Walter Vopava
Walter Vopava (born May 10, 1948 in Vienna ) is an Austrian painter . He is one of the representatives of the New Abstraction in Austria.
Life
Vopava studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts with Professor Maximilian Melcher .
Vopava originally found his approach to painting through studies of nature. From the late 1980s he gave up any figurative rudiments in his work in favor of pure abstraction . Imagery and contrasts between light and dark, surface and space, solidity and emptiness increasingly came to the fore in his work, reality was gradually transformed and faded out in his works.
Starting in 2000 Vopava devoted primarily a construction of the pictorial space and avoided any association with the figurative . The color black is a constant in his ambitious, sometimes monumental pictures. His abstract painting is not necessarily a stylistic device for him, but offers him the opportunity to explore the origins of this art form. He concentrates on the essentials in his work and excludes any restrictions.
Walter Vopava has also been involved in sculpture since around 2015 .
Walter Vopava has lived and worked in Vienna and Berlin since 2000. He is a member of the MAERZ artists' association and the Austrian Association of Visual Artists . His daughter Catharina Vopava is also a visual artist and was awarded the STRABAG Artaward.
Awards
Exhibitions (selection)
- Solo exhibitions
- 1981 Maerz Gallery, Linz
- 1989 Galleria Torbandena, Trieste, Italy
- 1993 Galerie Steinek , Vienna
- 1994 Secession, Vienna
- 1999 Museum of Modern Art, Wörlen Foundation, Passau, Germany
- 2003 Black Dragon Society, Salzburg
- 2011 Kunsthalle Krems , Krems
- 2015 Bechter Kastovsky Gallery, Vienna
- 2018 W&K - Wienerroither & Kohlbacher , W&K Palais, Vienna
- 2019 Gallery for Contemporary Art and Architecture - House of Art, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Group exhibitions
- 1985 Austria Ferix , Galleria Torbandena, Trieste, Italy
- 1986 Feszek Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- 1989, "From Graz Collections" , Grazer Kunstverein, Graz,
- 1990, "Art of the 80s from the collection of the Neue Galerie" , Neue Galerie Graz, Graz
- 1991 "Sensualité, Sensibilité, Purisme. Aspects de l'Art austrichienne depuis 1980" , Convent des Cordeliers, Paris, France
- 2003 "30 years of the Trakelhaus Gallery" . 1973-1982. Traklhaus Gallery, Salzburg
- 2004 "New Wilds. A Development". Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg
- 2005 "New Abstract Painting from Austria" , Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Shaanxi Art Museum Xian, Xian; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
- 2009 "Best of Lentos" . Lentos Art Museum, Linz
- 2013 "Fathers_Daughters" . Strabag Artlounge, Vienna
- 2017 " Abstract Painting Now! - Gerhard Richter, Katharina Grosse, Sean Scully, ... "
- 2017 "Staudacher and Vopava" . Gallery 422, Gmunden
literature
- 1990 “Walter Vopava. Structures of Sensibility ” , New Gallery at the Landesmuseum Johanneum Graz, (Text: Willfried Skreiner)
- 1997 "Walter Vopava" , Vienna Secession, Vienna
- 2000 "Walter Vopava" , Menotti Gallery, Baden near Vienna
- 2003 Florian Steininger : “Walter Vopava. Internalize yourself painting ” , in: Parnass , issue 1
- "China return. The sun rises in the east and in the west too. ” Published by Museum Moderne Kunst, Ludwig Foundation, Vienna. ISBN 3-902490-17-9
Web links
- Entry on Walter Vopava in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Literature by and about Walter Vopava in the catalog of the German National Library
- Walter Vopava, in: Basis-wien's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Vopava at W&K Gallery. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Walter Vopava . Strabag Kunstforum, accessed on November 7, 2019
- ↑ Walter Vopava. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
- ^ Walter Vopava | visual arts | Austrian Cultural Forum Prague. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Strabag Art Lounge . Strabag Kunstforum, accessed on November 7, 2019
- ↑ Florian Steininger: Walter Vopava - The Sir of the black painting. In: www.parnass.at. Parnassus Art Magazine, accessed July 2, 2018 .
- ^ Walter Vopava | W&K gallery. Retrieved July 2, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vopava, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |