Oswald Oberhuber

Oswald Oberhuber (b. 1931) is one of the most influential living Austrian artists. This retrospective at the 21er Haus is the most comprehensive presentation of Oberhuber’s career to date, showcasing his prolific output from the late 1940s to the present through approximately 300 works, including informal sculpture, drawings and paintings, collages, assemblages, language and number pictures, big fabric works, and many more.

“People shouldn’t develop a style; really, every image should be new. At some point, you get into a routine and know how things will turn out. As soon as I feel like that, I’m bored.”

This Principle of Permanent Change refers not only to Oswald Oberhuber’s artistic practice, it also illustrates the great diversity of his other functions in the art system, ranging from exhibition maker, gallery owner, to professor and rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

The exhibition Oswald Oberhuber is being compiled in close collaboration with the artist, and is curated by Luisa Ziaja and Alfred Weidinger.

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