Sie hat eine Wohnung gefunden, die nicht schön ist und seltsam aussieht, fleckig gestrichen mit Latexfarbe, die Flecken spiegeln. An den Wänden sind elektrische Leitungen quadratisch angeordnet und mit weißem Schaumstoffstuck verdeckt, große Rahmen mit Steckdosen und Schaltern dran. Der alte, weiß lackierte Doppelboden macht Geräusche. Das Mobiliar ist schwarz: die Regale, die Couch, das […] Mehr lesen

At the spot where the two white glowing lightsabers meet on the screen, the dark purple sky opens up to reveal a glittering universe.  The guardians of this magic portal are two frog-faced goddesses in pink raiment; swords drawn, they flank the wondrous gate like a pair of sphinges. To get sucked in is to […] Mehr lesen

Looks go through surfaces, cut through semi-transparent layers, follow textures without grip. Moreover, one tries to follow the effects created by light, action, emulsion and painting mediums in the paintings. Movements of the eyes and your senses will be activated in the exhibition Time is the longest distance by Talisa Lallai and Markus Saile. Due to the […] Mehr lesen

Ethan Hayes-Chute, Pilar Quinteros, Stéphanie Saadé, James Webb A group exhibition that looks at ideas of home as a linguistic construct. Drawn from life, memory and imagination the work of Ethan Hayes-Chute, Pilar Quinteros, Stéphanie Saadé and James Webb reflect a variety of physical and psychological narratives that disentangle notions of home as a site of shelter or […] Mehr lesen

Art Research Map  Daily Lazy „Every Line tells its own story“ brings together works by six artists to explore the Line in contemporary art. Works across different Media, ranging from painting to sculpture, installations and sound, explore the ways contemporary artists employ line to articulate an idea or a concept.  With Athanasios Argianas, Cornelia Baltes, Clare Gasson, Rowena Hughes, Charlotte Klobassa, Yorgos […] Mehr lesen

Galerie Nathalie Halgand is pleased to present Julian Mullan’s (*1982) first solo exhibition. This could be anywhere. Trying to locate Julian Mullan’s motives is thoroughly precluded by his accurate cropping of the image, the proximate step after deciding on the motive in the process of a geminated selection routine. The immanent calm evokes notions of emigration and […] Mehr lesen

ARTIST TALK & VERNISSAGE Friday 17 March 2017, 17h30: Artist Talk with Noit Banai, Art Critic and Art Historian  19h – 21h: Opening Reception and Performance Saturday 18 March 2017, starting at 12PM: 24h – Live Performance at the Gallery with Live Stream  During the height of the 2016 American presidential primaries, just shy of a year before Donald Trump’s […] Mehr lesen

How aesthetic is protest really allowed to be? Rowdy slogans, deeply affecting photographs and videos – whether loud or quiet, contemporary art production is over-saturated with political statements. However, alongside zombie formalism, the motif of the tropical is once again being hyped. Whoever rights off fruit and plant motifs as merely decorative, kitsch or superficial […] Mehr lesen

In 1956 Edward Steichen opened the exhibition„Abstraction in Photography“ in the New York Museum of Modern Art. Steichen had already postulated during this time that photography in its various usage and contexts can not be thought of without abstraction. Rather, it abstracts per se– whether intentional or accidental– and frequently undermines forms of representation and […] Mehr lesen

Galerie Nathalie Halgand´s third exhibition presents Yorgos Stamkopoulos´ first solo show in Austria, Soul Remains. The Greek painter Yorgos Stamkopoulos hasn’t touched a paintbrush in nearly ten years. And indeed, when you behold one of his works, what you see isn’t necessarily a painting at all, but the physical remnants of an invisible act. So Mr. […] Mehr lesen

Galerie Nathalie Halgand’s second exhibition presents Simon Mullan’s first solo show in Vienna Galerie Nathalie Halgand is pleased to present its second exhibition, Simon Mullan’s „Der Raum“ (The Room). Three adjoining rooms showcase three signature series of work, which are seen in Mullan’s hometown of Vienna for the first time and mark the 10th anniversary […] Mehr lesen

WHEN WE WENT IN, EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL, JUST LIKE ALWAYS.  116 years ago, here, in the Stiegengasse, the once-home of Hermann Winkelmann, an apartment was furnished, middle class, in a good, actually the best location, the Wienzeile, on which the house also lies, was after all meant to be expanded into a boulevard-like entrée into […] Mehr lesen