Exhibition Closing Reception this Saturday 5th of November 2022 at 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. and Art Auction coming up in December 2022 – January 2023

As the exhibition at the Bell Tower on Schlossberg Mountain is coming to a close this week with the Closing Reception this Saturday, 5th of November 2022 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., we look forward to our third research period at the British Library for the next book currently in writing

Michelangelo’s Letters – Uncovered

to be published next year in October 2023 in AØH Limited Edition Art Books 2023

We would like to thank Giuseppe Vigneri for his assistance in the framework of his internship during the exhibition and wish him all the best for his future in the art world ahead. Thank you for all your hard work and effort Giuseppe. All my best wishes to you and your future endeavours!

The closing reception involves a short reading from the just finalised book by myself as the transcriber of Michelangelos’ original letters from my first two research periods in London at the British Library, the translator of the original manuscripts and the author of the finalised book

The Sistine Chapel Revisited
Michelangelo versus Marina Abramović

to be published in the series AØH Limited Edition Art Books 2022 in November 2022

All my best and see you all soon I hope,

Daniela Haberz, M.A.
Head of Board of Trustees for the Board

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Schlossberg 6
8010 Graz, Austria

Austrian Contemporary Art and International Counterparts – Sneak Preview

Glockenturm Graz
Schlossberg 6
8010 Graz, Austria

We would like to cordially invite you to the opening reception of Austrian Contemporary Art & International Counter-parts on Friday, 7th of October 2022 from 4.00 until 7.00 p.m. to the Bell Tower Graz Liesl in Graz, Austria.

Obstruction by Joseph Beuys, limited edition

We welcome to the team of AØH Family Trust, Graz, Austria/ London, United Kingdom the art historian and Assistant Curator Giuseppe Vigneri from Italy.

A short statement by Giuseppe to introduce himself as following:

My name is Giuseppe Vigneri, 23 years old, from Italy.
With great pleasure, I will work as an assistant under the guidance of Daniela with AØH Art Consultancy Haberz. I am excited to be supporting the team during exhibitions and new projects based in London, Vienna and Graz.

Sneak Preview:

Sneak Preview video tour first works on show at the Bell Tower Graz, Austria

As a Graduate in Art History and Cultural Heritage, I believe that my knowledge on the subject will allow me to actively support the team in achieving its goals. Despite coming from the Country which has the richest and most prosperous artistic heritage worldwide, my generation has grown accustomed to the idea that art is just a hobby. Daniela takes instead the art sector seriously, as her own work shows, and supports emerging artists in order to see their value recognized, making it possible to enrich the world with new perspective through their artistic contributions.

Giuseppe Vigneri, Assistant Curator AØH Family Trust, Graz, Austria & London, United Kingdom

The exhibition is open on Thursday & Friday from 2.00 till 6.00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11.00 a.m. until 2.00 p.m. until Saturday, 5th of November 2022 when we celebrate the closing reception from 11.00 a.m. until 3.00 p.m.

We are looking forward to welcoming you soon and all my best,

Daniela Haberz, M.A. & Giuseppe Vigneri

Austrian Contemporary Art & International Counterparts – Exhibition opening 7th of October 4.00 – 7.00 p.m. Bell Tower Graz, Austria

Book Deal #1 by British artist Johnathan Monk unique work to be printed on the wall in the given size.

The exhibition titled Austrian Contemporary Art & International Counterparts will be opening on Friday, 7th of October 4.00 – 7.00 p.m. at the Bell Tower Graz, Austria in the framework of Visiting Schlossberg Mountain 2022 curated by Daniela Haberz, M.A. for AØH Family Trust/ AØH Familien Stiftung.

The exhibition features Austrian Contemporary Art and international counterparts from the past three decades and will include an Art Auction to benefit the AØH Family Trust/ AØH Familien Stiftung, which focuses on help for those in precarious situations and education for less fortunate children as well as the ones of a befriended family in Great Britain.

If you wish to take part in the auction please RSVP under/ UAwg unter:

stiftung@artconsultancyhaberz.org

All my best for the AØH Family Trustee Board,

Daniela Haberz, M.A.

Wealth Manager for Assets within Art & Art Investment

Wealth Manager at AØH Art Consultancy Haberz e.U., Graz/ Vienna, Austria & Director of the Charity AØH Art Consultancy Haberz Limited (by Guarantee), London, United Kingdom

The Sistine Chaple Revisited 2022/2023

The Sistine Chaple Ceiling by Michelangelo Buonarroti June 2022

 

The Sistine Chaple Revisited. Michelangelo versus Marina Abramović showcases and counter-positions heritage artworks and monuments with contemporary art.

The preliminary beginnings were new notes about Michelangelo Buonarotti in relation to Marina Abramović alabaster sculpture work series Seven Deaths, photographed in October 2021 at Lisson Gallery, London, United Kingdom, who are the gallery representation of the artist.

