Walter Berger
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Malerei
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A decision of exemplary status was made concerning the commissioning of art projects for public space in Lower Austria in 1991. For the first time, an attempt was made to award artists commissions for specific concepts in categories of interior design usually associated with aesthetic issues but seldom with artistic ones.
'Malerei' (Painting) by Walter Berger aims to show the precious character of the painting in 10 simulations – in a secure framework, freed from its surroundings (black box). He argues with the deliberate two-dimensionality of a three dimensional reality, as well as with the precious sheen of the colours, a (scaled down) standardised format, as he does with the addiction of collecting (hung in a row) in the grey zone between essence and purpose, about the character of painting and its appearance, about art and the market.
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