250808: Strabag Kunstforum: Felix Malnig

Strabag Kunstforum: Felix Malnig – Ghost Town Superficial criticism The Strabag Artlounge is a typical example of a modern “business building” – cool, discrete, glass exterior walls, offering a view over the city of Vienna. The oeuvre created by the 1967 born artist presented within the framework of the Strabag Art Awards exhibit is just as nondescript as the building itself. His work is obviously well handcrafted, but neither especially elaborate nor painted with a personal touch. The exhibited paintings of buildings and landscapes, which are completely devoid of people, equal a style of painting, which is completely devoid of ideas. The work therefore does not allow the onlooker to attain a deeper insight into architecture and consequently does not allow him/her to deal with it in a critical manner. By attempting to criticize superficiality by working just as superficially is a form of criticism, which itself inevitably remains superficial. Strabag Kunstforum 1220 Vienna, Donau-City Strasse 9, until 04.09.2008 www.strabag-kunstforum.at

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Gratis aber wertvoll!
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Kunst braucht Kritik!

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