Georg Salner
Georg Salner (born May 16, 1958 in Galtür , Tyrol ) is an Austrian visual artist . He lives and works in Vienna .
life and work
Georg Salner grew up as the third of seven children in Galtür. The parents were Christina (1927–1975) and Josef Salner (1920–2012). In the years from 1968 to 1976 the boarding time at the humanistic grammar school Paulinum in Schwaz fell with the promotion of artistic talent and graduation (focus on ancient languages and art). From 1977 to 1982 he attended the master class for graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Maximilian Melcher . His specialties there were miniature etching and drawing. At the same time with him, the brothers Luis and Arthur studied at the academy, later also the sister Wally Salner. During his studies he undertook two major overland trips, including a. to Afghanistan, India and various Himalayan regions (1978/79). A five-month stay together in Nepal and India in 1983/84 marked the beginning of the relationship with his wife. Their daughter was born in 1985.
Experts noticed him early on, including Walter Koschatzky , long-time director of the Albertina, the art historian Kristian Sotriffer and Peter Baum , who gave him his first solo exhibition in 1991 in the Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum, the New Gallery of the City of Linz (later Lentos Art Museum Linz ) aligned. The first series of panels in casein on canvas were created in the studio from 1984, followed by the hemispheres series on aluminum from 1988 . In 1990 he was awarded a six-year state studio grant, which also enabled him to maintain a lasting presence in Austrian contemporary art. His studio neighbors in the Austrian federal studios of the Heller factory were u. a. Franz Graf , Walter Vopava and Martin Beck .
In Georg Salner's work, which is very diverse and conceptual and oriented towards the most diverse forms of design (communication design), works on paper, panel painting series in different production methods or object-like modifications, object installations (above all the collection structure made of industrial materials, which has been constantly expanding since 1990 ) - the table installation E / O / S and architectural interventions with image texts. In addition, photographic projects, often also carried out outside of Europe (India, Brazil, China), with a focus on "architecture and building" characterize the artistic work.
Project selection
- In 1998 Georg Salner developed the complex room installation SU.SY for the MAK - Museum of Applied Arts Vienna under the direction of Peter Noever (as part of a solo exhibition in the MAK gallery) .
- In 1999, an art-in-building project was created for the Vienna subway in the Hütteldorfer Straße U3 station - the 40-meter-long wall design of the U-Bau alphabet .
- In 2003 he realized a multi-part slide installation for the Kunsthalle Wien on the project wall ( E / O / S gated community ).
- In 2004, the large-scale wall design Metallon from SU.SY shown in the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna (MAK) was permanently reinstalled in the foyer of Hall D of the Wiener Messe (architects Gerhard Mossburger and Gustav Peichl ).
- In 2012/13 a solo exhibition with the title multiple identity took place at the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum .
Recognitions (selection)
- 1984: State grant for fine arts
- 1985: 1st prize at the 5th Römerquelle art competition
- 1990–1996: Federal Atelier Davidgasse (Heller factory)
- 1993: Prize of the Province of Upper Austria, 23rd Austrian graphics competition
- 1999: Foreign scholarship from the arts section of the Austrian Federal Chancellery - Rome
- 2001: Prize of the Raiffeisen Landesbank Tirol, 27th Austrian graphics competition
- 2016: Foreign scholarship of the arts section of the Austrian Federal Chancellery - Beijing
Publications
- SQUARE TERMS, The one and zero form of a black square, artist book, Georg Salner (Mr., graphic), Vienna, 1997, texts: Georg Salner (in collaboration with Portfolio Kunst AG)
- SU.SY, exhibition catalog, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1998 (Peter Noever, Mr.), texts: Georg Salner, Vitus H. Weh, Burghart Schmidt, ISBN 3-900688-38-9
- THE GOLD ALPHABET, artist book, Triton Verlag Vienna, 2003, texts: Wolfgang Kos, Hannes Berger, Georg Salner, ISBN 978-3-854860-95-2
- multiple identity, exhibition catalog, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 2012 (Wolfgang Meighörner Hr.), texts: Günther Dankl, Martin Fritz, Georg Salner, ISBN 978-3-900083-37-3
- CHANDIGARH BRASILIA reVision, a biographical-artistic excursion in black and white, photo book, Fotohof Salzburg, 2016, text: Georg Salner (d / e), ISBN 978-3-902993-24-3
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Salner - SU.SY - October 29, 1998
- ^ Art - Company - Wiener Linien
- ↑ Kunsthalle Wien - Georg Salner
- ↑ basis wien - METALLON II (prototype Messe Wien)
- ↑ Georg Salner: "multiple identity" - Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck - tv.ORF.at
- ^ Gallery in the Taxispalais - Archive 1964–2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salner, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galtür , Tyrol |