Karl Goldblat

Karl Iro Goldblat (* 1948 in Vienna ) is an Austrian artist and author .

Life

From 1968 to 1972 Karl Iro Goldblat studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. From 1972 to 1990 he was a participant in the commune experiment Friedrichshof (commune) , which was initiated by the Viennese actionist Otto Muehl , artistic director in the various city groups, performance artist and educator . After the commune ended, he has been living in Vienna again as an artist since 1995. In the 90s he was the initiator of the art space "Brasilica" together with Theo Altenberg and presented new artistic positions there. With Theo Altenberg and Alexander Gutsch he also ran the band project “Name”. He is a scriptwriter. With Elisabeth Scharang he wrote the script for the ORF production Franz Fuchs - Ein Patriot .

Exhibitions

• 2003: "Painting of a lost state of mind", Actionism Museum Friedrichshof in Zurndorf
• 2006: "Opening and Closing the Mouth", Galerie Hummel, Vienna
• 2007: “Talking Heads”, Galerie Hummel, Vienna
• 2008: “Bad Mein Garten”, Scala Gallery, Berlin
• 2011: “The whole and its parts”, Galerie Hummel, Vienna

Works

• Karl Iro Goldblat: La Caresse. Le Salon des Dépendants, Brasilica, Vienna, 2004. Published on the occasion of the exhibition in Vienna (November 9 - December 4, 2004).
• Peter Noever (Ed.): Otto Muehl life / art / work. Action utopia painting 1960-2004. With an introduction by Bettina M. Busse, contributions by Éric Alliez, Michel Giroud, Peter Gorsen , Otto Muehl and Peter Turrini, a communal chronology by Karl Iro Goldblat, a comprehensive action chronology as well as numerous original texts and manifestos. MAK, Vienna and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne, 2004. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name (March 3 - May 31, 2004) in the MAK .
• Karl Iro Goldblat: When I wanted to be healed by Otto Muehl , Ritter Verlag , Klagenfurt 2018