Josef Trattner

Josef Trattner, 2008

K.05, exhibition in the Künstlerhaus, Vienna 2004

Josef Trattner (born March 13, 1955 in Semriach ) is an Austrian artist. He was best known for his work with foam as a material.

life and work

Josef Trattner graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he also taught from 1996 to 2008. Trattner is active in various art disciplines: his work includes sculptures, performances, actions, photography, videos and literature.

Since 1990 Trattner has been using foam as a material for projects in public spaces. The furnishing of the courtyard of the Vienna MuseumsQuartier (MQ) also goes back to a foam performance by Josef Trattner : In the summer of 2002, Trattner designed huge foam cubes for the area in the Vienna MuseumsQuartier, which were enthusiastically used by visitors as part of a temporary installation. The management of the MuseumsQuartier Errichtungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft (MQ E + B) then invited people to come up with ideas for permanent seating furniture for the MQ courtyards. The winner was the team of architects PPAG with their “ Enzi ” courtyard furniture .

Josef Trattner has been artistically exploring the colors of wine since 2000 . After an exhibition with 100 wine pictures in the Vienna Künstlerhaus in 2005, further exhibitions and performances with wine artifacts followed in Austria, Switzerland and Piedmont, Italy. At the 8th Shanghai Biennale from October 23, 2010 to January 23, 2011 Trattner was represented as the Austrian representative with 100 wine pictures.

Since 2004 Josef Trattner has dedicated himself to his “European sofa rides”. An essential feature of Trattner's work is the superimposition of aspects inherent in art (including the relationship between materiality, shape and color to the interior and exterior) with social issues. His ephemeral stagings in natural and urban spaces that dissolve again after changes by the audience and weather influences are always also social experimental arrangements that have a self-reflective and critical potential.

Trattner implemented a number of artistic projects in collaboration with other art disciplines. There were collaborations with musicians, writers, architects and photographers.

Josef Trattner lives and works in Vienna. He is a member of the Vienna Secession .

Awards

1988: Promotion Prize of the State of Salzburg
1989: Austrian Art Prize for Fine Arts
1991: Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna
1992: Promotion Prize of the State of Styria for Fine Arts (purchase price)
2004: Viktor Fogarassy Prize

Solo exhibitions, campaigns and projects (selection)

1987: Theseus Temple, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (Catalog: Sculptures, Josef Trattner, with a foreword by Edelbert Köb)
1988: Neue Galerie - Studio, Steirischer Herbst '88, Graz (catalog: stamp 1988, with a foreword by Edelbert Köb)
1989: Traklhaus, Salzburg (catalog)
1989: Galerie der Wiener Secession, Vienna (catalog: Josef Trattner, with contributions by Otto Kapfinger and Aleksandar Urosevic)
1991: Gallery Posthof, Linz
1992: Austrian Gallery, G. Ambrosi Museum, Vienna (catalog, with contributions by G. Tobias Natter, Wolfgang Pauser)
1992: Gallery A4, Wels
1993: Akut room, Kunstforum Hallein, Hallein
1995: In foam, Menotti Gallery, Baden near Vienna
1995: Project Barock in progress, Eckartsau Castle (catalog, with contributions by Anita Aigner, Rainer Fuchs, Otto Kapfinger, Ulrich Mellitzer, Burghart Schmidt and Birgit Schwaner)
1997: Sitting in Steyr, art gallery tmp Steyr
1998: Art landscape project, Ehrwald
1999: Project Anlauf, Ansitz, Anstand, St. Pölten (with Walter M. Chramosta; catalog)
1999: Josef Trattner: Block Out, MAK, Vienna (catalog, with contributions by Martina Kandeler-Fritsch, Peter Noever, Burghart Schmidt)
2002: Furniture project, Museumsquartier Vienna
2003: Project Metasofa Graz 2003, European Capital of Culture 2003, Graz
2004: K.05, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2005: Foam, Performance and Installation, Serviceplan, Munich
2005: foam, installation, programangels, with Tommy Schmidt, Munich
2005: Gallery of the City of Wels, in the Medien Kultur Haus, with Kurt Stadler, Wels
2005: Wine color red, installation, performance Blind Taste (music composition: "rouge de rouge" KH Essl), Künstlerhaus Vienna
2006: Leibnitz, (blind taste), Marenzi Gallery, Leibnitz
2008: Colore (di) vino Piemonte, installation, performance, Künstlerhaus Vienna
2009: T. Jazz, installation, Husarentempel, Mödling near Vienna
2010/11: Blind Taste, exhibition as part of the 8th Shanghai Biennale
2012: Divan - Romanian sofa rides
2013: Sofa - Polish Sofa Rides
2014: Divan - Turkish sofa rides
2015: Divan - Bulgarian sofa rides
2018: Moldavian sofa trips
2019: Danube sofa ride, installation, Kunsthalle Krems, Dominican Church Krems
2020: “inside out”, installation, Friedrich and Lillian Kiesler Foundation Vienna

