Unfreezing the Scene: A Contemporary Art Exhibition for the Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2022

The exhibition 'Unfreezing the Scene' showcases the eighth edition of the Kunsthalle Wien Prize, highlighting works by ten artists from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna. It explores themes of personal mourning, local communities, globalization, and the artists' relationships with their peers and audience.

Marking the eighth Kunsthalle Wien Prize, 'Unfreezing the Scene' presents a testament to Kunsthalle Wien’s continuous collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The exhibition's title refers to an art scene momentarily disrupting the city, creating friction and bringing various concerns to the forefront, such as personal mourning in a fast-paced society, the visibility of local communities and club culture as resistance, and the conflicting realities of globalization. Despite their independent positions, the exhibiting artists, including Gleb Amankulov, Albin Bergström, Alexandru Cosarca, Charlotte Gash, Tijana Lazović, Juliana Lindenhofer, Julius Pristauz, Raphael Reichl, Vanessa Schmidt, and Ramiro Wong, seek to understand their relationships with peers, the cultural scene, and the audience. Their works, many of which are new productions, express the plurality of questions relevant to the art academies and beyond. The exhibition envisions the Karlsplatz site as a platform for artists to address issues extending beyond the institution, with the exhibition design itself encouraging the space to lose its hard borders and spread into the city.

Information regarding admission or ticketing is not explicitly detailed on this page, but the exhibition is located at Kunsthalle Wien. A publication accompanying the exhibition is available for download free of charge at the Kunsthalle Wien Shop or can be downloaded from the provided link.