Poison,  2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

Fire, 2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

Leap, 2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

Breath, 2020/2021  by Marina Abramović

Fire, 2020/2021  by Marina Abramović

Breath, 2020/2021 (Detail)  by Marina Abramović

 

 

 

 

 

Leap, 2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

Breath, 2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

Mirror, 2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

Snake (Detail), 2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

Snake (Detail), 2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

Snake (Detail), 2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

Snake (Detail), 2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

Snake (Detail), 2020/2021 by Marina Abramović

 

The research on the Sistine Chaple Revisited is the second book on the Sistine Chaple in relation to contemporary Art after publishing The Sistine Chaple. Michelangelo bersus Jeremy Deller, 2013-2017 published in 2017 in the book series AØH Art Consultancy Haberz in a limited edition of 10 copies, numbered and with personal inscription.

Since 2021 the research on the Sistine Chaple has intensified once again and the first artist counterpositioned is Marina Abramović, solely with her above named sculpture series and furthermore contemporaries of Michelangelo like Pietro Perugino, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci amongst others.

Contemporary artists will include Olafur Elliasson, whose work is strongly related to Iceland’s nature, which this year in a short trip to Iceland documented the Fagradasfjall Vulcano in the midst of eruption bringing additional insight in a five hour hike into lands, that were unknown for me as a City only Walker so far even though used to 300 km walking in a month time it was a tough trail but once in a lifetime experience to see the magma coming from the centre of the earth spreeing out into the air. When photographing I held my breath and started to breath in when the lava was going down and breathed out when it flew into the air. Otherwise I would not have been able to calculate the eruption pace of the vulcano.

Fagradalsfjall Vulcano, Reykjavikgur, Iceland August 2022

Fagradalsfjall Vulcano, Reykjavikgur, Iceland

Fagradalsfjall Vulcano, Reykjavikgur, Iceland

Clearly related to Olafur Eliasson’s work Waterfall, 2019 shown  at Tate Modern, London and previously developed for a New York Commission at Hudson River are Icelandic waterfalls. The vulcano eruptions of Fagradsfjall in August 2022 however, can so far not yet been seen in Elliasson’s oeuvre, from my point of view, besides from his choice of colours and light therefore, further research is necessary into this side of his work.

Prime Numbers, 2022 by Franz Josef Haas

Franz Josef Haas is an emerging Austrian artist planned to be exhibited in the framework of Visiting Schlossberg Mountain 2022 showcasing his work series Prime Numbers, 2022 which visualise mathematical equations, only using prime numbers as a base for equations created by Haas.

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991 by Cornelia Parker

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991 by Cornelia Parker

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991 by Cornelia Parker

Further artists include Cornelia Parker, whom I saw at Serpentine Gallery, London in the late 90s and just recently documented her new work at Tate Britain, London whilst my first research period at British Library in July 2022.The floating parts of her sculpture are related to her work from the 1990s but orchestrated fantastically at Tate Britain with the perfect lighting to spread the suspended wooden parts towards the wall as shadows.

Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988/1989 by Cornelia Parker

Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988/1989 by Cornelia Parker

Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988/1989 by Cornelia Parker

Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988/1989 by Cornelia Parker

Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988/1989 by Cornelia Parker

Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988/1989 by Cornelia Parker

Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988/1989 by Cornelia Parker

Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988/1989 by Cornelia Parker

Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988/1989 by Cornelia Parker

Thirty Pieces of Silver, 1988/1989 by Cornelia Parker

Her work series of flattly walzed silverwear has reached another dimension as well in this recent display, which allows for visitors to walk around this one space, fully encompassing sculpture suspended from the ceiling and lit to throw the shadows onto the floor in a slightly distorted manner,  to allow for a surreal mise-en scène involving the visitor in Foucault’s sense of inhabiting and shaping space.

In a recent book I studied at the County of Styria Library the Julius Grave by Michelangelo was referenced with Foucault’s determination of space and as  having written and further developed Foucault’s On Heterotopia I could relate to the writer’s aspect and add my approach in the further notes for my book and further group exhibition The Sistine Chaple Revisited. Michelangelo versus Marina Abramović planned  for May 2023 in the framework of Visiting Schlossberg  Mountain 2023.

As in June 2022 a trip to the Vatican City located Sistine Chaple has been taken, upon seeing the described works and monuments from book research and thereby made preliminary written notes for the book have been necessary to be revised, so far there is no publishing in October 2022 as previously scheduled, in order to further research on original documents like started in July 2022 in London, after being admitted to the manuscript reading room at the British Library, London to transcribe and translate Michelangelo’s original manuscripts in Renaissance Italian language.

To learn how to read and transcribe Michelangelo’s handwriting in this today dead language took up to four to five months studying his handwriting and transcribing and translating thereinafter, with the help of an Italian Dictionary by now successfully in outcome.

The Sistine Chaple Ceiling by Michelangelo Buonarroti June 2022

The Sistine Chaple Ceiling by Michelangelo Buonarroti June 2022

The Sistine Chaple fresco Handing of Keys to Saint Peter, 1680/1681 by Pietro Perugino June 2022

The Last Judgement, 1534 by Michelangelo and his contemporaries June 2022

Accomplished so far were transcriptions and translations of five letters between one third and two A4 pages in length with kind permission by the British Library, London, United Kingdom, as well as deciphering the date of the letter, by means of a previously created time-line, which has been revised again after the first research period and added to, in order to allocate the exact date by means of the background biographical and work-related data accumulated beforehand.

As the letters were restricted material photographs were not permitted but I can say that my transcription as well as translations will be accessible in the book in their entirety.

The next step is waiting for permission to photograph the Sistine Chaple by the Musei Vaticani in Vatican City, Italy, upon their request to read my initial notes, in order to take a decision as well hear the decision for my request to become part of the Edizione Musei Vaticani.

To await the result of my application to the Sopraintendenza Archiologica in Toscana with regards to access to the original letters located at the Casa Buonarroti Archives as well as photograph the selected and discussed works in Florence & Rome, Italy and London, United Kingdom.

Furthermore, I look forward to the results of my funding application to the European Union in September 2022 and the participation approval by my chosen collaboration partners in this research endeavour.

The main goal is to shed new light on Michelangelo and his contemporaries as well as allocating the manuscripts date-wise to increase value of the collections evaluated. In addition raise the value of contemporary art by means of recommendation of the discussed artists and raising their provenance by means of the exhibition of the same title curated by Daniela Haberz, M.A. in Graz, Austria and London, United Kingdom as well as Vatican City, Rome, Italy.

Last but not least  heritage protected monuments will be shed new light upon to raise the finances needed to preserve them for posterity.

The Sistine Chaple Revisited. Michelangelo versus Marina Abramović is published in the art book series AØH Limited Edition Art Book 2022/2023 in a limited edition of 60 copies each, numbered by hand and with personal inscription in English, German and Italian language and is the seventh book in this series.

Looking forward to the results and wish me good luck for a successful outcome,

Daniela Haberz, M.A.

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Today’s crisis – today’s opportunity – A diplomatic approach

Seven Deaths: The Leap, 2021/2022                                             by Marina Abramović                                                            Credits: Daniela Haberz, M.A. for AØH Art Consultancy Haberz Limited (by Guarantee),                 and for Lisson Gallery, London & the artist

The work series Seven Deaths carved into alabaster and lit from behind shows seven ways a person in this case impersonated by the artist herself can die. For me this series which was displayed at Lisson Gallery in London Cork Street, shows the possibility of a Leap, as inherent in the title, a Leap, which as well was the title of Lee Ufan’s so far unrealised sculpture intended to be displayed in public space as a permanent sculpture was conceived to be a jump by a jaguar cat into the river. The project is currently postponed and is planned to be shown in a different location later this year.

The Leap in Marina Abramović alabaster work clearly states, the way out for myself, it can be understood of a way out of the series of deaths thst are portrayed in the seven alabaster pieces which I reference in my book on the Sistine Chaple in juxtaposition with works on the Sistine Chaple ceiling. Three images so far have been analysed and the images in comparison with scenes in the book Die Sixtinische Kapelle by Antonio Paolucci published in the Edizioni Musei Vaticani can clearly be related to scenes from Michelangelo’s Chaple Ceiling. 

Another reason why I decided to write about this work by Marina Abramović is the current crisis between Ukraine and Russia who have signed a peace treaty on 25th of January 2022 to end the crisis in Eastern Europe.

The work Seven Deaths: The Leap, 2021/2022 seemed the perfect counterposition of a way out of the crisis without making it go into the wrong direction. Both presidents of Russia and the Ukraine have contested more than once that diplomatic conversations are possible, humanitarian aid has bern promised by most European countries as well as Great Britain, but in all of this internationsl turmoil this work by Marina Abramović shows and symbolises what everyone wants right now, the way out of a madness that is lit by half-researched information by the media, to pour oil into the burning barell we would say in Austria meaning that this way the situation can get worse by the wrong choice of wording.

The situation sounds all too familiar to me when I think of the gulf war years ago, where historians were employed to give their high valued opinion only to find out years later that they mis-interpreted the situation entirely.

I even thought of going to Russia myself to find out if the war is even happening or not as in many reviews and interviews given, I have analysed in the past weeks, the interviewees have heard something but no one saw anything.

The next day, several video clips were re-worked and talked over by commentators edited and cut in different manners, so that the original video could not be accessed again.

The only video that remained intact was by Reuters published by Sky News and had the signing of the peace treaty by president Putin and the two representatives of the Luhansk and Donetzk people at the end of it.

To keep me from worrying I have taken up chess games against myself in my spare time and with every game I play, the chess pieces seem to be a reminder that the crisis can not go any further, what would happen if these were real people I asked myself once when I stopped playing.

The theme I created for myself is: Every day is a good day for diplomacy.

I might not be talking Russian nor Ukranian but I am used to listen to English dubbing and translations and thereby can analyse situations which others might interprete wrongly as they keep listening to the beginning but loose interest or do not keep track reading subtitles. My point I am making is: Do not jump to conclusions when you haven’t heard the entire story.

This is the difference between art criticism where I can go back to a long lasting experience in viewing and reviewing art exhibitions but in this case with the crisis in Eastern Europe every word and facial expression counts.

Without that as a foreigner you are lost and rather not say a word about it as you might unleash something that you do not want to be involved in or might incur a reaction solely by mis-interpretation of the situation.

For me the signing of the peace treaty is the way into the right direction and I believe that all parties will adhere to it.

The mistake we should not make however, and this is vital, is to become yellow press and shout out paroles or unreflected headlines that scare the public or might just ignite that barrel I used as an analogy before-hand.

The people of Ukraine and Russia should not suffer under the crisis that should have ended before it began, they suffer and I would draw the attention to today’s report about Russian civilians suffering from the sanctions of the Western world, all those artists and poets as well as general public per se, They are people too and one-sided journalism and criticism does not help the situation. 

In my notes yesterday I said, flipping through a  local  newspaper and the accounts there, It seems that independant journalism is dead.

The main issue I see is thst every Eastern European citizen has their own account and approach to the story but we mustn’t forget that our grand-fathers grew up in fear of Russia as they participated in wars againts Eastern Europe, Still us today, we need to free ourselves from the past and adhere to the most principle rule, that everyone needs to be allowed to tell their side of the story otherwise one view is told but the other side is silenced as well as thereby the principle of democracy, free speech.

More about my second book about the  Sistine Chaple in comparison with contemporary art from 2017 until today which I have seen and reviewed  and curated myself in the past years to follow.

All my best wishes and keep an open mind,

Daniela Haberz, M.A.

Wealth Adviser for Art as Investment & Independant journalist

AØH Art Consultancy Haberz Limited (by Guarantee), London, United Kingdom

Mirror Rooms by Yayoi Kusama @ Tate Modern, London

The Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama presented her show Mirror Rooms at Tate Modern in London, United Kingdom in the new wing of the gallery.

In her especially designed mirror rooms you could nearly loose yourself and since my review of her little mirror room in Heli Onstadt Museum in Oslo her installations have grown in the setting of Tate Modern Gallery on Bankside in the former power plant. 

Upon entering the space, you were welcomed by giant squids in the so called Turbine Hall in this building, formerly used to produce electricity.

In this sense the artist presenting the squids that floated up and down the enourmous entrance hall dragged us towards Kusama’s presentation in the upstairs galleries in the newly created wing of the adjacent building, added a few years ago for solo displays.

Kusamas’ works as always kept their promise of a mesmerizing experience, making us understand how her own psychological state, viewing dots everywhere feels like in the sligthest.

Even though we can not grasp, how it must be to constantly be surrounded by dots, never being confronted by the white sheet you might scream for after a while, we still are grateful that she shares her obsession and visual craze in such a poetic manner making us feel part of her world.

Here a small video to allow the experience to be shared here on my Art Consultancy website

Looking forward to your reactions please leave them in the comments!

With special thanks to Tate Modern for the press access and permission to photograph and film.

All my best,

Daniela Haberz, M.A.

Wealth Adviser & Independent Art Critic

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What Do We Need Art For? Between Austria & Great Britain

What Do We Need Art For, 2021 by AØH Art Consultancy Haberz Limited (by Guarantee)

Coinciding with the opening of AØH Consultancy Finchley Road Gallery, the first exhibition titled What Do We Need Art For? Between Austria and the United Kingdom is opening on Friday, 12th of November from 4.00 until 7.00 p.m. and invited four visual artist, a musician & a gallerist producing multiple art

Niki Passath, Elizabeth Pfniess from Austria and Reiner Langer based in Germany, Rob Ritchie from Scottland as well as British musician RCH, invited Curator of the Music & Film Programm and James Pidcock, Curator & Head of Grey Art Multiples, Paris, France.

The exhibition tackles an important topic as denoted in its title and often reflected upon and is inspired by the book with the same title documenting Jean-Luc Nancy’s lecture at State Academy for Fine Arts in Karlsruhe haven taken  place in the series Riemschneider Lectures published by State Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe and Walther & Franz Koenig Books.

Why do we need art? Is it bringing us joy alone or simply distraction when engaging in art previews and parties, that are inherent or do we need it to feel more at home? When I travel, the first thing I do is put up art in my hotel room.

The above-mentioned book, documenting a talk by Jean-Luc Nancy came into my book collection, when wandering around Frieze Art Fair in Regents Park just recently and was ready for a break, deciding to get a book, fitting into my handbag to read over lunch.

This was the ultimate necessity I had at this moment and I purchased two books at my favourite book store Walther Koenig Books at the artfair.

In my role as a Wealth Adviser for Art, I hear all sorts of requests from: It should fit on a wall of three metres by two or have a certain colour. For me these wishes are not unusual and I understand that clients have their own approach to what they want.

Some might say, that clients with requirements like these, are not worthy to be followed up on, but I see it differently.

In the framework of the exhibitions a music programme for my Visiting AØH Balcony Series is created and the musician RCH has been invited to curate this part of the gallery programme. It is planned to take place regularly once a month or bi-monthly.

The art space AØH Consultancy Finchley Road Gallery is non-for-profit and is located in Finchley Road, London, United Kingdom.

Looking forward to hearing from you and all my best,

Daniela Haberz, M.A.

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AØH Recommendation Shirazeh Houshiary @ Lisson Gallery, London, Cork Street

Exhibition Pneuma by Shirazeh Houshiary, Installation View at Lisson Gallery, Cork Street until 31st of July 2021

When I saw the new ouvre by British artist, with Iranian roots, Shirazeh Houshiary, I realised that she was strongly connected to nature, the cosmos and nature phenomenons such as the Nordic lights or Milky ways. From my research on Nordic countries, I subsequently travelled to as well, I knew of the phenomenon Nordic lights, which is clearly referenced in Houshiary’s work Enigma, 2020 on view in the UK for the first time.

Enigma, 2020 by Shirazeh Houshiary

Upon a closer look, as well small marks with pencil become visible, showing a succession like on a star map indicating points by means of little crosses on a distorted line drawn across the painting. The gallery director Louise Hayward told me, that Shirazeh Houshiary is inspired by physics, namely the string theory, for me the crosses symbolised stars on a star map and the painted distorted planes can be seen as green and blue coloured milky ways and the marked crosses indications of where stars are located in the universe.

Enigma, 2020 (Detail) by Shirazeh Houshiary

When the work was hung, as well the connection between the works become evident as if the painted wave-like shapes across the canvas became alive and floating as well in-between the canvas’

Pieta, 2021 by Shirazeh Houshiary

Loci, 2021 by Shirazeh Houshiary

The new body of work in Shirazeh Houshiary’s exhibition Pneuma, whom I mainly knew as a sculptor from past works I was familiar with, show this three-dimensional aspect in a painterly manner when looking closely from different angles standing in front of the canvas’ As if the nebulas in the cosmos take form and are prolongued into the exhibition space, the empty space being integral part in her carefully placed artworks on specific locations in the gallery space in Cork Street in London.

Pneuma, 2021 by Shirazeh Houshiary

The artworks when acquired from my point of view should definitely been seen as dyptichon and tryptichon or even a series of the entire display as only then they reveal this phenomenon of creation of a nebula within the space in-between the canvas’ allowing us to temporarily stand in the cosmos ourselves.

From my point of view, a clear reference can be seen to the Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, depicting Nordic lights by means of using the colour green in a very intense way throughout his artistic work over the years whilst Houshiary creates an additional layer of placing the lights in a cosmic surrounding relating it to stars and milky ways by means of small interventions with pencil.

Loci, 2021 (Detail) by Shirazeh Houshiary

By means of positioning them towards each other she creates a space that encapsulates us in her world whilst standing in front of the paintings, draws us into her world, dissolving it upon leaving the exhibition space.

Like Foucault said,  a space always has a certain notion in relation to it’s whereabouts and history, partly man-given over the course of time, further defined by our current immediate use of it. Shirazeh Houshiary creates and transforms the exhibition space herself in a very intense manner, giving us the opportunity to dive into her world and allow us to become calm yet agitated by means of creating these as well negative versus positive in-between spaces invisible at first but engaging our eye when spending time with her oeuvre in a more detailed and intense engagement.

The exhibition can be highly recommended and is on view at Lisson Gallery in Cork Street until 31st of July during opening hours Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 6pm and upon appointment. Prices upon request to the gallery.

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All my best wishes and I am looking forward for you to experience and engage with Shirazeh Houshiary’s work,

Daniela Haberz, M.A.
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YACA (Young Austrian Contemporary Art) & Counterparts Worldwide – Going London June 2021

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The exhibition YACA (Young Austrian Contemporary Art) & Counterparts worldwide – Going London 2021 showcases Austrian art in counterposition with selected international artists in London in June 2021 in our Baker Street office.

Elisabeth Pfniss, an Austrian painter from the region Styrian, is most prominent for her use of special Japanese paper, that she reworks and in the process creates a three-dimensional fiche, slightly translucent when leaned against the window upon the sunlight falling in. The artist is in the early stages of her career which she started after a career as a doctor and in her work the meticulous process of development of her work, the patience of a surgeon, applying layers and layers of paint to the paper ordered mainly from Japan directly and in the case of the displayed work Woman in Rosé, 2020 creates these unique works, consisting of six parts, numbered and signed. Elisabeth Pfniss was chosen, when I discovered her last year and being part of an exhibition at the Bell Tower Graz, curated by myself after being familiar with her work for several years. The figurative language in her early work has become more and more abstract in her recent works and are influenced by her medical career.

