Alesandrion
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Alesandrion (born May 20, 1961 in Austria ; civil: Alexander Mirko Wallner ) is an Austrian painter , interior designer , graphic artist and author .
Life
Alesandrion was born as the eldest child of Harald and Ruth Wallner in Vienna , his ancestors on his mother's side were of Jewish origin. However, the Jewish grandmother, who grew up in Melk an der Donau, changed to the Roman / Catholic faith on the occasion of her marriage to a Catholic. A circumstance that enables you and your daughter Ruth to survive the Holocaust as the only one in your family . She dies in 2011 shortly after her 100th birthday. The connection of these Jewish roots with the myths of ancient Greece and Christian mysticism have a lasting impact on Alesandrion's artistic work.
From 1980 to 1985 he studied restoration and conservation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His main interest is wall painting in the original fresco technique. After completing his studies with the academic title “Magister artium”, he immediately begins his own artistic projects and is appointed by Prof. Josef Mikl as a lecturer at his master school for nature studies (evening act) at the Academy of Fine Arts for 5 years . Since 2000 Alesandrion has been teaching "Historical Painting Techniques" and "Art in Architecture" at the University of Applied Arts for the painting and restoration institutes.
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painting
His early works, mainly pure frescoes, which he made exclusively for wealthy private patrons until the 1990s, are clearly influenced by the Italian Renaissance and early Baroque painting . With the exhibition “Tafelbilder” in Klosterneuburg Abbey in 1996, he increasingly turned to the production of panel paintings, for which he developed his typical design on a specially modified basis of the baroque stucco marble technique, which he mixed with painting in casein tempera and acrylic. This also resulted in oil paintings on canvas, gouache and watercolor works.
Most of Alesandrion's works are based on mythological, mystical or astrological motifs and symbolism. The content of his pictures, which he often draws from visionary experiences, is to make the close connection and penetration of human existence, of earthly matter, with metaphysical ( metaphysics ) worlds visible and understandable. Since 2000 Alesandrion has been teaching "Historical Painting Techniques" and "Art in Architecture" at the University of Applied Arts for the painting and restoration institutes.
In 2003, Alesandrion met the women's rights activist Waris Dirie in Vienna . This encounter inspired him to create a 12-part picture cycle (2003–2007) that included both portraits of her and various scenes from her first book "Desert Flower".
In 2011, the picture "Black goddess" is from the Waris Dirie cycle of paintings in the collection of the Phantastenmuseum taken and another image "Black Virgin" bought.
Healing room design
At the same time, Alesandrion deals intensively with the influences of colors, motifs, shapes and symbols in art on the human body, mind and soul. To this end, he is developing his own course “Color - Form - Symbol” and a lively lecture activity. a. a lecture at the Institute for Color Chemistry and Physics at the Vienna Art Academy. The practical implementation of this activity can be found in many orders for public and private hospitals since 2000. The intention behind these paintings and designs is to improve the well-being of patients, hospital staff and visitors and to support healing.
Quotes about alesandrion
“The man lives in two worlds, in at least two ... he calls himself Alesandrion. That sounds very ancient, archaic, mythological. But it is not. It just triggers something in the reader and listener that is embedded in everyone in the archetypes of the collective unconscious. "
Books
- Alexander Wallner: Fresco. Catalog for the exhibition "Tafelbilder" in Klosterneuburg Abbey, 1995
- Alesandrion, contribution in: Claudia Schumm: Architecture and healing. 1st edition. Springer Verlag Vienna 2004. ISBN 3-211-21466-6
- Beate Schaffer, Alexander Wallner: HeilKunst - healing images and spaces. Vienna, 2008.
- Alexander Wallner: Waris Dirie - 12 paintings by the artist Alesandrion. Vienna, 2007.
literature
- Gerhard Habarta: Lexicon of Fantastic Artists / Surrealists / Fantastics / Symbolists / Visionaries. IFAA, Vienna 2009. ISBN 978-3-8370-8427-6
- Catalog of the Phantastenmuseum Wien, Austrian Cultural Center - Austria House (ed.): Phantastenmuseum Wien. First edition January 2011, Phantastenmuseum Vienna / Austrian Cultural Center in Vienna
- Gerhard Habarta and Alexander Wallner: Alesandrion- Between the Worlds. Catalog of the work exhibition in the gallery of the Austrian Cultural Center / Palais Palffy Phantastenmuseum , 2011.
Web links
- Alesandrion's website
- Interview with Alesandrion
- List of artists in the Lexicon of Fantastic Artists
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alesandrion |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wallner, Alexander Mirko (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |