Galerie Raum mit Licht curated by Salvatore Viviano
„The (Divine) Comedy or The Spell as Art Practice“

Galerie Raum mit Licht, Kaiserstraße 32, 1070 Vienna
www.raum-mit-licht.at

Curator(s):

Salvatore Viviano More

SALVATORE VIVIANO (born 1980) is an Italian visual artist and author. He studied anthropology and literature at the University of Palermo, Sicily, where he was born. After living in Paris for 10 years, working in the fashion, cinema and TV industries, he moved to Vienna in 2009, where he began actively working in the field of contemporary art. His artistic activity is primarily focused on performance and installation. From 2014 to 2018, he ran the One Work Gallery project in Vienna, where he opened over 50 exhibitions. Since 2015 he has been teaching at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz.

Courtesy of Salvatore Viviano

Artist(s):

Gabriele Edlbauer & Julia Goodman
Bruce LaBruce
Booze on Boobs
Prince Richard

Exhibition text

The (Divine) Comedy or The Spell as Art Practice

MIDWAY upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost. – La Divina Commedia, Inferno, Canto I

Lost, I was. Then, Julia, Bruce, Gabriele, Booze and Prince came my way. The (Divine) Comedy brings your best dreams and worst nightmares together. Your life is the stage, you won the Oscar for the Best Supporting Role. Julia Goodman, Bruce LaBruce, Gabriele Edlbauer Booze on Boobs, and Prince Richard have something in common, something crucial, something that can only be revealed, understood and misunderstood, by stepping into The (Divine) Comedy.

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