Woman in Rosé, 2020 by Elisabeth Pfniss

Woman in Rosé, 2020 by Elisabeth Pfniss Installation view AØH Art Consultancy Haberz e.U. April 2021

Woman in Rosé, 2020 has been chosen as a title in conversation with the artist, upon a studio visit in Graz, Austria and the particular aspect is that the figurines depicted are headless. The head seems cut off, only the neck remaining, stretching out of the depicted body. Rose in colour in a very delicate shade, mainly associated with little blossoms on wild rose bushes, reminding of a secret garden not the cruel outcome of a beheaded figurine which makes us ponder about the deeper meaning of her work and clearly relates to taking apart the human body in medical training, when dissecting to study the anatomy of humans. Pointing out, that the head remains the most important part in humankind, making us who we are, not only shaping our personality but being centre of the functioning of our whole body, creating our identity. The lacking of such thereby questions our existence but could as well incur psychoanalysis, when confronted with new ways to adapt to life’s circumstances like in today’s times.

The science fiction novel O-Zone by American author Paul Theroux, written in 1987 describes a New York, that is sealed off from the rest of the world, where babies are brought up in retort and people have to pass gates in town only by using their personal fingerprint. In the 1980s still very futuristic, today part of our daily routine, even in using our phones with facial recognition or finger print access, securing and protecting our personal life. Like I said to my friend, working in a small café in Graz in Austria the other day, I would have never thought that one day I would need to provide a test result to sit down for cake and coffee, nowadays an integral part of our life to stay healthy. Futuristic sounding at first, but today’s reality around the world.

The counter-position with the internationally renowned American artist Dan Graham, selected for the exhibition with his limited edition work Sketch for Two Way Mirror/ Hedge Arabesque dating from 2013 created this sketch bearing in mind, a future sculptural outcome as a commission work and is signed with his name three times Dan Graham, with Dan Graham, signed Dan Graham, which led me to write about the ‘Me’ versus ‘Us’ in 2019, on the occasion of his exhibition Dan GrahamContemplation curated by myself in the AØH Art Consultancy Haberz.

In his performances Graham engages with the audience, the public is asked to define himself, he defines the audience. It’s a ’Me’ versus ’We’ resulting in creating a better understanding of Graham’s personality by himself, mirrored in the eyes of the audience.

His creation of this sketch, affirmed by signing it a third time. This process shows his presence as an artist as well as being by himself in his studio when creating the work as well as the master imprinting on the final drawing with his signature. On a conceptual level integrating us as spectators, a major part in Dan Graham’s artistic practice in his art performances. Dan Graham is represented by Lisson Gallery in London.

Sketch for Two Way Mirror/ Hedge Arabesque, 2017 by Dan Graham

Sketch for Two Way Mirror/ Hedge Arabesque, 2017 by Dan Graham Installation view AØH Art Consultancy Haberz e.U. 2019 – Collection Miles’ Christie Trust 

The works by Austrian artists Rene Berghold, Max Kulich and Walter Koestenbauer as well as German painter Kathrin Weber and Italian painter Tonino Gottarelli in collaboration with the Fondazione Tonino Gottarelli from Imola, Italy conclude the curatorial selection for the exhibition, scheduled for June 2021 in our London office soon to be accessible upon appointment only to the public, concomitant with the current Health and Safety regulations by the UK Government.

The The Colour of Words, 1999 by Tonino Gottarelli- Installation view Bell Tower Graz, October 2020

The Colour of Words, 1999 by Tonino Gottarelli- Installation view Bell Tower Graz, October 2020

Erased, 2020 by Rene Berghold

Ausradiert/ Erased, 2020 by Rene Berghold – Installationsansicht AØH Art Consultancy Haberz Limited Nov 2021 – Private Collection Daniela Haberz, M.A.

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Die Ausstellung YACA (Young Austrian Contemporary Art) & Counterparts worldwide – Going London 2021 zeigt Österreichische Kunst in Gegenüberstellung mit ausgewählten internationalen Künstler_innen in London im Juni 2021 in unserem Büro in der Baker Street.

