• Pages
01 Cover
02 The Rothschild & Co Switzerland Exhibition Series
03 Dwellings
04 Dexter Dalwood
05 Hélène Fauquet
06 Hans-Peter Feldmann
07 Julian Göthe
08 Thomas Hutton
09 Nora Kapfer
10 Christopher Page
11 Josefine Reisch
12 Tobias Spichtig
13 Gili Tal
14 Heimo Zobernig

Heimo Zobernig

born 1958 in Mauthen (AT), lives and works in Vienna (AT)

About

  • Heimo Zobernig works across different media, including painting, video, sculpture and architectural intervention. He often uses lapidary materials, such as industrial paints, cardboard, polystyrene or plywood.
  • His paintings and sculptures reference the reduced visual vocabulary of 20th century art movements, like De Stijl, Constructivism and Zürcher Konkrete Kunst.
  • He probes the visual language of geometric abstraction, turning minimalist ideals on their head and diluting aesthetic purism with a suggestion of functionality and décor.
  • These works address the invisible social contract between people and objects and reverse the tendency to read art as a collective – rather than an individual – practice.

Lender

Simon Lee Gallery, London (UK) www.simonleegallery.com

Education

  • 1977 - 80, BFA, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna (AT)
  • 1980 - 83 MFA, Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna (AT)

Selected exhibitions

  • 2019, Heimo Zobernig. Piet Mondrian: A Spatial Appropriation, Albertinum, Dresden (DE)
  • 2019, Heimo Zobernig / VIDEO, Kunstbunker – Forum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Nuremberg (DE)
  • 2016, Wood Painting, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, (SWE) Here and now in the Museum Ludwig, Cologne (DE)
  • 2015, Heimo Zobernig, Kunsthaus Bregenz (AT) Austrian Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennale, Venice (IT)
  • 2014, Heimo Zobernig, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover (DE)
  • 2011, Heimo Zobernig, ohne Titel (in red), Kunsthalle Zurich offsite, Museum Barengasse, Zurich (CH)

Artworks

Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm

Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2014 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2011 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm

Heimo Zobernig Untitled, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm