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EXHIBITION OPENING | PERFORMANCE
SOLACE - OPENING RECEPTION
WEDNESDAY FEB 03, 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
The exhibition understands art in a very mundane sense as a source of solace. It is committed to the
mildly intoxicating character of beauty and the inebriating quality of alcohol and embraces the baser
genres of still life and decoration.
The show comprises two perspectives. One addresses the topic of solace in a contemplative
movement revolving around objects, video, and painting. The other focuses on the headier
consolations of inebriation and intoxication. The exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum is
supplemented by a series of performances and events taking place in different locations throughout
the city, each bringing up a form of solace, be it meditative or delirious.
Rudolf Hundstorfer, Austrian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, will officially open the exhibition,
and Joshua Camp will perform philosophical drinking songs, penned by the early twentieth-century
Austrian philosopher and economist Felix Kaufmann.
The open reception is generously supported by darcy and huber selections - The Austrian Wines.
Admission is free.
Artists: Julien BISMUTH, THE BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION, Ernst CARAMELLE, Peter
COFFIN, Alex HUBBARD, KOUDLAM, Ruth LASKEY, Lorna MACINTYRE, MAHONY, Tom MARIONI,
Sands MURRAY-WASSINK, RANCOURT/YATSUK, Gerwald ROCKENSCHAUB, Martha ROSLER,
Misha STROJ, Piotr UKLANSKI, and Rita VITORELLI
Executive Producers and Curators: Severin DÜNSER, Christian KOBALD, Emanuel LAYR, Andreas
STADLER, and Rita VITORELLI
Exhibition Coordinator: Natascha BOOJAR
VENUE
ACFNY
Free Admission. No reservations necessary.
SOLACE - OPENING RECEPTION
WEDNESDAY FEB 03, 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
The exhibition understands art in a very mundane sense as a source of solace. It is committed to the
mildly intoxicating character of beauty and the inebriating quality of alcohol and embraces the baser
genres of still life and decoration.
The show comprises two perspectives. One addresses the topic of solace in a contemplative
movement revolving around objects, video, and painting. The other focuses on the headier
consolations of inebriation and intoxication. The exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum is
supplemented by a series of performances and events taking place in different locations throughout
the city, each bringing up a form of solace, be it meditative or delirious.
Rudolf Hundstorfer, Austrian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, will officially open the exhibition,
and Joshua Camp will perform philosophical drinking songs, penned by the early twentieth-century
Austrian philosopher and economist Felix Kaufmann.
The open reception is generously supported by darcy and huber selections - The Austrian Wines.
Admission is free.
Artists: Julien BISMUTH, THE BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION, Ernst CARAMELLE, Peter
COFFIN, Alex HUBBARD, KOUDLAM, Ruth LASKEY, Lorna MACINTYRE, MAHONY, Tom MARIONI,
Sands MURRAY-WASSINK, RANCOURT/YATSUK, Gerwald ROCKENSCHAUB, Martha ROSLER,
Misha STROJ, Piotr UKLANSKI, and Rita VITORELLI
Executive Producers and Curators: Severin DÜNSER, Christian KOBALD, Emanuel LAYR, Andreas
STADLER, and Rita VITORELLI
Exhibition Coordinator: Natascha BOOJAR
VENUE
ACFNY
Free Admission. No reservations necessary.
Austrian Cultural Forum
11 E. 52nd St.
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212 319 5300
Fax: 212 644 8660
11 E. 52nd St.
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212 319 5300
Fax: 212 644 8660
