Layr curated by Robert Müller
„ELEVATIONS“

14.9 - 13.10.2018 Press release

Layr, Singerstraße 27, 1010 Vienna
www.emanuellayr.com

Curator(s):

Robert Müller

Artist(s):

Ilya Lipkin
John Miller
Tanja Widmann
Gerwald Rockenschaub
Georgia Sagri
Monika Baer More

*1964 in Freiburg
Merlin Carpenter
Anne R. Dick More

*1927 in New Jersey
Hans-Christian Lotz More

*1980 in Hamburg
Birgit Megerle
Jack Smith
Heimo Zobernig More

*1958, lives in Vienna Zobernig ironically links the allure of gold with the banal. His golden chairs parody both the Rococo style and mass production. In his paintings, he uses gold and silver to disrupt classical forms with gestural abstraction. For Zobernig, the process of painting takes precedence over conveying a clear message—his approach is at once free and structured.

Photos

Installation view, Elevations

Georgia Sagri, STAGED

courtesy of the artist

Birgit Megerle, C.B.

Courtesy of the artist

Ilya Lipkin, Untitled

Courtesy of the artist

Ilya Lipkin, Untitled

Courtesy of the artist

Ilya Lipkin, UNTITLED, Digital C-print (w/ 50 cm x 50 cm image square) on Fujifilm Chromira Prolab Matte paper, 74 x 74 cm, Edition of 3 + 1 AP, 2018

Courtesy of the artist and Svetlana Gallery NY

Georgia Sagri, Flattened Economy

Courtesy of the artist

John Miller, VERLIEBT IN BERLIN, Gold leaf, plaster, paper maché, styrofoam, plastic objects on table 91.4 x 76.2 x 50.8 cm, 2007

Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin

Merlin Carpenter, Untitled

Courtesy of the artist

FLATTENED ECONOMY, Coin, plexiglass, wood, paint 137 × 20 × 20 cm, 2014

Courtesy of Lars Friedrich, Berlin, and Anthony Reynolds, London, Photo: Gina Folly

John Miller, Verliebt in Berlin

Courtesy the artist

Tanja Widmann, TOURIST CLASS, Subsumed in the feedbackloop 6 MONTHS OF HATE CONGEALED IN A POEM. TOURIST CLASS, 2017/18 From the series EINE VON EUCH (THINGS), 2012,

Courtesy of the artist, Photo: Markus Krottendorfer

Gerald Rockenschaub, Untitled

Courtesy the artist

Gerwald Rockenschaub, AUSTRIAN AIRLINES POSTER CAMPAIGN, Museum in progress, Vienna Copyright: Gerwald Rockenschaub, Photo: Atelier Rockenschaub, 1991