Art Brut

The parish barn in Trausdorf an der Wulka, Austria

Works by well-known artists from Gugging can be seen as part of the "Art Brut" exhibition in the parish barn in Trausdorf. Every Gugging artist masters his own universe with enormous creativity and an unmistakable design language.

One of them is Oswald Tschirtner (1920-2007). He wanted to become a priest, was introverted and connected only with his Bible. Tschirtner drew cephalopods - long human figures whose four limbs were equally long and had no body. The radical simplification distinguishes his works; he visualized objects in a minimalist manner, using only a few lines to represent buildings or landscapes.

August Walla (1936-2001) altered creative from an early age his surroundings. He created his own artistic world, inventing a polytheistic religion philosophy - a universe where he also lived. Walla's figure cosmos consists solely of gods - from the world religions or invented gods.

The creativity and authenticity of the Gugging artists inspired many academic artists such as Arnulf Rainer and Peter Pongratz, whose works entered into a tantalizing dialogue with the Art Brut works.
Works from international positions such as Ida Buchmann, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, Bronislava Dubner and Martha Grünewaldt complement the exhibition.