Exhi­bi­tion Open­ing: Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 24, 2026, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

ROMAN SCHEIDL
: BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW

On the ground floor of the gallery, we are exhibit­ing works on can­vas by Roman Schei­dl, an artist born in 1949 in Leopolds­dorf, Low­er Aus­tria, who lives in Vien­na. Col­or, light, move­ment, space, and time form the fun­da­men­tal themes of his paint­ing. Abstrac­tion, fig­u­ra­tion, and nar­ra­tive com­bine to form a poet­ic, light, and at the same time dynam­ic visu­al lan­guage. Scheidl’s float­ing fig­ures appear time­less and uni­ver­sal. By blend­ing fig­u­ra­tive and infor­mal ele­ments, Roman Schei­dl has devel­oped a dis­tinc­tive voice with­in the con­tem­po­rary Aus­tri­an paint­ing scene. 

On the 1st floor

FEMALEARTISTS
, GRAPHIC ART

The exhi­bi­tion on the first floor of the gallery fea­tures works by the artists Eva Bosch, Edith Gru­ber, Christa Mayrhofer, Eva Mös­ened­er, Maria Moser, Yoko Omo­mi, Flo­renti­na Pakos­ta, and Susanne Pohl. Through their dis­tinct artis­tic approach­es, they explore the pos­si­bil­i­ties of print­mak­ing. Despite their dif­fer­ent approach­es, the works are unit­ed by a sen­si­tive inter­play of line, sur­face, tex­ture, and mate­ri­al­i­ty. The char­ac­ter­is­tic prop­er­ties of the respec­tive print­mak­ing tech­niques are not mere­ly employed as tech­ni­cal vari­a­tions but are expe­ri­enced as inde­pen­dent means of expres­sion. The exhi­bi­tion brings togeth­er eight dif­fer­ent artis­tic approach­es and high­lights the diver­si­ty of printmaking.

Exhi­bi­tion dates: Octo­ber 24 through Decem­ber 2, 2026

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Ausstel­lungseröff­nung: Sam­stag, 19. Sep­tem­ber 2026, 11 – 13 Uhr

WOLFGANG STIFTER
A Care­free Journey

Artist Talk at 11:30 a.m.
: Wolf­gang Stifter’s paint­ings nav­i­gate the ten­sion between abstrac­tion and fig­u­ra­tion. From spots, lines, and traces, open pic­to­r­i­al spaces emerge in which per­cep­tion, mem­o­ry, and imag­i­na­tion inter­twine. His paint­ings open up spaces of vision that chal­lenge the famil­iar and sharp­en the eye for the inde­ter­mi­nate. Pre­cise­ly com­posed and open to mul­ti­ple inter­pre­ta­tions, the works invite view­ers to con­tin­u­al­ly dis­cov­er new visu­al con­nec­tions.
The exhi­bi­tion presents recent works from the past two years and offers insight into Wolf­gang Stifter’s lat­est artis­tic explo­ration of per­cep­tion, form, and visu­al openness. 

Im 1. Stock
Japanis­che Farb­holzschnitte – Von Shun­shō bis Hasui

The exhi­bi­tion fea­tures mas­ter­pieces of Japan­ese wood­block prints from the 18th through the ear­ly 20th cen­tu­ry. Works by artists such as Kat­sukawa Shun­shō, Kita­gawa Uta­maro, Uta­gawa Hiroshige, as well as Ohara Koson and Kawase Hasui, illus­trate the evo­lu­tion of this unique art form—from ele­gant depic­tions of fig­ures and actors to poet­ic land­scapes and atmos­pher­ic nat­ur­al motifs. The prints on dis­play offer a glimpse into Japan’s aes­thet­ics, cul­ture, and visu­al world, show­cas­ing the time­less beau­ty of wood­block prints. 

Exhi­bi­tion dates: Sep­tem­ber 19 through Octo­ber 21, 2026

Ausstel­lungseröff­nung: Sam­stag, 7. März 2026, 11 – 13 Uhr

JOSEF MIKL (1929 — 2008)

JOSEF PILLHOFER (1921 – 2010)

ARTIST FRIENDS IN DIALOG

PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

Gün­ther Holler-Schus­ter will speak at the open­ing at 11.30 a.m.

Togeth­er with Wolf­gang Hol­legha, Markus Prachen­sky and Arnulf Rain­er, Josef Mikl is one of the most influ­en­tial fig­ures in Aus­tri­an post-war paint­ing. His ear­ly works focused on the human body. Over time, how­ev­er, Mikl increas­ing­ly detached him­self from fig­u­ra­tive rep­re­sen­ta­tion: col­or sur­faces became denser, body forms were reduced. From the 1990s onwards, his paint­ings were char­ac­ter­ized by dynam­ic diag­o­nals, his paint­ing style became freer, lighter and achieved a great cre­ative openness. 

Josef Pill­hofer­’s work is char­ac­ter­ized by its great diver­si­ty. From the very begin­ning, he was inter­est­ed in the ques­tion of form in space. His sculp­tures were often based on nat­ur­al forms, which he took up, sim­pli­fied and reassem­bled. Despite this abstrac­tion, the human fig­ure remained a cen­tral theme. Pill­hofer worked pri­mar­i­ly with clas­si­cal mate­ri­als such as stone and bronze. 

The exhi­bi­tion brings togeth­er works by long-time artist friends Josef Mikl and Josef Pill­hofer and invites vis­i­tors to dis­cov­er paint­ing and sculp­ture in an excit­ing dialog.

On the 1st floor

ART AFTER 1950

In the 1950s, abstract art stood for a new depar­ture and new free­dom. Whether clear geo­met­ric forms or spon­ta­neous, ges­tur­al paint­ing — many artists sought new ways of expres­sion. At the same time, the depic­tion of peo­ple remained impor­tant and fig­u­ra­tion made a con­scious return. From the 1990s to the present day, Euro­pean art has been more diverse than ever before. The most diverse themes, styles and forms of expres­sion stand side by side and invite vis­i­tors to dis­cov­er and expe­ri­ence art in a very indi­vid­ual way. The exhi­bi­tion includes works from Adu­atz to Zens. 

EXHIBITION DURATION: 7. March — April 29, 2026

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