For the fifth time we open the gates to our depot, this time on the subject of object photography. A large number of works from the collection show the different approaches to depicting objects and indulge in the magic of objects.
Berenice Abbott, Designer’s Window, Bleeker Street, 1947
Berenice Abbott, "Pingbank Barber Shop", 1938
Berenice Abbott, "Hardwarestore", 1938
Berenice Abbott, "The Parabolic Mirror Has a Thousand Eyes", 1959
Anonymous, L’Inconnue de la Seine, 1920s
Anonymous, "Dolls Heads in Ike Davis’ doll repair shop", 1930s
Ellen Auerbach, "Shopwindow, N.Y.C.", 1938
Lillian Birnbaum, "Hannah und Spiegel", 1992
AA Bronson, 2000
Gerald Domenig, untitled, 2012
Gerald Domenig, untitled, 2011
Gerald Domenig, untitled, 2011
Peter Dressler, 1989
Peter Dressler, "Mit großem Interesse, Burschi", 1990
Peter Dressler, "Burschi", 1980s
Grete Eckert, L’Inconnue de la Seine, 1930s
Alfred Ehrhardt, "Ampelita sepulchralis (Madagascar)", 1939
Benjamin Eichhorn, "Corpus delicti", 2012
Benjamin Eichhorn, "In Deckung", 2010
Walker Evans, Leopard, Benin, British Nigeria. New York, 1935
Karin Fisslthaler, "Kristall (What is money V/A)", 2015
Karin Fisslthaler, "Echoes", 2017
Ralph Gibson, "Door Handle", 1975
Alain Giraud, "Masique", 1991–2004
Alain Giraud, "Le LePreux", 1991–2004
Alain Giraud, "Le Perroquet", 1991–2004
Claus Goedicke, "Seife", 2007
Claus Goedicke, "Spiegel", 2010
René Groebli, untitled, 1949
René Groebli, "French Steam Engine", 1949
René Groebli, untitled, 1949
Vadim Gushchin (Вадим Гущин), "Манускрипты #12", 2008
Vadim Gushchin (Вадим Гущин), "Манускрипты #9", 2008
Maria Hahnenkamp, "Zudeck-Album", 1989-1991
Maria Hahnenkamp, "Zudeck-Album", 1989-1991
Ilse Haider, "Ingrid", 2019
Robert F. Hammerstiel, "Trust Me", 2010–2014
Bob Hauser, "Kleinhans Departmentstore, Buffalo", 1930
Matthias Hermann, "Untiled Filmstill, 8. IX. 2012", 2012
Matthias Hermann, "Untiled Filmstill, 11. XII. 2012", 2012
Fan Ho, 1950s
Christoph Fuchs & Gregor Hofbauer, "Gregor calling, Siemens S55", 2003
Christoph Fuchs & Gregor Hofbauer, "Michael calling", 2003
Christoph Fuchs & Gregor Hofbauer, "Nora calling, Motorolla CD930", 2003
Christoph Fuchs & Gregor Hofbauer, "Matthias calling, Nokia 3410", 2003
Candida Höfer, "Philip Johnson Library, New Canaan", 2014
Frank Horvat, "Givenchy Hat (c)", 1958
Dieter Huber, "Waste #139 Wien", 2010–2015
Dieter Huber, "Waste #139 Wien", 2010–2015
Anna Jermolaewa, "3' Überlebensversuche", 2000
Anna Jermolaewa, "Good Times, Bad Times", 2007
Anna Jermolaewa, untitled, 2013/14
Anna Jermolaewa, "Bird on Nothing", 2016
Anna Jermolaewa, "Good Times, Bad Times", 2007
Anna Jermolaewa, "Good Times, Bad Times", 2007
Leo Kandl, "Versatzstück 2", 1991
Leo Kandl, "Flohmarkt 1", 1996
Leo Kandl, "Wäsche", 1996
Leo Kandl, untitled, 1992-1996
Hannes Kilian, "Man tanzt wieder!", 1955
Hannes Kilian, "Lichtturm – Pavillion de la Marine Marchande, Weltausstellung, Paris", 1937
Jens Knigge, "path of power", 2016
Angelika Krinzinger, "5 Airline Spoons", 2016
Heinrich Kühn, "Der Malerschirm", 1906
Saul Leiter, "Shirt", c. 1948
Marko Lipuš, "cup 4", 2015
Dirk Löbbert & Maik Löbbert, "Beleuchtung", 2009
Dirk Löbbert & Maik Löbbert, "Denkmal/Beleuchtung", 2004
Valerie Loudon, "Johanna, 1921", 2005
Valerie Loudon, "Johanna, 1937", 2005
Valerie Loudon, "Maria, 1909", 2005
Vivian Maier, Self-portrait, n.d.
Anja Manfredi, "Eine Geste wird belichtet – photographische Weiterführung", 2013
Judith Metzner, "March 11, 2018, 1:51 pm", 2018
Judith Metzner, "March 31, 2018 (Holy Saturday), 4:20 pm", 2018
Judith Metzner, "July 14, 2018, 8:57 pm", 2018
Michael Michlmayr, "Wien 15. 12. 2013", 2014
Jonathan Monk, 1990
Inge Morath, A beauty class at the Helena Rubinstein Salon in 5th Avenue, New York, 1958
Linda S. Connor & Hiromitsu Morimoto, untitled, 1973
Arnold Odermatt, "Stanssrad, 1958", 1958
Arnold Odermatt, "Emmetten, 1959", 1959
Marc Peschke, "Open", 2012
Pavol Poljak, untitled, 1950s
Douglas Prince, "Backyard in Winter", 1989
Douglas Prince, 1989
Lois Renner, "Von Oben (Die Angst)", 1998
Lois Renner, "Brick Commercial Portrait", 1993
Stephan Reusse, "3 Minutes Chair", 2005
Julia Rohn, "Strohhalmstudie (3)", 2016
Julia Rohn, "Strohhalmstudie (1)", 2016
Julia Rohn, "Extra Strong", 2015
Anja Ronacher, "Tympanon, stone, second half of the 15th century, Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon", 2019
Gabriele Rothemann, "Kleiderschnitt", 2006
Douglas Ryuijie, "Can and Sunlight", 1992
Oskar Schmidt, "Cookware and Towel", 2011
Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.WE.2015.I–Evans) – Doublette", 2015
Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.ER.2012.I-Manray) – Doublette", 2012
Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.AR-P.2015.I–Renger-Patzsch) – Doublette", 2015
Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.EW.2013.I-Weston) – Doublette", 2013
Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.PO.2012.II-Outerbridge) – Doublette", 2012
Gregor Schmoll, 2015
Rosa Brückl & Gregor Schmoll, 1998
Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.AOWS.2015.I-Wols) – Doublette", 2015
Werner Schnelle, "Still Life #4", 2010
Günther Selichar, "When Scanners Meet (#4)", 2013
Fritz Simak, "Zaun Sequenz", 1972
Elde Steeg (Elfriede Stegmeyer), untitled, 1938
Elde Steeg (Elfriede Stegmeyer), untitled, 1934
Ralph Steiner, "Swirling Laundry", c. 1960
Misha Stroj, "Fließband", 2010
Sabine Weiss, "Paris", 1957
James Welling, "Danbury, CT", 1991
Michael Wesely, "Apertura, Pinacoteca MASP (19.01–23.09 Uhr 10.12.2015)", 2015
Elias Wessel, "Die Summe meiner Daten – Off Series, No. 20", 2017
Edward Weston, "Shell", 1927
Edward Weston, "Pepper 35P", 1930
Edward Weston, "Excusado, Mexico", 1926
Erwin Wurm, untitled, 1999
Robert Zahornicky, "Anamnesis", 1990
Photographers and artists have always been engaged in photographing objects. Their interest was both documentary and historical, as well as social and media-critical. It was partly about an exact depiction of an object, but often also precisely about questioning the representational nature. A long-term photograph, a reflection or even an absolute close-up invite us to invent stories and to look more closely. Models, which are the basis of some photographs as an object, want to irritate us, and some things that look like an object are no longer even present in front of the camera at the time of the photograph, but only a thermal image. One artist quotes great, inspiring colleagues with his photographic works, another does not hold his breath during a vernissage, but does hold time and thus lets us participate.
The objects we engage with and surround ourselves, tell a lot about us ... and are what will remain. This can be a cheerful memory or sometimes a painful one.
With the present selection we dare to take another look at the SpallArt collection and would like to invite you to rediscover it. Complementing the selection of photographs, we show individual real objects and sculptures that concretize the thematic field.
AA Bronson, Berenice Abbott, Ellen Auerbach, Lillian Birnbaum, Karl Blossfeldt, Robert Bodnar, Rosa Brückl, Gerald Domenig, Peter Dressler, Grete Eckert, Benjamin Eichhorn, Walker Evans, Robert F. Hammerstiel, Karin Fisslthaler, Christoph Fuchs & Gregor Hofbauer, Ralph Gibson, Alain Giraud, Claus Goedicke, René Groebli, Vadim Gushchin, Maria Hahnenkamp, Ilse Haider, Bob Hauser, Matthias Hermann, Fan Ho, Frank Horvat, Dieter Huber, Anna Jermolaewa, Leo Kandl, Hannes Kilian, Jens Knigge, Angelika Krinzinger, Heinrich Kühn, Saul Leiter, Marko Lipus, Dirk Löbbert & Maik Löbbert, Valerie Loudon, Vivian Maier, Anja Manfredi, Judith Metzner, Michael Michlmayr, Jonathan Monk, Inge Morath, Arnold Odermatt, Marc Peschke, Pavol Poljak, Douglas Prince, Lois Renner, Stephan Reusse, Julia Rohn, Gabriele Rothemann, Douglas Ryuijie, Linda S. Connor & Hiromitsu Morimoto, Oskar Schmidt, Gregor Schmoll, Werner Schnelle, Günther Selichar, Fritz Simak, Elde Steeg, Ralph Steiner, Misha Stroj, Josef Sudek, Sabine Weiss, James Welling, Michael Wesely, Elias Wessel, Edward Weston, Hans Wetzelsdorfer, Erwin Wurm and Robert Zahornicky