Die Steirische Malerin Elisabeth Pfniss, die am bekanntesten für ihre Nutzung von speziellem Japanischen Papier ist, das sie weiterbearbeitet und dreidimensionale Fiche kreiert, wie man im Französischen sagt, zu Deutsch kartenförmige Blätter, leicht durchscheinend wenn sie gegen das, Fenster, mit einfallendem Sonnenlicht, gelehnt sind. Die Künstlerin ist am Beginn ihrer künstlerischen Karriere, welche sie nach ihrem Beruf als Ärztin begonnen hat und in ihrer Arbeit wird die genaue Herangehensweise im Entstehungsprozess, mit Geduld einer Chirurgin, durch Schicht um Schicht von Farbe auf hauptsächlich direkt aus Japan bestelltem Papier aufgetragen und im Falle des gezeigten Werkes Frau in Rosé, 2020, kreiert sie Unikate, die aus sechs Teilen bestehen, nummeriert und signiert. Elisabeth Pfniss wurde ausgewählt, nachdem ich sie im letzten Jahr entdeckt habe, als Teilnehmerin einer von mir kuratierten Ausstellung im Grazer Glockenturm, nachdem ich mit ihrer Arbeit bereits einige Jahre vertraut war. Die figurative Formensprache in ihrem frühen Werk wurde immer abstrakter in ihren aktuelleren Arbeiten und sind von ihrer medizinischen Karriere beeinflusst.

Frau in Rosé, 2020 wurde m Gespräch mit der Künstlerin, bei einem Atelierbesuch, als Titel ausgewählt und ihr besonderer Aspekt sind die fehlenden Köpfe der abgebildeten Figuren. Der Kopf scheint abgeschnitten, nur der Hals verbleibend, hervor gestreckt aus dem abgebildeten Körper. Rosa in Farbe in einem sehr leichten Ton, hauptsächlich mit kleinen Knospen auf wilden Rosenbüschen assoziiert, an einen geheimen Garten erinnernd, nicht das grausame Resultat einer geköpften Figur, was uns über die tiefere Bedeutung ihrer Werke nachdenken lässt und klar auf das Auseinandernehmen des Körpers in der medizinischen Ausbildung Bezug nimmt, wenn ein Körper seziert wird, um die Anatomie der Menschen zu studieren. Hervorhebend, dass der Kopf der wichtigste Teil der Menschheit bleibt, uns zu dem macht, wer wir sind, nicht nur unsere Persönlichkeit formt, sondern das Zentrum der Funktionalität unseres gesamten Körpers ist, unsere Identität kreiert. Das Fehlen desselben stellt dabei unsere Existenz in Frage aber könnte ebenfalls Psychoanalyse implizieren, wenn wir mit neuen Wegen konfrontiert sind, uns an die Lebensumstände der heutigen Zeit anzupassen.

Der Science Fiction Roman O-Zone des Amerikanischen Autors Paul Theroux, verfasst im Jahr 1987, beschreibt ein New York, das vom Rest der Welt abgeschnitten ist, in dem Babies in der Retorte aufgezogen werden und Menschen Absperrungen in der Stadt passieren müssen, nur durch Nutzung ihres persönlichen Fingerabdruckes. In den 1980er Jahren noch futuristisch, heute Teil unserer täglichen Routine, beispielsweise in Nutzung unserer Telefone mit Gesichtserkennung oder Zugang mit Fingerabdruck, unser persönliches Leben sichernd. Wie ich zu einem Freund, der in einem kleinen Café in Graz arbeitet kürzlich gesagt habe, ich hätte nie gedacht, dass ich eines Tages einen Test benötigen würde um mich zu Kuchen und Kaffee hinzusetzen, heutzutage ein integraler Teil in unserem Leben um gesund zu bleiben. Zu Beginn futuristisch klingend, aber heutzutage Realität rund um die Welt.

Die Gegenüberstellung mit dem international anerkannten, Amerikanischen Künstler Dan Graham, für die Ausstellung ausgewählt mit seiner limitierten Edition Sketch for Two Way Mirror/ Hedge Arabesque, datierend aus dem Jahr 2013, kreierte diese Skizze mit dem Vorsatz einer zukünftig skulpturalen Umsetzung, als Auftragsarbeit und ist dreimal mit seinem Namen signiert, Dan Graham, mit Dan Graham, signiert Dan Graham, was mich 2019 dazu gebracht hat über das ‘Ich’ versus ‘Uns’ zu schreiben, anlässlich seiner Ausstellung Dan GrahamContemplation, von mir für die AØH Art Consultancy Haberz kuratiert.

In seinen Performances interagiert Graham mit dem Publikum, die Zuschauer sind aufgefordert ihn zu definieren. Es ist ein ‘Ich’ versus ‘Wir’, resultierend in einem besseren Verständnis Graham’s Persönlichkeit durch ihn selbst, gespiegelt in den Augen der Zuschauer.

Seine Kreation dieser Skizze, zugestimmt, indem er sie ein drittes Mal signiert. Der Prozess zeigt seine Präsenz als Künstler, zugleich das Alleinsein in seinem Atelier, als er das Werk geschaffen hat, sowie die Prägung der finalen Zeichnung durch den Meister, mit seiner Unterschrift. Auf konzeptueller Ebene, uns als Beobachter_innen integrierend, ein wesentlicher Teil in Dan Graham’s künstlerischer Herangehensweise in seiner Performance Kunst. Dan Graham ist von der Lisson Gallery in London repräsentiert.

