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03.10.2022-06.07.2023

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  • Maria Anwander & Ruben Aubrecht
  • Thomas Arnolds
  • Rozbeh Asmani
  • Cornelia Baltes
  • Alfredo Barsuglia
  • Hubert Becker
  • Hans Bischoffshausen
  • Brandy Brandstätter
  • Karl Brandstätter
  • Julius Brauckmann
  • Ulu Braun
  • Edward Burtynsky
  • Christopher Bucklow
  • Sandi Červek
  • Caroline Wells Chandler
  • Sandro Chia
  • Natalie Czech
  • Violet Dennison
  • Ines Doujak
  • Lutz Driessen
  • Sophie Dvořák
  • Irena Eden & Stijn Lernout
  • Simon Edmondson
  • Cédric Eisenring
  • Jan Paul Evers
  • Lino Fiorito
  • Christian Flora
  • Dietmar Franz
  • Christian Freudenberger
  • Jakob Gasteiger
  • Michela Ghisetti
  • Antonio Girbés
  • Bruno Gironcoli
  • Gernot Gleiss
  • Dorothee Golz
  • Franz Grabmayr
  • Ernst Gradischnig
  • Vivian Greven
  • Jochem Hendricks
  • Giselbert Hoke
  • Andy Holtin
  • Bernadette Huber
  • Pedro Jardim de Mattos
  • Eva Jospin
  • Soli Kiani
  • Peter Klare
  • Jakob Lena Knebl
  • Cornelius Kolig
  • Arnulf Komposch
  • Suse Krawagna
  • Eric Kressnig
  • Robert Kunec
  • Alina Kunitsyna
  • Hans Kupelwieser
  • Ulrich Lamsfuß
  • Margaret Lansink
  • Tina Lechner
  • Jens Liebchen
  • Axel Lieber
  • Mevlana Lipp
  • Peter Lohmeyer
  • Gerhard Lojen
  • Constantin Luser
  • Joel Meyerowitz
  • Sissa Micheli
  • Jürgen Münzer
  • Loredana Nemes
  • Ferdinand Neumüller
  • Arnold Odermatt
  • Hans Op de Beeck
  • Bernd Oppl
  • Aitor Ortiz
  • Olga Pedan
  • Ulrich Pester
  • Peter Pongratz
  • Arnold Pöschl
  • Hannes Rader
  • Damir Radović
  • Fabian Ramirez
  • Thomas Rentmeister
  • Markus Riebe
  • Megan Rooney
  • Evan Roth
  • Robert Schad
  • Julia Scher
  • Stefanie Seufert
  • Eva Schlegel
  • Toni Schmale
  • Ralph Schuster
  • Jon Shelton
  • Hayley Aviva Silverman
  • Tracey Snelling
  • Paul Spendier
  • Nina Rike Springer
  • Laura Stadtegger
  • Esther Stocker
  • Vincent Tavenne
  • Oman Valentin
  • Anna Virnich
  • Wolfgang Walkensteiner
  • Ina Weber
  • Clemens Wolf
Rentmeister Thomas, Ohne Titel, 2016 Rentmeister Thomas, Ohne Titel, 2016 Thomas Rentmeister, Untitled, 2016
, Pattex on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
Kollitsch Collection

A wide range of materials form the starting point for Thomas Rentmeister’s artistic approach in his varied works such as banal everyday objects, food and traces of everyday life. The forms and surface designs of the exhibits on display in the exhibition based on familiar materials such as Pattex (Untitled, 2016), used document files (Untitled, 2013) or the smooth surface of polyester sculptures (Untitled, 2004) provide the observer with a multi-layered ambiguity of interpretation which stands in direct correlation to the individually linked associations with specific things or personal experiences. 

Rentmeister Thomas, Ohne Titel, 2004 Rentmeister Thomas, Ohne Titel, 2004 Thomas Rentmeister, Untitled, 2004
, Polyester, 57 x 97 x 94 cm
Kollitsch Collection

Thomas Rentmeister has been working on a technical and elaborate group of polyester sculptures since the 1990s. The objects in various pastel colour gradations of brown with shiny smooth surfaces go beyond the rational and tangible and are both fascinating and mysterious in their presence. Guided by the tempting appeal of the unknown, an ambivalent emotion of respectful distance and the desire for fleeting touch is triggered upon observing the works.

Rentmeister Thomas, Ohne Titel Rentmeister Thomas, Ohne Titel Thomas Rentmeister, Untitled, 2013
, Paperboard, wood, glass, 107 x 86 x 4.5 cm
Kollitsch Collection

Thomas Rentmeister’s multi-faceted oeuvre features a great range of materials, such as banal everyday objects, food products, or elements from daily life, which form the starting point of his artistic dialogue.  Viewers are confronted with a multi-layered ambiguity of interpretation, which stands in direct correlation to the individual associations evoked by certain objects or personal experiences, in turn brought about by everyday materials that are used for shaping the piece or finishing its surface, for instance multi-purpose glue, used lever-arch files, or the mirror-smooth surface of his polyester sculptures.

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