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| Ernst Trawöger Ockham versus Buridan 23 June – 5 August 2007 |
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Opening Friday, 22 June 2007, 7 pm Exhibition to be opened by Dr. Nikolaus Duregger, Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Department for Culture Dr. Andreas Hapkemeyer, MUSEION/Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Bozen / coordinator Manifesta 7, will speak about the exhibition |
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In his first comprehensive solo exhibition Ernst Trawöger
will be showing a selection of works, ranging from very early pieces to
more recent ones. One object gives the title for the entire exhibition:
“Ockham versus Buridan“.
Trawögers artistic-aesthetic position, along with his “basic
research” approach, is reflected in his reference to the two
medieval philosophers who developed very different lines of
argumentation. As his most important sources of inspiration he cites
the “observation (of nature) as a visual exercise leading us to
the limits of visual perception, theory of science, in particular the
irreconcilability of model and world, and music as an
abstract-emotional element.“ In his art Ernst Trawöger focuses on very everyday phenomena taken from nature, mathematics, physics and optics or from music that he approaches experimentally, studying them by means of photography, painting, drawing or in his objects. Trawöger integrates the onlookers in his experimental process of perception which is linked to the specific forms of attention in thought, vision and hearing. As he notes, for instance, in connection with his photography series of birds that he began very early (1973): “As a child I began to take an interest in birds, because I was fascinated by their forms, colors and the way they moved. Observing them over an extended period of time general problems emerged in the perception. When I focused for a long time on a certain object, subtleties in movement, structure and form appeared that I had not even noticed before.“ (1988) For his exhibition at the Galerie im Taxispalais Trawöger has developed a series of new works. With a rotating object suspended from the ceiling he refers to one of Newton’s physical experiments. An optical experiment is demonstrated by him using a wooden box in which a beam splitter is used to demonstrate the phenomenon of light within a given system. Trawöger uses found pieces of trees for two sculptural objects to evoke – differently in each case – the subtle relation between man and nature. In addition to photography, painting and drawing, music represents another important aspect of the exhibition. For Trawäger music is a crucial component of his artistic concept, in which he also integrates natural sounds such as, for example, the voices of birds. Trawöger will be erecting a tent which can be entered in the hall of the Galerie. The visitors will be able to hear overlapping compositions and improvisations created by him and his son Felix. Trawöger’s studies do not adhere to any fixed parameters. They are structural and formally ambivalent – both in the sense of “Ockham’s razor“ which says that of various possible solutions the most economic one must be given preference and in keeping with Buridan who limits freedom to the selection between various possibilities. Ernst Trawöger was born in 1955. He lives and works in Innsbruck. |
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| Catalog Ernst Trawöger Ockham versus Buridan Ed. Silvia Eiblmayr, Galerie im Taxispalais Texts by Peter Mahr and Thomas Trummer (German/English) Skarabaeus Verlag, Innsbruck 2008 128 pp., 64 ill. € 14,90 ISBN: 978-3-7082-3231-7 |
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| Bag Edition Design and production: Michelle Schmollgruber  Presentation Friday, 22 June 2007 as part of the opening Ernst Trawöger Ockham versus Buridan and Armin Linke / Renato Rinaldi / Piero Zanini Fragments of an Analysis of the Alps Designer Michelle Schmollgruber has produced a collection of bags for the Galerie im Taxispalais, using the plastic banners that have announced the exhibitions of the Galerie. The one-of-a-kind bags are available in a limited edition. Michelle Schmollgruber lives and works in Innsbruck. |
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