Die Arbeiten der Österreichischen Künstler Rene Berghold, Max Kulich und Walter Köstenbauer sowie der Deutschen Malerin Kathrin Weber und dem Italienischen Künstler Tonino Gottarelli in Kollaboration mit der Fondazione Tonino Gottarelli von Imola, Italien vervollständigt die kuratorische Auswahl der Ausstellung, geplant für Juni 2021 in unserem Büro in London, einhergehend mit den aktuellen Gesundheits- und Sicherheitsbestimmungen der Britischen Regierung nur auf Anfrage geöffnet.

Bei weiteren Fragen oder um einen Besuch der Ausstellung zu vereinbaren, zögern Sie bitte nicht mich unter meiner Englischen Mobilnummer +44 759 265 7030 oder meiner privaten E-mailadresse: dhaberz@artconsultancyhaberz.org zu kontaktieren.

Beste Grüße aus London

Daniela Haberz, M.A.

Kuratorin & Vermögensberaterin für Kunst als Investition
AØH Art Consultancy Haberz e.U. & AØH Art Consultancy Haberz Limited (By Guarantee)

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Bildverweis: Installationsansicht Grazer Glockenturm am Schlossberg Oktober 2020 & Baker Street Büro London November 2020 © Daniela Haberz, M.A. for AØH Art Consultancy Haberz e.U.

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Kontakt:

Daniela Haberz, M.A.
Direktorin & Vermögensberaterin für Kunst als Investition

Büro Vereinigtes Königreich
AØH Art Consultancy Haberz Limited (By Guarantee)
83 Baker Street
London W1A 6AG
Vereinigtes Königreich

Hauptsitz Österreich:
AØH Art Consultancy Haberz E.u.
Schoergelgasse 32/1/6
8010 Graz
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Schlossberg 6
8010 Graz
Österreich

AØH Travel London Oct 2020

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This year AØH Travel is going to Frieze Week in London.

In conversation about young Styrian and Austrian Art in comparison with emerging British Art with gallerist Jari Lager at Union Gallery, London


We joined Lehmann Maupin at the opening of their new art space in Mayfair

We visited Zabludowicz Collection and got a private VIP tour by the curator.

Link Tate Gallery: https://www.tate.org.uk


Link Hayward Gallery: https://www.haywardgallery.org.uk

Attention: Pre-registering necessary (see link above)

Open: Wednesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm and Sunday, 10am – 6pm Monday and Tuesday closed

Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
Bishop’s
London SE1 8XX

Email: info@haywardgallery.org.uk
Call: +44 20 7960 5211


Link Whitechapel Gallery: https://www.whitechapelgallery.org

Whitechapel Gallery
77-82 Whitechapel High St
London E1 7QX

Call: +44 (0)20 7522 7888
Email: info@whitechapelgallery.org


Link: Lehmann Maupin, South Kensington, London: https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/news/lehmann-maupin-london-opens-at-cromwell-place-in-october

1 Cromwell Place
South Kensington
SW7 2JE London

Opening hours: Wednesday–Saturday, 10 AM–6 PM
By appointment: Monday–Tuesday, 10 AM–6 PM
Email: london@lehmannmaupin.com


Link: Lisson Gallery, Mayfair, London: https://www.lissongallery.com/news/lisson-gallery-to-open-on-cork-street-mayfair

22 Cork Street
London
W1S 3NA

Call +44 (0)20 7724 2739
Email 
contact@lissongallery.com


At Union Gallery within the Programme of Frieze Week I am giving a talk on current projects of AØH Art Consultancy Haberz including Sculpture Garden on the River Mur and exhibitions in the series Visiting Schlossberg Mountain and Styrian Art.

Date: 09th of October 2020 at 3.00 – 4.30 p.m. (including Q&A)

Union Gallery, London: http://www.union-gallery.com

If someone is interested for me to include their work in my presentation please write to: dhaberz@artconsultancyhaberz.org and send your CV and portfolio.

In our spare time we take part in a service at Westminster Abbey like last year and visit

Westminster Abbey: https://www.westminster-abbey.org 
Kew Gardens: https://www.kew.org
Princess Diana Memorial Playground: https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington-gardens/things-to-see-and-do/diana-memorial-playground

For the detailed program please get in touch under the below contacts.

All my best wishes,

Daniela Haberz, M.A.

Curator & Wealth Adviser for Art as Investment


Daniela Haberz, M.A., Curator & Collection Adviser
AØH Art Consultancy Haberz E.u.
Wealth Management limited to the assessment
in moveable assets in Art & Art Investment

Head office: Schörgelgasse 32/1/6, 8010 Graz, Austria
Exhibition space: Bell Tower ‘Liesl’ Graz, Schlossberg 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
Mobile: +43 664 182 8678
E-mail: dhaberz@artconsultancyhaberz.org
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