This publication reveals for the first
time in depth the multifaceted artistic practice of Oswald Oberhuber (1931–2020), who shaped the University of Applied Arts
Vienna from the 1970s to the 1990s and initiated a discourse on the politics of art that is still relevant today. Based on
the Schule Oberhuber [Oberhuber School] exhibition (University Gallery Heiligenkreuzerhof, 2022), the book addresses Oberhuber’s
critique of Austria’s conservative postwar canon and the institutional framework for the production of art.
The
book situates Oberhuber’s artistic position in an international context and clarifies his cultural-political, reform-oriented
understanding of art education. Works by contemporary artists and students show that it is still worthwhile engaging with
the collection initiated by Oberhuber and the university archive.
- Situates Oberhuber’s work in an international
context; on the history of the university’s collection
- Documentation of the exhibition Schule Oberhuber (2022)
- With
contributions by Bazon Brock, Julienne Lorz, Oswald Oberhuber, Thomas Trummer, et al.
Author / Editor
informationCosima Rainer, Collection and Archive, Univ. of Appl. Arts Vienna
Eva Maria Stadler, prof., deputy director, Univ. of Appl. Arts Vienna
