coordinated by Ulla Rossek (University of Applied Arts, Vienna) and supported by Sabeth Buchmann
(Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna).
We would like to thank the Art Collection and Archive of the University of Applied
Arts Vienna for their cooperation.
University galery at Heiligenkreuzer Hof / Sala Terrena
Entrance
via Schönlaterngasse 5 / Grashofgasse 3, 1010 Wien
The Sala Terrena is located on the ground floor - on the right
side next to Stiege 7
Soft Opening: 10.02.2021
