Hans Kupelwieser, Ohne Titel, 1991
, Photogram on film on powder-coated aluminium \ Each 240 x 110 cm
Courtesy der Künstler
As someone who moves between dimensions, Hans Kupelwieser's artistic work focuses on both sculpture and photography. In his preoccupation with area and surface, he found that the photogram was the ideal instrument for transforming three-dimensionsal objects into two-dimensional pictures.
— Magdalena Koschat
Hans Kupelwieser, Erdäpfelvierer [Potato Quartet], 2007
, Aluminium cast, 140 x 250 x 220 cm
Kollitsch Collection
When choosing his subjects, Hans Kupelwieser turns his attention to everyday objects that are only marginally significant in the world of art. He explores their potential as exhibits and gives them a new aesthetic function. In this way, even potatoes are elevated to true-to-scale protagonists in an aluminium sculpture, in which the artist constantly explores the boundary between coincidence and artistic intervention.
— Magdalena Koschat
Hans Kupelwieser, Ohne Titel, 2010
, Photogram on Baryta paper, 125 x 182 cm
Kollitsch Collection
The photograms produced by Hans Kupelwieser are of key significance in terms of creating new sculpted objects. He alternates the dimensions to transform objects into images and creates three-dimensional structures from two-dimensionality. Researching technical possibilities and new materials and a conceptual expansion of genre borders form significant aspects of his artistic encounter.
— Magdalena Koschat