Solo exhibition Markus Schinwald. Interiors Inc.

Basics

Description

Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg presents an exhibition of new works by Austrian artist Markus Schinwald. Large-scale tapestries and an immersive soundscape, that hovers on the limits of perception, will envelop the gallery space, transforming the rooms of Villa Kast into a uniquely experiential setting for Schinwald’s recent series of paintings. The works suggest a conversation between the past and the future, sparked by an analogue method that bridges centuries of artistic and conceptual thinking. Having explored the complexities of inhabiting and perceiving the body for many years, Schinwald’s recent work investigates the deformation and decline of ‘memory culture’. For the artist, this not only includes retrospective constructions of the past, but also speculative imaginings of the future – as seen, for instance, in science fiction films – which are inevitably built from fragments of our past. Schinwald is particularly interested in the ‘flattening’ and self-referentiality of images and sound fostered by artificial intelligence and algorithm-driven media. For this exhibition, the artist seeks to ‘create a specific sense of space or interior,’ while employing ‘various methods of resurrection, ranging from restoration to generative technology.’

[Quelle: https://web.archive.org/web/20251007034607/https://ropac.net/exhibitions/763-markus-schinwald-interiors-inc./]

Participants

Markus Schinwald