Jürgen Messensee

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jürgen Messensee (born August 29, 1936 in Vienna ) is an Austrian visual artist .

Life

Messensee studied from 1955 to 1960 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Sergius Pauser . He lives and works in Vienna and was a member of the Vienna Secession from 1973 to 2000.

plant

Messensee's work occupies a special position in Austrian contemporary art and cannot be assigned to any group or style. His art is representational. The subject - almost exclusively the female body and parts of it - is, however, abstracted by ciphers and abbreviations. Messensee's art is shaped by epistemological reflections. From the 80s to the beginning of the 90s, Messensee dealt extensively with Velázquez , and in 1993 Messensee's Infants were shown in the Art History Museum alongside those by Velázquez.

Trivia

The Nobel Prize speech by Elfriede Jelinek , which had this recorded instead of a personal appearance in Stockholm , was held against the background of a picture of Messensee.

Solo exhibitions and participation in exhibitions

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marianne Heinz 1998 in the exhibition catalog Staatliche Museen Kassel and Neue Galerie Linz.
  2. ↑ Myth Jelinek - Cassandra of contemporary literature. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunstforumwien.at
  4. ^ Jürgen Messensee in the Raiffeisengalerie Langenlois
  5. ^ Archive report of the town hall correspondence from November 28, 2007

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Messensee, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria