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.

Leo Kandl, "Versatzstück 2", 1991

Anna Jermolaewa, "Good Times, Bad Times", 2007

Anna Jermolaewa, "Good Times, Bad Times", 2007

Dirk Löbbert & Maik Löbbert, "Beleuchtung", 2009

Michael Wesely, "Apertura, Pinacoteca MASP (19.01–23.09 Uhr 10.12.2015)", 2015

Michael Michlmayr, "Wien 15. 12. 2013", 2014

Anna Jermolaewa, Untitled (Thank you), 2007/2013

Anna Jermolaewa, "Good Times, Bad Times", 2007

Jens Knigge, "path of power", 2016

Gabriele Rothemann, "Kleiderschnitt", 2006

Elias Wessel, "Die Summe meiner Daten – Off Series, No. 20", 2017

Anna Jermolaewa, "Bird on Nothing", 2016

Claus Goedicke, "Spiegel", 2010

Claus Goedicke, "Seife", 2007

Peter Dressler, "Burschi", 1980s

Vadim Gushchin (Вадим Гущин), "Манускрипты #9", 2008

Vadim Gushchin (Вадим Гущин), "Манускрипты #12", 2008

Benjamin Eichhorn, "Corpus delicti", 2012

Günther Selichar, "When Scanners Meet (#4)", 2013

Matthias Hermann, "Untiled Filmstill, 11. XII. 2012", 2012

Matthias Hermann, "Untiled Filmstill, 8. IX. 2012", 2012

Lois Renner, "Von Oben (Die Angst)", 1998

Lois Renner, "Brick Commercial Portrait", 1993

Anna Jermolaewa, "3' Überlebensversuche", 2000

Misha Stroj, "Fließband", 2010

Ilse Haider, "Ingrid", 2019

Alain Giraud, "Masique", 1991–2004

Gerald Domenig, untitled, 2012

Vivian Maier, Self-portrait, n.d.

Alain Giraud, "Le LePreux", 1991–2004

Alain Giraud, "Le Perroquet", 1991–2004

Oskar Schmidt, "Cookware and Towel", 2011

Douglas Prince, "Backyard in Winter", 1989

Douglas Prince, 1989

Maria Hahnenkamp, "Zudeck-Album", 1989-1991

Benjamin Eichhorn, "In Deckung", 2010

Karin Fisslthaler, "Kristall (What is money V/A)", 2015

Jonathan Monk, 1990

Gerald Domenig, untitled, 2011

Bob Hauser, "Kleinhans Departmentstore, Buffalo", 1930

Werner Schnelle, "Still Life #4", 2010

Julia Rohn, "Strohhalmstudie (1)", 2016

Julia Rohn, "Strohhalmstudie (3)", 2016

Hans Wetzelsdorfer, "04-2015", 2015

Hans Wetzelsdorfer, "03-2019", 2019

Douglas Ryuijie, "Can and Sunlight", 1992

Elde Steeg (Elfriede Stegmeyer), untitled, 1938

Elde Steeg (Elfriede Stegmeyer), untitled, 1934

Peter Dressler, "Mit großem Interesse, Burschi", 1990

Anja Ronacher, "Tympanon, stone, second half of the 15th century, Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon", 2019

Arnold Odermatt, "Stanssrad, 1958", 1958

Arnold Odermatt, "Emmetten, 1959", 1959

Leo Kandl, "Flohmarkt 1", 1996

Leo Kandl, "Wäsche", 1996

Edward Weston, "Shell", 1927

Gerald Domenig, untitled, 2011

Saul Leiter, "Shirt", c. 1948

Rosa Brückl & Gregor Schmoll, 1998

AA Bronson, 2000

Fan Ho, 1950s

Berenice Abbott, "The Parabolic Mirror Has a Thousand Eyes", 1959

Berenice Abbott, "Pingbank Barber Shop", 1938

Angelika Krinzinger, "5 Airline Spoons", 2016

Valerie Loudon, "Johanna, 1921", 2005

Valerie Loudon, "Johanna, 1937", 2005

Valerie Loudon, "Maria, 1909", 2005

Lillian Birnbaum, "Hannah und Spiegel", 1992

Inge Morath, A beauty class at the Helena Rubinstein Salon in 5th Avenue, New York, 1958

Dirk Löbbert & Maik Löbbert, "Denkmal/Beleuchtung", 2004

Karin Fisslthaler, "Echoes", 2017

Marc Peschke, "Open", 2012

Leo Kandl, untitled, 1992-1996

Edward Weston, "Excusado, Mexico", 1926

Heinrich Kühn, "Der Malerschirm", 1906

Linda S. Connor & Hiromitsu Morimoto, untitled, 1973

Pavol Poljak, untitled, 1950s

Ellen Auerbach, "Shopwindow, N.Y.C.", 1938

Fritz Simak, "Zaun Sequenz", 1972

Hannes Kilian, "Man tanzt wieder!", 1955

Peter Dressler, 1989

René Groebli, untitled, 1949

Ralph Gibson, "Door Handle", 1975

Sabine Weiss, "Paris", 1957

Ralph Steiner, "Swirling Laundry", c. 1960

Anonymous, L’Inconnue de la Seine, 1920s

Hannes Kilian, "Lichtturm – Pavillion de la Marine Marchande, Weltausstellung, Paris", 1937

Edward Weston, "Pepper 35P", 1930

Christoph Fuchs & Gregor Hofbauer, "Gregor calling, Siemens S55", 2003

Alfred Ehrhardt, "Ampelita sepulchralis (Madagascar)", 1939

Christoph Fuchs & Gregor Hofbauer, "Nora calling, Motorolla CD930", 2003

Anonymous, "Dolls Heads in Ike Davis’ doll repair shop", 1930s

Christoph Fuchs & Gregor Hofbauer, "Michael calling", 2003

Grete Eckert, L’Inconnue de la Seine, 1930s

Christoph Fuchs & Gregor Hofbauer, "Matthias calling, Nokia 3410", 2003

René Groebli, untitled, 1949

René Groebli, "French Steam Engine", 1949

Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.AR-P.2015.I–Renger-Patzsch) – Doublette", 2015

Gregor Schmoll, 2015

Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.WE.2015.I–Evans) – Doublette", 2015

Dieter Huber, "Waste #139 Wien", 2010–2015

Dieter Huber, "Waste #139 Wien", 2010–2015

Anja Manfredi, "Eine Geste wird belichtet – photographische Weiterführung", 2013

Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.EW.2013.I-Weston) – Doublette", 2013

Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.AOWS.2015.I-Wols) – Doublette", 2015

Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.ER.2012.I-Manray) – Doublette", 2012

Gregor Schmoll, "Aus der Privatsammlung (PS.PO.2012.II-Outerbridge) – Doublette", 2012

Judith Metzner, "March 31, 2018 (Holy Saturday), 4:20 pm", 2018

Judith Metzner, "March 11, 2018, 1:51 pm", 2018

Judith Metzner, "July 14, 2018, 8:57 pm", 2018

Hans Wetzelsdorfer, "02-2014", 2014

James Welling, "Danbury, CT", 1991

Erwin Wurm, untitled, 1999

Marko Lipuš, "cup 4", 2015

Julia Rohn, "Extra Strong", 2015

Stephan Reusse, "3 Minutes Chair", 2005

Robert Zahornicky, "Anamnesis", 1990

Maria Hahnenkamp, "Zudeck-Album", 1989-1991

Frank Horvat, "Givenchy Hat (c)", 1958
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