Sunday, May 18, 2008

Belvedere - Fantastic Realism Retrospective


Belvedere Palace Vienna, Austria


Lower Belvedere


20 May to 21 September 2008



Forty years after the international breakthrough of fantastic realism, the Belvedere is showing a focused retrospective of one of the most successful export brands of Austrian art. It presents major works by six great masters - Arik Brauer, Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner, Wolfgang Hutter, Helmut Leherb and Anton Lehmden - for the first time including the early history and context of this special movement of late modern art. It is characteristic for fantastical motifs from mythology or the world of dreams, with orientation on mannerism.


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This exhibition comes at an opportune time: I will be in Vienna to see it. It will greatly aid in gaining further insights for my essay The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism


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Link to the Belvedere web site:


belvedere - Fantastic Realism

Friday, May 2, 2008

Rapp Otto, Vindobona Altarpiece I

SAACHI GALLERY SHOWDOWN

UPDATE May 13th:

The 5th Round is now over, and thanks to your votes, it again made it into the Top 50! Next round starts May 19th and I am planning to re-enter this drawing.

My new entry for SHOWDOWN III, Round 5
to be held between 05-05-2008 and 12-05-2008 is

VINDOBONA ALTARPIECE I


Artist Name: Otto Rapp - Year: 1993 - Medium: graphite on paper Dimensions: 48 cm x 66 cm Artwork Description:
Left side of a diptych. Right side sold. A third panel was added later. It is a summary and tribute to the influence of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism on my work, in particular Hausner and Fuchs. I entered it as 'Mixed Media', since strangely, there still is no category for 'Drawing'!
CLICK ON THE LINK TO VOTE!
Direct link to this artwork to send to your friends:
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/showdown/index.php?showpic=135779
THANKS FOR YOUR VOTES IN THE PREVIOUS ROUND: THIS WORK MADE IT TO THE TOP 50!!!!!
SEE THE 50 MOST FREQUENTLY SELECTED WORKS ADDED TO FAVOURITES DURING THE LAST SHOWDOWN ROUND »
Rapp Otto, Vindobona Altarpiece I SHOWDOWN