Retrospects

Museum Gugging, Maria Gugging, Austria

Johann Garber has belonged to the Gugging Artists for four decades now. He has made a name for himself as an illustrator but also for “colouring” objekts such as his oversized ear sculpture in front of the RadioKulturhaus in Vienna and large parts of the House of Artists in Gugging.

In contrast to these large-scale multi-coloured works, Garber also produces meticulously detailed, fine ink drawings. Besides the landscapes as main motives, they are always crowded with many people and animals. 

Animal depictions of Naive and Art Brut artists are shown in an exhibition at the Infeld House of Culture in Halbturn. Exquisite birds and horses, other Animalia and exotics straight from the artist's imagination dream, love, and tell amazing stories about the world of animals and their extraordinary importance for humans. All approx. 100 works of art come from the Infeld Collection.
Peter Infeld (1942-2009) recognized the stature and importance of those who penetrated the darkness of their subconscious to emerge into the light. He discovered the originality and innocence of the creative spirit in the Naive and Art Brut works he had collected since the 1970s. The autodidacts stand outside the academic traditions and draw from the pure, unclouded sources of their intuition. The artists relate themes, selection of materials used, and graphical hand from your own internal life. They paint animals and creatures that they know best and invite the viewer to return to the exotic animal park of childhood.

Kunsthalle Leoben, Leoben, Austria

Kunsthalle Leoben presents in the framework of the exhibition “Hope / Dream Space Fantastic” selected “fantastic” art from national and international museums and collections. The exhibition presents the Fantastic art as an integrated experience on the basis of the development from the Renaissance to the Contemporary art.

Albertina, Vienna, Austria

In honour of Eduard Angeli’s 75th birthday, the Albertina is presenting a retrospective with approx. 100 paintings and drawings ranging from his beginnings as an artist in the 1960s to the present. The painting “The End of the Journey” from the Infeld collection become a part from the exhibition.