Vienna Contemporary 2023

Austria's leading international art fair Vienna Contemporary once again invites you to discover established galleries, exciting newcomers and curated special exhibitions at Kursalon Wien from September 7-10, 2023.

Gallery Rudolf Leeb presents 2023 photographic works by Birgit Graschopf and sculptures by Viktoria Morgenstern.

Stand D 17 - Tent in the city park

Kursalon Vienna in the City Park
1010 Vienna, Johannesgasse 33

Fig.: Viktoria Morgenstern, Into the Inferno #2, 160 x 50 x 35 cm, hand-painted steel, 2023

  • Birgit Graschopf's photographs tell a story, are like film styles that freeze a moment of a story. In her works, however, she stages a moment whose story must first be told. The sensual experience is related to the choice of materials in terms of content, in order to deepen the emotionality of the isolated figures, some of which drift apart with the shadows.

    List of works Birgit Graschopf >>>

  • Birgit Graschopf, Untitled, photography on concrete, colored, 40 x 60 cm, 2023, unique piece

  • Just as a mobile light source can be used to create a sculpture in front of a dark background in a long-term exposure on a photograph, Viktoria Morgenstern's sculptures are a form of intuitive drawings in space. In the creative working process, she searches for a way to develop and expand her sculptures beyond the purely visual or narrative level.

    List of works Viktoria Morgenstern >>>

  • Into the Inferno #1 (detail)

    Viktoria Morgenstern, Into the Inferno #1, 160 x 50 x 35 cm, hand-painted steel, brass, 2023

Exhibition stand Galerie Rudolf Leeb at Vienna Contemporary 2023 - Photo: viennacontemporary 2023 I Kunst Dokumentation I Manuel Lopez

  • Both artists share the ambition to give impressions and emotions a new creative form in their artistic work. For Graschopf it is the mysterious and unapproachable, for Morgenstern it is an equivalent for an aspect of her inner human life and her personal experiences.

    Like no other art fair, Vienna Contemporary combines the best from Europe's West and East and is not for nothing considered a place for surprising new discoveries. The curated special show ZONE 1, in 2022 we presented porcelain sculptures by Julia Belova here, is dedicated to emerging young talents with ties to Austria.

    With its unique selection of contemporary art, a dense supporting program, performances and guided tours, Vienna Contemporary Wien is once again moving to the center of the international art calendar this fall, inviting visitors to an intensive week of discovery in the name of the visual arts.

    List of works by Birgit Graschopf and Viktoria Morgenstern available at Vienna Contemporary >>>

Image: Birgit Graschopf, Samba, 2023, photography on watercolor paper, colored, 40 x 60 cm, unique piece