Trouble in Paradise
Deborah Sengl
Galerie Reinthaler
Getreidemarkt 14 A-1010 Wien Austria
T: +43 (0) 699 106 81 871 e-mail:
OVERVIEW :
Galerie Reinthaler, established in 2014, displays and promotes contemporary international and Austrian artist emerging as well as mid-career. Our exhibition program gathers artistic projects of various media, especially photography-related, video, sculpture and painting, the focus being on socio-political approaches as well as in the field of art and science. The gallery space is located close to the centre of Vienna and its clusters of art sites, museums and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
May 29 > July 13, 2024
Deborah Sengl, Trouble in Paradise, 2024, Acryl auf Leinwand, 120 x 240 cm
Deborah Sengl, Inside Out, 2024, Acryl auf Leinwand, 60 x 80 cm
ABOUT ARTISTS : Deborah Sengl
abstract : 1974 born in Vienna
1992 Study at the University of applied Arts (Mkl. Terzic), Vienna
1995 Study at the University of Arts in Berlin/Weißensee
1997 Diploma at the University of Arts (Mkl. Attersee), Vienna
2011 – 2013 Lectureship at Mozarteum, Salzburg (Textiles)
Solo shows (selection)
2023
Fragmente, Buch Wien (A)
Fragmente, Bahoe Art House, Wien (A)
Fragmente, Kunsthandel Giese und Schweiger, Wien (A)
Trouble in Paradise, Forum Kunst Millstatt (A)
2022
Stories, Room of fine arts, Graz (A)
Shades of gray, Galerie Reinthaler, Wien (A)
Escape Poverty!, MuseumsQuartier Wien (A)
Deborah Sengl – Malerei, Galerie Hametner, Stoob (A)
SenCity, Audioversum, Innsbruck (A)
2021
Kodritsch-Reiterer-Sengl, Galerie Gölles, Fürstenfeld (A)
Deborah Sengl & Eliot the SUPER, Munich Art Gallery, München (D)
Coro(h)na, Bahoe Art House, Wien (A)
Eyes wide shot, Galerie Trapp, Salzburg (A)
Coro(h)na, HochsommerArt, Neumarkt a. d. Raab (A)
Deborah Sengl/Franco Kappl, Galerie Wolfrum, Wien (A)
Fiffy+Maurice, Galerie Karin Sachs, München (D)
2020
Eyes Wide Shot, Galerie Reinthaler, Wien (A)
Deborah Sengl, Inside Out (Window), 2024, acrylic on cardboard, framed, 40 x 50 cm
ABOUT EXHIBITION : Trouble in Paradise
Deborah Sengl has always been interested in what is not visible and in the unfathomable aspects of our society. In her new "Trouble in Paradise" series she goes a step further. She cites famous film scenes, for example, from "American Beauty". What at first appears to be harmless and idyllic is disrupted by an approaching danger. The different levels act as proxies for worlds that are usually more closely interwoven than we would like to admit. The situation is similar in the "Inside Out" series: the protagonists believe themselves to be in their protected spaces – but one's own four walls can be more transparent than we think. Oversized, ostensibly peaceful observers peek into the respective refuges. Whether this involves a physical or virtual danger or not is left to free interpretation.
In addition to this, scenes from "The Last Days of Mankind" are exhibited in response to the present geopolitical situation. There is hardly anyone who has captured the inhumanity and absurdity of war as precisely as Karl Kraus with his "tragedy in 5 acts with prelude and epilogue". In her to date largest body of work, Sengl reacts with an inimitable sense for Kraus' text and artistically interprets scene excerpts and dialogues with preserved rat specimens and drawings. Other scenes can be seen as of mid-June in the Jewish Museum Vienna under the title "The Last Days of Democracy".
ABOUT EXHIBITION : Trouble in Paradise
Deborah Sengl has always been interested in what is not visible and in the unfathomable aspects of our society. In her new "Trouble in Paradise" series she goes a step further. She cites famous film scenes, for example, from "American Beauty". What at first appears to be harmless and idyllic is disrupted by an approaching danger. The different levels act as proxies for worlds that are usually more closely interwoven than we would like to admit. The situation is similar in the "Inside Out" series: the protagonists believe themselves to be in their protected spaces – but one's own four walls can be more transparent than we think. Oversized, ostensibly peaceful observers peek into the respective refuges. Whether this involves a physical or virtual danger or not is left to free interpretation.
In addition to this, scenes from "The Last Days of Mankind" are exhibited in response to the present geopolitical situation. There is hardly anyone who has captured the inhumanity and absurdity of war as precisely as Karl Kraus with his "tragedy in 5 acts with prelude and epilogue". In her to date largest body of work, Sengl reacts with an inimitable sense for Kraus' text and artistically interprets scene excerpts and dialogues with preserved rat specimens and drawings. Other scenes can be seen as of mid-June in the Jewish Museum Vienna under the title "The Last Days of Democracy".
ABOUT ARTISTS : Deborah Sengl
abstract : 1974 born in Vienna
1992 Study at the University of applied Arts (Mkl. Terzic), Vienna
1995 Study at the University of Arts in Berlin/Weißensee
1997 Diploma at the University of Arts (Mkl. Attersee), Vienna
2011 – 2013 Lectureship at Mozarteum, Salzburg (Textiles)
Solo shows (selection)
2023
Fragmente, Buch Wien (A)
Fragmente, Bahoe Art House, Wien (A)
Fragmente, Kunsthandel Giese und Schweiger, Wien (A)
Trouble in Paradise, Forum Kunst Millstatt (A)
2022
Stories, Room of fine arts, Graz (A)
Shades of gray, Galerie Reinthaler, Wien (A)
Escape Poverty!, MuseumsQuartier Wien (A)
Deborah Sengl – Malerei, Galerie Hametner, Stoob (A)
SenCity, Audioversum, Innsbruck (A)
2021
Kodritsch-Reiterer-Sengl, Galerie Gölles, Fürstenfeld (A)
Deborah Sengl & Eliot the SUPER, Munich Art Gallery, München (D)
Coro(h)na, Bahoe Art House, Wien (A)
Eyes wide shot, Galerie Trapp, Salzburg (A)
Coro(h)na, HochsommerArt, Neumarkt a. d. Raab (A)
Deborah Sengl/Franco Kappl, Galerie Wolfrum, Wien (A)
Fiffy+Maurice, Galerie Karin Sachs, München (D)
2020
Eyes Wide Shot, Galerie Reinthaler, Wien (A)
Deborah Sengl Artist's site : http://www.deborahsengl.com/
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Artist's CITY :WIEN
Artist's COUNTRY :AUSTRIA
Date and hours artist presence :Tuesday, 28.5.2024, 19.00 - 21.00
Gallery Opening Hours : Tuesday - Friday 13.00 - 18.00 Saturday 12.00 - 15.00 and on request
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