TIME(LESS) SIGNS
Otto Neurath and Reflections in Austrian Contemporary Art
Private View: Tuesday 30 September, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Exhibition continues until 9 January 2015
Curators: Maria Christine Holter (A) and Christopher Burke (UK)
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Austrian Cultural Forum London 28 Rutland Gate London SW7 1PQ www.acflondon.org |
What is the state of art in today's visual language?
Signs, icons and ideograms determine our daily communication;
pictographic guidance systems dominate public space.
Much of what we understand as visual language originates
in Otto Neurath's Vienna Method of Pictorial Statistics, later
known as ISOTYPE (International System of Typographic
Picture Education).
This multi-media exhibition, curated by Maria Christine
Holter and Christopher Burke, features over 30
contributions from renowned contemporary Austria based
artists, whose work is either directly or indirectly inspired
by Neurath. The exhibition presents various artistic
strategies for using pictograms and pictorial statistics
to visualise political, social, global or purely individual
agendas. Original works by social economist and Vienna
Circle philosopher Neurath (1882 Vienna – 1945 Oxford)
will feature alongside contemporary pieces.
Participating artists:
Bernhard Cella, Ilse Chlan, Hazem El Mestikawy, Nikolaus Gansterer, Wilfried Gerstel, Christoph Hinterhuber, Barbara Höller, Christian Hutzinger, Martin Kaltenbrunner et al., Karl-Heinz Klopf, Matthias Klos, Lena Knilli, Clemens Kogler/ Karo Szmit, Richard Kriesche, Gert Linke, open3.at, Bernd Oppl, Olaf Osten, Hermann Josef Painitz, Waltraud Palme, Andrea Ressi, Christian Rupp, Sito Schwarzenberger, Niko Wahl, Michael Wegerer, Peter Weibel, Jun Yang and Anthony Burrill (UK)
more infos:
→ invitation card (PDF)
→ press release (PDF)
→ Documentation Part 1 (PDF)
→ Documentation Part 2 (PDF)
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us your favourite pictogram in public space! → everyday
