Stella Rollig Livres

A celebration of the work of Finnish national hero Akseli Gallen-Kallela and his depictions of Finland's people, myths and landscape. Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) was Finland's most famous progressive artist around 1900 and a major figure in international modern art. At the turn of the century, Finland was a grand duchy striving for independence from Russian rule. Gallen-Kallela's depictions of Finland's people, myths, and nature played a key role in forming a national identity. At the same time, his modern visual language, developed in constant dialogue between Finnish sources of inspiration and influences from artistic centres such as Paris, Berlin, London and Vienna, brought him international acclaim. This English-Finnish bilingual catalogue invites readers to explore these fascinating interactions in Gallen-Kallela's artistic engagement with his country and its people, the Finnish national epic Kalevala, the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art) and the Nordic landscape. The international dimension of Gallen-Kallela's art is showcased by shining a spotlight on his contributions to the Vienna Secession exhibitions of 1901/02 and 1904. The catalogue accompanies an exhibition at the Belvedere, Vienna, in collaboration with the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki.

Why did Joseph Beuys carry out his action EURASIENSTAB in Vienna? Should 7000 Oaks also have been planted here? And why should wet laundry constantly hang in Palais Liechtenstein? Joseph Beuys's relationships to the Austrian capital, the actions he carried out here, the spatial installations he set up, exhibitions, lectures, and discussion groups are investigated in the current publication on the pioneering artist's 100th birthday. With the expanded concept of art, Beuys not only significantly shaped the art after 1945; his oeuvre also has an unwavering relevance today. Text: Theo Altenberg, Harald Krejci, Doris Leutgeb, Lisa Moravec, Ana Petrovic, Stella Rollig

Bei der Werkgruppe der Performativen Skulpturen attackiert Wurm Modelle oder rohe Blöcke aus Ton mit Kör- perkraft und teilweise auch mit Hilfsmitteln. Im Anschluss gießt er die deformierten Modelle häufig in Bronze, Alu- minium, Eisen oder Kunstharz ab, überzieht sie mit Farbe oder patiniert sie. Es entsteht ein spannungsgeladener Dialog zwischen der Urform des Materials und den Spuren des performativen Eingriffs. Der Körper wird dabei zum Material und Medium von Handlungsvollzügen. Mit den Performativen Skulpturen begann Wurm bereits Anfang der 1990er-Jahre eine gänzlich neue Form des künstlerischen Ausdrucks zu entwickeln. Im 21er Haus wird dieser Werkblock nun erstmals umfassend präsentiert. Ein Großteil der 54 ausgestellten performativen Skulpturen und Plastiken ist eigens für diese Schau entstanden. Der Ausstellungskatalog ermöglicht einen umfassenden Einblick in Erwin Wurms Werkzyklus der Performativen Skulpturen und analysiert die Werke vor dem Hintergrund der künstlerischen Entwicklungslinie.

In her painting Maja Vukoje explores cultural hybridity and transculturality as basic conditions of our globalized lives. Over various stages of her artistic career, Vukoje has developed a distinct artistic language in which she not only focuses on the mixture and fusion of elements of different cultures as visual motifs. The book will comprise more than two hundred images from the past fifteen years, with an emphasis on her most recent work series. In the latter tropical fruits and so-called colonial goods like coffee and sugar come face to face with symbols of our digitized everyday lives, motifs from popular culture, and iconic works of painterly abstraction. Text: Isabelle Graw, Isin Önol, Stella Rollig, Luisa Ziaja

Themes of eroticism, family and mortality in the art and life of Lovis Corinth This book examines the stylistic and thematic transformations of the art of Lovis Corinth (1858–1925), from the eroticism of his nude portraits of his young wife to the images of mother and child, family life, depictions of Corinth’s own aging and his landscape paintings from the Walchensee.

Oversized bronze sculptures from a British artist known for her often grotesque or comically exaggerated figuration British artist Rebecca Warren (born 1965) makes sculptures and assemblages using a wide variety of materials. Her distinctive and complex oeuvre blends tradition with the quotidian, seriousness with frivolity, mastery with mismatch. This publication accompanies Warren’s recent exhibition in Vienna featuring new works.