Filmography (selection)

2013: sofa. Polish Sofa Rides, Music Medley, Min.:11:27
2013: Neapolitan Sofa Rides, (Go Pro), Min: 1:13
2014: Divan. Turkish Sofa Rides Music Medley, Min: 8:47
2014: Istanbul. "Attempting a Collage" Divan Turkish Sofa Rides, Min: 19:38
2015: Divan. Bulgarian sofa rides, music medley, min: 8:22
2016: Danube sofa rides, Music Medley, Min: 29:54
2016: Danube sofa rides. Collage, min: 22:36
2019: Danube sofa trip, installation Dominican Church Krems, Kunsthalle Krems, Music Medley, min: 29:54
2019: Danube sofa trip, installation Dominikaner Kirche Krems, Kunsthalle Krems, performance with Franz Hautzinger, Isabelle Duthoit, Burkhard Stangl, Angelica Castello and Cordula Bösze, min: 19:11
2019: Danube sofa trip, installation Dominican Church Krems, Kunsthalle Krems, performance with Angelika Sheridan, Carl Ludwig Hübsch and Harald Kimmig, min: 40:22
2019: Donausofafahrt, installation Dominikaner Kirche Krems, Kunsthalle Krems, performance with Sofa Surfers and Philipp Hochmair, min: 18:15
2020: "Inside out" Friedrich and Lillian Kiesler Foundation Vienna, Min: 20:59

Own publications

Sculptures 1986/87. Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna 1987
Stamp 1988. Exhibition catalog, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 1988
Sculptures 1988/89. Exhibition catalog, Vienna Secession, Vienna 1989
Paintings, sculptures. (together with Wolfgang Pavlik), exhibition catalog, Haus Wittgenstein, Vienna 1990
Three. scultori viennesi. (together with Josef Dabernig and Edelbert Köb), Edizioni 57, Sala 1, Rome 1992
Volume. Exhibition catalog, Austrian Gallery, Upper Belvedere, Vienna 1992
Baroque in progress. Self-published, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-901736-00-X .
Performance in foam. Exhibition catalog, 4 Rooms, Vienna 1996
Block out. Exhibition catalog, MAK, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-900688-44-3 .
foam. 5 projects in public space. Edition Selene, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85266-257-5 .
K.05. Exhibition catalog, Künstlerhaus, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-200-00149-6 .
Wine color red. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-902510-33-1 .
Kremsmünster 2009. Exhibition catalog, Kulturverein Ausserdem, Kremsmünster 2009
sofa. European sofa rides. Edition Schlebrügge, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85160-179-4 .
Divan. Romanian sofa rides. Edition Schlebrügge, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-902833-32-7 .
Sofa. Polish sofa rides. Edition Schlebrügge, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902833-54-9 .
Divan, Turkish sofa rides. Edition Schlebrügge, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-902833-82-2 .
Divan. Bulgarian sofa rides. Edition Schlebrügge, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-903172-04-3 .
Danube, Dunaj, Duna, Dunav, Dunav, Dunărea, Danube. Sofa Journeys , Edition Schlebrügge, Vienna 2019 ISBN 978-3-903172-17-3 .
Danube sofa trip Krems. Dominican Church - Danube Sofa Journey Krems. The Dominican Church , Edition Schlebrügge, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-903172-46-3 .
Moldauer Sofafahrten - Moldova Sofa Journeys , Edition Schlebrügge, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-903172-40-1 .

