Down­load: PDF press release |Down­load: Exhi­bi­tion picture

PETER PONGRATZ

Works on paper and canvas

Exhi­bi­tion open­ing: TUESDAY, MARCH 2nd, 2021, 3 PM – 7 PM

Exhi­bi­tion peri­od: MARCH 3rd, 2021 – APRIL 17th, 2021

The artist, born in Eisen­stadt in 1940, is regard­ed as the main rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Art Brut move­ment in Aus­tria, from whose art move­ment he draws and whose forms he uses. When study­ing his work, thoughts of Dubuf­fet, the paint­ing of small chil­dren and pic­to­r­i­al forms of psy­cho­log­i­cal com­pul­sions get in the way of the viewer.

Peter Pon­gratz on paint­ing: “Right from the very begin­ning of my occu­pa­tion with paint­ing, I assumed that some­thing that claims to be called art, or more pre­cise­ly to the name of con­tem­po­rary art, must def­i­nite­ly con­tain an inde­pen­dent form of expres­sion. For the painter in par­tic­u­lar, this means that if pos­si­ble out­side of cul­tur­al tem­plates, he should be able to use col­ors and shapes to visu­al­ize his own, authen­tic world and self-image, free from out­side influences. ”

Pon­gratz stud­ied at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na and at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Fine Arts in Berlin. With Wolf­gang Herzig, Martha Jung­wirth, Kurt Kocher­schei­dt, Franz Ringel and Robert Zep­pel-Sperl, he found­ed the artist group Real­i­ties. Study trips took him to Paris, Venice, Aus­tralia, the South Seas and Korču­la, among oth­ers. Peter Pon­gratz lives and works in Vien­na and on Korčula.

Since 1988 Peter Pon­gratz has been rep­re­sent­ed with exhi­bi­tions in the gallery. Works from recent years and cur­rent works are pre­sent­ed in the exhibition.

We cor­dial­ly invite you to our exhi­bi­tion on the 1st floor:

CLASSIC MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART

Exhi­bi­tion open­ing: TUESDAY, MARCH 2nd, 2021, 3 PM – 7 PM

Exhi­bi­tion peri­od: MARCH 3rd, 2021 – APRIL 17th, 2021

On the first floor of the gallery, works of art from clas­si­cal mod­ernism and con­tem­po­rary art, among oth­ers by Gus­tav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Joan Miró, Gunter Damisch, Josef Mikl and Andreas Urteil are shown.

Down­load: PDF invitation

Down­load: PDF invi­ta­tion

Down­load: PDF press release Moser | Down­load: Exhi­bi­tion picture

Dear Sirs and Madames!

We look for­ward to our vir­tu­al tours from Jan­u­ary 13, 2021 to welcome

On the ground floor

MARIA MOSER — New work

Maria Moser, born in Franken­burg in Upper Aus­tria in 1948, stud­ied from 1968 to 1973 at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vienna.

Her paint­ing is not in the con­ven­tion­al sense, it is cre­at­ed in an impul­sive, almost wild, but not incon­sid­er­ate way. Design ele­ments are dynam­i­cal­ly drawn traces of paint as well as paint pig­ment and asphalt appli­ca­tions. This way of paint­ing defines the artist’s work from the start.

Her pic­tures are pic­tures of an exis­ten­tial kind, they stand for life process­es. It is the orig­i­nal mate­r­i­al iron that the artist has made her own for her bru­tal “rep­re­sen­ta­tion”.

Maria Moser lives and works in Franken­burg and Vienna.

Dura­tion of the exhi­bi­tion: JANUARY 13th – FEBRUARY 27th 2021

On the 1st floor 

ANNUAL REVIEW 2020

A selec­tion of the works from the 2020 per­son­al exhi­bi­tions will be shown

VICTOR BAUER – PAUL FLORA – JOANNA GLEICH – GABRIELE KUTSCHERA –VALENTIN OMAN – SUSANNE POHL – GOTTFRIED SALZMANN – ALEXANDER STROHTE –JOHANN JULIAN TAUPE – MAX WEILER – JOHANNES ZEIGLER

Dura­tion of the exhi­bi­tion: JANUARY 13th – FEBRUARY 27th 2021

We look for­ward to wel­com­ing you back to our gallery soon.

STAY HEALTHY!

Your team of 

GALLERY WELZ

Until fur­ther notice, we can be reached by phone and email at:

Tel. +43 662 84 17 71–0

office@galerie-welz.at

Down­load: PDF invi­ta­tion

Down­load: PDF invi­ta­tion

Down­load: PDF press release | Down­load: Exhi­bi­tion picture

DEAR ART FRIENDS!

Due to cur­rent events, we have to refrain from open­ing an exhi­bi­tion on Novem­ber 24th, 2020.

You can vis­it the exhi­bi­tions vir­tu­al­ly on our home­page www.galerie-welz.at from Novem­ber 25, 2020.

JOHANN JULIAN TAUPE – New work

Johann Julian Taupe, born in Gritschach near Vil­lach in 1954, stud­ied from 1976 to 1981 at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na with Prof. Max Weil­er. From 1981 to 1983 Taupe was a lec­tur­er with Prof. Arnulf Rain­er at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na and received the Aus­tri­an State Schol­ar­ship for Fine Arts from 1983 to 1984.

For Julian Taupe, paint­ing is an ongo­ing process, an expres­sion of his expe­ri­ences and impres­sions. He invites the view­er to find his own con­tin­u­a­tion. The artist repeat­ed­ly reassem­bles abstract, col­or­ful frag­ments. Clear forms with part­ly fig­u­ra­tive ele­ments in bright col­ors cre­ate the impres­sion of a deep­er lev­el. New can­vas works by the artist will be shown in the exhibition.

Dura­tion of the exhi­bi­tion: NOVEMBER 25, 2020 – JANUARY 9, 2021

On the 1st floor

PAUL FLORA (1922 – 2009) – draw­ings and graphics

Paul Flo­ra, born 1922 in Glurns im Vin­schgau, in South Tyrol, stud­ied at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Munich from 1942 to 1944. His ear­ly work was strong­ly influ­enced by Kubin, but before 1950 he rad­i­cal­ly broke with the dense hatch­ing and turned to fine, del­i­cate draw­ing. Flo­ra con­se­quent­ly devel­ops an unmis­tak­able brush tech­nique. The iron­ic-sar­cas­tic draw­ings by the graph­ic artist, car­i­ca­tur­ist and illus­tra­tor found inter­na­tion­al recognition.

Dura­tion of the exhi­bi­tion: NOVEMBER 25, 2020 – JANUARY 9, 2021

Open­ing hours: 

Mon­day to Fri­day 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat­ur­day 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., closed on Sundays

We look for­ward to see­ing you again in the gallery, prob­a­bly from Decem­ber 7th.

STAY HEALTHY!

GALLERY WELZ

Down­load: PDF invi­ta­tion

Down­load: PDF invi­ta­tion