Christine König Galerie was founded in 1989/90 and together with three other art galleries moved to new premises in Vienna´s Schleifmühlgasse in 1999. In conjunction with the nearby Generali Foundation, the Kunsthalle Wien, the Vienna Secession, the Wien Museum, the new Museum´s Quarter and the galleries in Palais Eschenbach, this area in the vicinity of Naschmarkt and Karlsplatz which has long been of interest for its architectural history has now taken on added significance as the most important location of contemporary art in Vienna.
International in scope, the gallery is defined by an artist-centric perspective that platforms artists whose work responds to the complexities of contemporary society and culture. Ever since its founding the gallery has been the first to present a number of internationally known artists and their current works in Austria, such as Pierre BISMUTH, Werner BÜTTNER, Jannis KOUNELLIS, Pierre KLOSSOWSKI, Rebecca HORN, Nancy SPERO, David HAMMONS, Jimmie DURHAM, Leon GOLUB, Karin KNEFFEL, Vicken PARSONS, Gerhard RÜHM, Ann-Sofi SIDÉN, David GOLDBLATT and Stanley WHITNEY.
Along with them a decidedly younger generation of artists - some of them Austrians - who are in important ways linked to this older generation have been introduced to the public: Barbara EICHHORN, G.R.A.M., Olga CHERNYSHEVA, Cameron JAMIE, Johanna KANDL, Constantin LUSER, Michaela MATH, Micha PAYER, Andreas REITER RAABE, Almut RINK, Tex RUBINOWITZ, Anne SCHNEIDER.
For most of the exhibitions works and projects are created specifically with the premises of the gallery in mind. In this way a frame of reference develops over time that encourages to rethink and redefine the character of the gallery in cooperation with each individual artist in view of a society that is getting ever more complex and ever more on the move, and to search for new contexts. In addition, international exhibitions and projects documented by catalogues are initiated and organised for the artists associated with the gallery. Most of these artists are represented in European and American museum collections.
Until spring 2006 weekly LunchLectures on Saturdays at noon were presenting artists, curators, gallerists, architects, collectors, philosophers, who talked about their ideas and visions.
In the gallery`s new Third Room we put exhibitions on show, that go along with the main one in the two front rooms. Furthermore international gallery colleagues are invited for specific projects.
Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday 11 am - 7pm, Saturday 11 am - 3 pm
Image at the front Page:
PIERRE BISMUTH
Installationsansicht Christine König Galerie, Wien 2004:
Something less, something more, 2004
from the series: replace by the same (James Dean, Reservoir Dogs), 2004
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Foundation year: 1990
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Director(s): Christine König
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Employees: Eva Höfler
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