#ClosedButActive

With the series #ClosedButActive, KUNST HAUS WIEN presents artists who are associated with the museum and whose works, exhibitions and projects shape the museum's programme. 

The virtual space, which will also open up on the museum's website despite the fact that the exhibition rooms are closed, will be used in a new way with a stimulating compilation of images, text and video material and further information. 

Many thanks to the artists who have made their material available for this project.

  • Alec Soth

    by #ClosedButActive

     Currently, the solo exhibition of the US-American artist Alec Soth with large-format works by the artist is not accessible at KUNST HAUS WIEN. The temporary closure has imposed an involuntary period of rest on the exhibition. Alec Soth's works are particularly impressive in the exhibition context. More
    Alec Soth, Rave. Saint Paul, Minnesota 1996, aus der Serie: Looking for Love, 1996

  • Claudius Schulze

    by #ClosedButActive

     Nothing less than the future of our biosphere is at stake in the works of the German artist Claudius Schulze. For the period in which his solo exhibition "Biosphere X" is not accessible, you can see here an animation generated especially for the virtual space, supplemented by comments by the artist and the curator Sophie Haslinger. As a thought-provoking impulse and opening up new perspectives, Schulze's long-term project at the interface of research and art is highly topical right now. More

  • Elina Brotherus

    by #ClosedButActive

     In 2018, KUNST HAUS WIEN dedicated a large mid-career retrospective to the Finnish photographer Elina Brotherus (*1972). Brotherus is internationally renowned for her photographic self-stagings, which derive their strength from a combination of autobiographical, art historical and literary elements. Especially for #ClosedButActive the artist has kindly agreed to “lend” us her latest work in form of a slide show. For Sebaldiana. Memento Mori, Brotherus has undertaken a journey to Corsica in 2019, guided by German writer W. G. Sebald’s (1944-2001) posthumously published fragments and essays on Corsica, Campo Santo. More

  • Lena Dobrowolska & Teo Ormond-Skeaping

    by #ClosedButActive

     In their long-term project Future Scenarios (since 2016) Lena Dobrowolska & Teo Ormond-Skeaping examine questions such as the responsibility for global warming and our vulnerability to it as well as the role that discourse plays in shaping our future. Since their exhibition at KUNST HAUS WIEN, the Polish-British artist duo has further developed their multimedia project and added new material. For #ClosedButActive, Lena Dobrowolska & Teo Ormond-Skeaping share with us a selection of new photographic works that were taken in California after the devastating forest fires. More
    Lena Dobrowolska & Teo Ormond-Skeaping, Concow Lake, Butte County, California, 2020

  • Rinko Kawauchi

    By #ClosedButActive

     For #ClosedButActive, Japanese artist Rinko Kawauchi has kindly agreed to lend KUNST HAUS WIEN one of her most recent works: Light of Dance. The work has been produced as a collaboration between Kawauchi and the musicians baobab + haruka nakamura. The attention Rinko Kawauchi pays to simple things, to the uniqueness of every part of life in her photographs and video works is to be seen in the context of the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi. This aesthetic concept anchored in Zen Buddhism stands for reduction, modesty and a deep appreciation of nature. More
    Rinko Kawauchi, aus der Serie Illuminance, 2011

  • Susan Meiselas. Mediations

    #ClosedButActive

     To shorten the time until the reopening, we would like to invite you to an exhibition tour with Susan Meiselas. Take a look at the temporary exhibition "Mediations" and gain an insight into the photographer's projects, reportages and working methods. More
    Susan Meiselas, Sandinistas at the walls of the Estelí National Guard headquarters. Estelí, Nicaragua, 1979

  • Tree and Soil

    #ClosedButActive

     To shorten the time until the reopening, we would like to invite you to our online exhibition "Tree and Soil" by Antoinette de Jong and Robert Knoth. Hear how the artist duo experienced their travels to Fukushima, after the nuclear disaster, and learn more about the slow transformation of nature in impressive images. More