The exhibition understands art in a very mundane sense as a source of solace. It is committed to the mildly intoxicating character of beauty and the inebriating quality of alcohol and embraces the baser genres of still life and decoration.

The show comprises two perspectives. One addresses the topic of solace in a contemplative movement revolving around objects, video, and painting. The other focuses on the headier consolations of inebriation and intoxication. The exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Forum is supplemented by a series of performances and events taking place in different locations throughout the city, each bringing up a form of solace, be it meditative or delirious.

Rudolf Hundstorfer, Austrian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, will officially open the exhibition, and Joshua Camp will perform philosophical drinking songs, penned by the early twentieth-century Austrian philosopher and economist Felix Kaufmann.

The open reception is generously supported by darcy and huber selections - The Austrian Wines.
Admission is free.

Artists: Julien BISMUTH, THE BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION, Ernst CARAMELLE, Peter COFFIN, Alex HUBBARD, KOUDLAM, Ruth LASKEY, Lorna MACINTYRE, MAHONY, Tom MARIONI, Sands MURRAY-WASSINK, RANCOURT/YATSUK, Gerwald ROCKENSCHAUB, Martha ROSLER, Misha STROJ, Piotr UKLANSKI, and Rita VITORELLI


Executive Producers and Curators: Severin DÜNSER, Christian KOBALD, Emanuel LAYR, Andreas STADLER, and Rita VITORELLI
Exhibition Coordinator: Natascha BOOJAR

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ACFNY