Philipp Timischl
Photo: courtesy of the artist
Philipp Timischl
Austria born 1989
Level 2
NGV International
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PROJECT
What does it feel like to be an artwork, permanently on display and judged by an audience? Austrian artist Philipp Timischl poses this question with an abstract painting, animated with the addition of a LED screen that seamlessly combines with and acts as an extension to the work. On the screen text appears in classic movie-like subtitle fonts, through which the painting expresses its anxiety being on display. Through this playful personification, Timischl explores the relationship between subject and object and between viewer and artwork. He questions the power dynamics of viewing and those at play in the art world, including considering who has the power to dictate taste.
ABOUT
Philipp Timischl creates hybrid objects from static and moving images, usually presented in site-specific installations. A recurring theme in his work are power dynamics – often in relation to social classes, queerness, heritage and the art world. Since studying at Städelschule, Frankfurt, and graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, he has had solo exhibitions at Heidelberger Kunstverein, 2022; Layr, Vienna, 2021; and Secession, Vienna, 2018. He was included in the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale, 2022, and group exhibitions at the MAK, Vienna, 2022; Belvedere 21, Vienna, 2021 and 2019; and Kunsthalle Bern, 2019.
Purchased with funds donated by Robin Campbell and David Parncutt, 2022