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Tomak - PHANTOMAK
13. January 2012, 20:55:03 unter Artworks, Austria, CastYourArt, Exhibitions, Galleries, German, Podcasts, Portraits, Technische Universität Wien, Universities, Video, ViennaIn the exhibition “PHANTOMAK” in the Vienna University of Technology, sculptures by the artist Tomak are presented to the public for the first time. The sculpture series PHANTOMAK consists of eleven individual busts of the artist, produced in a complex technical procedure – Wood Jackson, Rotpeter, Height, Headquarters…
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„Thus my work completes itself by the sculpture.“ (TOMAK)
The sculpture series PHANTOMAK was produced in the course of the past one and a half years. The works were manufactured in close cooperation with the Vienna University of Technology (institute of art and design – spatial development and modelling), the German company Rampf Tooling and an Austrian foundation. CastYourArt is responsible for the organisation of the project. more »
EVA & ADELE - SALZBURG through
3. August 2011, 12:00:46 unter Artworks, Austria, Exhibitions, Museum der Moderne, Museums, Podcasts, Salzburg, VideoFrom July 23rd until October 30th 2011, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg displays works about artistic self-representation in the exhibition “role models – role playing”. On the occasion, CastYourart produced the short film EVA & ADELE about(on, over) SALZBURG with the artist duo EVA & ADELE. The film will be on display in the exhibition, we have put a sample online for you.
| computer & iPod | send feedback Role models – role playing
The masquerade and its staging are a challenge for the protagonists. However, since long ago performance has not been limited to the stage and spotlight anymore. It has freed itself from the narrowness of the theatres, playhouses, cinemas, television shows and magazines and has stepped out into real life. In the course this liberation, acting has been transformed into role playing. Its protagonists are we. more »
Alexander Steinwendtner - Random. Clean Cuts.
20. June 2011, 11:33:07 unter Austria, English, German, Podcasts, Portraits, Salzburg, VideoRather than expressing something directly, the force of artistic expressivity lies within manifesting the getting-to-talk within the work itself.
| computer & iPod | send feedback „I will now reveal the secret: I am talking about an important artist“ (Christian Ludwig Attersee)
Random. Clean Cuts. The works of the new series by the artist Alexander Steinwendtner contain an essential and fascinating quality of human endeavour, referred to as making art: precise artistic expression arises stems from an artistic attunement, not quite definable and therefore not attainable in an exact manner.
In other words, the artist is able to specify what falls to him and that art is not simply mastered, but in fact created. Quality, says Alexander Steinwendtner, arises from a time that he is somewhat unable to define. Therefore the artistic agenda is to venture into the undefined, in order to reach the concept. more »
Exhibition - Alexander Steinwendtner. Random. Clean Cuts
17. June 2011, 13:14:59 unter Announcement, Austria, CastYourArt, Exhibitions, Galleries, Vienna
Aivazovsky - A Russian fairytale
23. March 2011, 14:10:52 unter Art Spaces, Austria, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Exhibitions, German, Interviews, Podcasts, Video, ViennaAivazovsky is regarded as the master of seascapes. In his lifetime he dedicated himself to this motif as a metaphor for life, of desire as well as the struggle between nature and culture.
For the first time, the Bank Austria Kunstforum shows a retrospective of the artist outside of Russia and the Ukraine. There are fifty representative paintings on display, among them main works from the Aivazovsky Museum in Feodosia and the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg that have never been shown abroad.
| computer & iPod | send feedback As legend has it, he died in his studio with a brush in his hand, 111 years ago. In his exceptionally long life he actually left only this one painting unfinished, out of the estimated 6000 he painted. In his lifetime his works were already marvelled at, admired, venerated – and purchased. more »
PHANTOMAK - The First Hit.
10. September 2010, 01:54:47 unter Announcement, Austria, CastYourArt, English, Exhibitions, Galleries, Interviews, Podcasts, Technische Universität Wien, Universities, Video, Vienna“The First Hit of PHANTOMAK: The Ear Problem. No Problem.”
Masquerade, demasquerade, illusion, delusion, covering, decovering, position, superposition, appearance, constellation. CastYourArt presents the first series of works of the PHANTOMAK project by TOMAK (painting, collage, grafic) and Alek Kawka (photography). Exhibition: September 14 until October 8, 2010 | Mo-Fr | 12p.m. – 5p.m. Opening: September 13 6p.m.
| computer & iPod | send feedback PHANTOMAK:
For CastYourArt, TOMAK creates the sculpture series PHANTOMAK. 10 individual busts (PHANTOMAK, Hard Licker, Night Rider, …), TOMAK’s head, scanned in 3D, cut out by a milling robot of the Vienna University of Technology at the Institute of Art and Design, and processed by the artist. Objects at the limits of the possible. more »
Prince Eugen - General, Philosopher and Art Lover
17. February 2010, 14:48:00 unter Austria, Belvedere, Companies, Exhibitions, German, Interviews, Museums, Podcasts, UNIQA, Video, ViennaAn exhibition on the statesman and art patron Prince Eugene of Savoy-Carignan at Vienna’s Orangerie and Lower Belvedere. This podcast was realised with the kind support of UNIQUA ArtCercles.
| computer & iPod | send feedback Prinz Eugen, as he is known in Austria, was a renowned lover and collector of art and left a vast collection of paintings, copper engravings, books and hand writings. He became one of the most influential Austrians of his time when he moved to the country after being rejected by Louis XIV for service in the French army.
As a commander he was a daredevil, willing to sacrifice human lives by the thousands more »
A Feast for the Eyes - Food in Still Life
10. February 2010, 14:53:18 unter Art Spaces, Austria, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Exhibitions, German, Interviews, Podcasts, Video, ViennaWhen one feasts with the eyes, does one realize that one is consuming more than just food? An episode on the Augenschmaus exhibition at Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna.
| computer & iPod | send feedback The fact that we carefully inspect the food that we consume is potentially relevant to culture. A civilized person does not simply eat, she dines more »
Esra Ersen- Interview with the artist at the tanzimat Exhibition
5. February 2010, 22:07:14 unter Art Spaces, Artworks, Augarten Contemporary, Austria, English, Exhibitions, German, Interviews, Museums, Podcasts, Portraits, Video, Vienna
| computer & iPod | send feedback Esra Ersen is interested in the formation of identity and its transformation in different contexts or power structures. Her work “Carousel” shown in the exhibition tanzimat (Augarten Contemporary 21.1.2010 - 16.5.2010) was produced with high school students from Cologne. Ersen asked the students to model Turkish heads out of clay.
Gulsun Karamustafa - Interview with the artist at the tanzimat Exhibition
4. February 2010, 20:30:19 unter Art Spaces, Artworks, Augarten Contemporary, Austria, English, Exhibitions, German, Interviews, Podcasts, Video, Vienna
| computer & iPod | send feedback Gulsun Karamustafa is a contemporary artist and film maker from Turkey. In 2009 she was the artist in residence at the Augarten Contemporary in Vienna. For the exhibition tanzimat (Augarten Contemporary 21.1.2010 - 16.5.2010) she produced a new piece entitled “modernity unveiled/interweaving histories”. In the interview with CYA Karamustafa talks about this piece.
