Hans Kupelwieser

Selected works

Biography

Hans Kupelwieser

The sculptor Hans Kupelwieser has developed an artistic approach that could almost be referred to as ‘post-sculptural sculpture’. His aim is not only to create abstract forms but a permanent questioning of the idea of three-dimensionality by means of a deconstructive aesthetic practice. Kupelwieser, whose definition of sculpture was inspired by the theories of his teachers Bazon Brock and Peter Weibel, works on industrial materials such as perspex using various methods, whereby he likes to bring a moment of unpredictability into play, which he refers to as a ‘guided coincidence’. The result of these controlled experiments are objects that – compacted, folded or cut into blocks – challenge the viewer’s perception.

 

In the 1990s, the artist also worked on objects that could be inflated by compressed air; ‘pneumatic sculptures’ which he calls ‘gonflables’. Hans Kupelwieser’s broad definition of sculpture also encompasses other media such as photography, the two-dimensionality of which he employs to explore the field of tension between surface and volume. For example, he creates photograms of textiles that examine the porousness of the fabric, reminiscent of organic plant forms. “I force the relationships and reciprocities,” writes the artist, “and demonstrate that there are varying manifestations – I could also say aggregate states – for all objects.”

 

Hans Kupelwieser was born in 1948 in Lunz am See, Lower Austria. He lives and works in Vienna and Lunz am See.

Exhibitions at Smolka Contemporary

Hans Kupelwieser

Manfred Wakolbinger Smolka Contemporary Foto Wien

2023

Alienated
Art&Antique Hofburg Smolka Contemporary

2022

Art&Antique Hofburg 2022
Art Vienna 2022 Smolka Contemporary

2022

ART VIENNA 2022
Art&Antique Residenz Salzburg 2022 Smolka Contmeporary

2022

Art&Antique Residenz Salzburg 2022
Smolka Contemporary Art Antique Schmalix Kupelwieser Mosbacher Melichar

2021

Art&Antique Hofburg 2021
Art Austria Highlights 2021 Smolka Contemporary

2021

ART AUSTRIA HIGHLIGHTS 2021
Hubert Schmalix Tree Smolka Contemporary Art&Antique Salzburg

2021

ART&ANTIQUE Salzburg 2021
Art Austria 2021 Smolka Contemporary

2021

Art Austria 2021
Ferdinand Melichar und Hubert Schmalix

2020

New Works
Vienna Contemporary 2020

2020

Vienna Contemporary 2020
Smolka Contemporary Vienna Contemporary 2018

2018

Vienna Contemporary 2018

2018

2016

MQ ART BOX
TURNTABLES

Press

Hans Kupelwieser