Individual evidence

↑ MQ Chronicle: 2002 Summer ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted 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.mqw.at
↑ New “Enzos” courtyard furniture in the MuseumsQuartier Vienna APA report from August 9, 2010.
↑ nose surprise in Shanghai article by Johann Werfring in the "Wiener Zeitung" of 26 November 2010 Supplement "Wiener Journal", p 36-37.
↑ Josef Trattner: "The sofa finds stories" Interview by Mia Eidlhuber with Josef Trattner in the daily newspaper "Der Standard" from October 22, 2017.
^ Association of visual artists Secession ( Memento from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

literature

Walter M. Chramosta: Highly light-refracting, nightmarish attacking, maintaining legal culture. The Radkersburg District Court only gains specific substance in Josef Trattner's glass-gray reflections. In: Architecture and Building Forum. 2, 1999, pp. 138-141.
Kristian Sotriffer: Baroque illusionist. In: The press . October 9, 1999, p. 31.
Roger M. Buergel: Broken modules in the creative industries. In: Josef Trattner: foam. 5 projects in public space. Edition Selene, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85266-257-5 , pp. 146–149.
The cultural capital as a foam living room. In: The Standard. April 1, 2003, p. 11.
There is culture to sit in in Graz! In: Kronen Zeitung. April 1, 2003, p. 1.
The artist house overflows. In: Courier . May 19, 2004, p. 34.
Erwin Melchert: foam sculptor. In: Kronen Zeitung. May 19, 2004, p. 58.
Wolfgang Pauser: About the exhibition. In: Noema. (Reviews), No. 36, 1991, pp. 82 and 86.
Nicole Scheyerer: Earthy things. Josef Trattner marks the area of the MQ with red foam blocks, which gain their meaning and purpose through the use of the visitors. In: MQ Site. No. 1, July 2002, pp. 6-11.
Burghart Schmidt: Josef Trattner's baroque addiction to the outside of the inside. In: Josef Trattner: Block out. Exhibition catalog. MAK, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-900688-44-3 , pp. 29-33.
Johann Werfring: The color of wine as a question of art. In: Wiener Zeitung. January 7, 2006, supplement “Wiener Journal”, p. 42.
Josef Haslinger: The storyteller. In: Josef Trattner: sofa. European sofa rides. Edition Schlebrügge, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85160-179-4 , pp. 98-107.
Florian Steininger : Wine pictures with lust. In: Josef Trattner: Wein Farbe Rot. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-902510-33-1 , p. 21.
Vitus H. Weh: Unrequited heroism. In: Josef Trattner: foam. 5 projects in public space. Edition Selene, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85266-257-5 , pp. 6-10.
Johann Werfring: Nose surprise in Shanghai. In: Wiener Zeitung. November 26, 2010, supplement “Wiener Journal”, pp. 36–37.
A sofa on a trip to Romania. Conversation with the artist Josef Trattner. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung. Online version from July 19, 2012.
Josef Trattner: "The sofa finds stories". Interview by Mia Eidlhuber in the daily newspaper "Der Standard", online version from October 22, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Josef Trattner - Collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Trattner, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian artist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 13, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Semriach

[1] MQ Chronicle: 2002 Summer ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted 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.mqw.at

[2] New “Enzos” courtyard furniture in the MuseumsQuartier Vienna APA report from August 9, 2010.

[3] nose surprise in Shanghai article by Johann Werfring in the "Wiener Zeitung" of 26 November 2010 Supplement "Wiener Journal", p 36-37.

[4] Josef Trattner: "The sofa finds stories" Interview by Mia Eidlhuber with Josef Trattner in the daily newspaper "Der Standard" from October 22, 2017.

[5] Association of visual artists Secession ( Memento from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )