Exhibitions2017ICON

For ICON, 19 artists from Galerie Krinzinger presented their personal icons. Curated by Bettina M. Busse, the exhibition featured 38 works, continuing the gallery’s tradition of large-scale group exhibitions featuring some of the most exciting artists of their day.

The featured works span a wide range of artistic production, reflecting a specific realm of art development in the 20th and 21st century. In some cases, the artists adopted a sweeping approach, Chinese artist Zhang Ding, for example, did not select one figure, but rather an entire art movement of the 1960s “Fluxus” which left a sustained imprint on his own work.

With the exception of Gavin Turk who, by inviting Joseph Kosuth, an artist who is a personal friend and someone he has exhibited with, none of the invited artists selected an ICON from their immediate vicinity.

Both Gavin Turk and Erik van Lieshout integrate their ICONS directly in their work, albeit in a different way. Gavin Turk and Joseph Kosuth decided together on the selection of works that they are presenting in the exhibition.

 

Marina amovic - John Cage, Gottfried Bechtold - Marcel Duchamp, Martha Jungwirth - Cy Twombly, Erik van Lieshout - Allan Sekula,  Zenita Komad - Dieter Roth, Angelika Krinzinger - Man Ray, Ulrike Lienbacher - Maria Lassnig, Maha Malluh - Robert Rauschenberg, Hans Op de Beeck - Peter Doig, Goran Petercol - Julije Knifer, Werner Reiterer - Alfred Kubin, Anja Ronacher - Louise Bourgeois, Erik Schmidt - Richard Prince, Mithu Sen - Sophie Calle, Gavin Turk - Joseph Kosuth, Martin Walde - Paul Thek, Mark Wallinger - Harry Beck, Zhang Ding - Fluxus, Thomas Zipp - Eadweard Muybridge