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The Best of All Worlds!?
20 Years of the Cardinal König Prize

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  • Michèle Pagel, Everything counts, 2024
  • Christian Kosmas Mayer, Atlas / Pilot, 2016/2020
  • Nika Kupyrova, p 127, 2022
  • Kerstin von Gabain, , 2023
  • Hans Schabus, Ikarus (moss gray), 2017
  • Nicole Six & Paul Petritsch, Videostill Pilot - Dialogically expanding the horizon, from Klagenfurt to Klagenfurt, 2021

The internationally renowned Kardinal König Art Prize is awarded every two years and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It stands for a cosmopolitan outlook and the exploration of important issues of our time. The exhibition at Lentos includes spectacular new works by the ten previous prizewinners.


With works of her series Schüttlöcher [Pouring Holes], Angelika Loderer directs our focus of perception to the habitats of small animals. In a video piece by Nicole Six and Paul Petritsch, the possibilities afforded by the human pioneering spirit interfere at various time levels. Kathi Hofer recounts the personal story of a sustainable and alternative concept of living. Nika Kupyrova’s works focus on the questioning of stereotypical gender roles. Michèle Pagel poses questions which are critical of her milieu and self-reflective. Kerstin von Gabain and Julia Haller address aspects of perception in an art-specific context. An ensemble of historical wooden objects newly reworked by Christian Kosmas Mayer deals with the architectural redesign of the Berlin Palace. Marko Lulić’s video film The Building confronts a post-war modernist town hall building with the architectural theory of Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Zaha Hadid, among others. Lastly, a large-sized object by Hans Schabus presents bizarre poster announcements dating back to the pandemic.


The anniversary exhibition of the Kardinal König Art Prize showcases artistic statements on current and relevant topics such as the anthropogenic reshaping of our planet.

Curator: Brigitte Reutner-Doneus

Cooperation

In cooperation with the Kardinal König Kunstfonds and the Bildraum Bodensee

Publication

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by Müry Salzmann, Salzburg. With text contributions by Rainer Fuchs, Antonia Gobiet, Michael Max, Johannes Neuhardt, Brigitte Reutner-Doneus, Hemma Schmutz and Franz Schuh. 120 pages, € 25
This and other publications are going to be available in the Lentos store or online (store​.museenderstadtlinz​.at) available.

Date Title Time
Thu 07.11Press conference: Cache. Feminist Aesthetics and Archival Processes”

The exhibition Cache” presents works by Tabea Borchardt, Anne Glassner, Claudia Larcher, and Katrin Mayer in the Lentos reading room. As recipients of working scholarships from the VALIE EXPORT Center for 2023/24, the four artists developed projects that engage with archival and activation processes, the physicality and writing practices of feminist art, media-based artistic transmissions of knowledge, and the complex temporal relationships of tradition and transmission.

10:00 am–11:00 am
Thu 07.11Opening: Cache. Feminist Aesthetics and Archival Processes

The exhibition Cache presents works by Tabea Borchardt, Anne Glassner, Claudia Larcher, and Katrin Mayer in the Lentos reading room. As recipients of working scholarships from the VALIE EXPORT Center for 2023/24, the four artists developed projects that engage with archival and activation processes, the physicality and writing practices of feminist art, media-based artistic transmissions of knowledge, and the complex temporal relationships of tradition and transmission.

5:00 pm–7:00 pm
Sat 09.11Lentos Ate­lier (Fully booked)

Children and young people between the ages of 6 and 12 have the opportunity to discover works of art, work creatively and try out different techniques in the Lentos studio.

10:00 am–12:00 pm
Sat 09.11Los Lentoninios (Fully booked)

Every second Saturday each month (in the holidays: Tuesday) our youngest visitors are cordially invited to the Donauatelier to give their fantasy and creativity free rein.

3:00 pm–4:30 pm
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