Foreign words, paper, photos, colors, ashes, organic matter: two artists mix images and texts – shapes and words. Animals and humans meet, undergo metamorphoses and establish strange connections, as elastic and intimate as membranes.

We see women looking at art, everything an exhibition has to offer: paintings, sculptures, installations. If we’re women, then one could say they’re women looking at women looking at art.

Books not only describe their own contents but also the eras in which they were created. Conceived as a color inventory, this publication gathers a selection of titles that I have dealt with, exhibited, and produced since the early 2000s.

In dieser Sprache untersucht, wie sich Bedeutung in der deutschen Sprache durch die Shoah verschoben hat. Die Kürzestgedichte von einem bis zehn Wörtern, die alle wenigstens auf zweierlei, häufig aber noch mehr Arten gelesen werden können, sind mehr Objets trouvés der Sprache als Dichtung im herkömmlichen Sinn. Dieses Buch erschien im Rahmen der von dem Dichter Benjamin A. Kaufmann kuratierten Ausstellung "Der Sand aus den Uhren".

Bernhard Cella's performance uncovers the artistic potential of everyday situations associated with physical and mental mobility. The artist draws up scenes of European lockdown cowboys misappropriating props of lost urban life, celebrating memories of authentic knowledge sanctuaries, uninhibited revealing in open public spaces and inebriation with the flow of social interaction.
Cella manipulates and strings together various aesthetic aspects of fading cultural artifacts and, in collaboration with an art audience, produces a transformed experiential space-for a limited time only.

What is the color of Milk? Is it white? Or almost white? The images in this book show forty colors of human milk. They have been drawn from found footage images representing breast milk and human milk.

"body to book” is an upcycling project that explores the relationship between the human body and books. It comprises six sculptures assembled from coat fragments and books, each covering a naked body. This arrangement invites explorations of sensuality and intimacy and encourages direct interaction with the subject. Through calling us to examine the subtle interactions between the body and the books, it offers new perspectives for artistic, philosophical and personal reflection on matter, media and the human condition.

The notebook of James William Lacelot Lowther brings together drawings, sketches, dreams, watercolours, and paintings that document the artistic work of the artist. William, who passed away at the age of 21, was a talented, passionate, and empathetic young artist.

„Sie lächelte mit einem anderen Ohr.“ / “And He smiled another ear.“ - Übersetzungsprogramme funktionieren mittels Datenbanken und algorithmischem Zugriff. Nebenbei produzieren sie semantische Fehler und ästhetische Extras, poetische Zufälle. …und diesen Einfall: das Kinderspiel „Stille Post“ mit google translate zu simulieren. Die Spielanleitung und eine Parole wieder und wieder per Rechner übersetzen: semantisch beschneiden und ästhetisch ausblühen lassen. Konkret:

Maria Bussmann's preferred medium is drawing and the drawing pencil. The starting point for this artist's book was an original drawing that she drew in pencil on a 21 x 1000 cm roll of fax paper in her studio in Vienna. The hand-bound artist's book was produced in 2012 in an edition of 100 copies.

Das zentrale Thema des Projekts ist der Umgang mit Text im Rahmen künstlerischer Produktionen. Die französische Autorin Annie Zadek und der österreichische Künstler Bernhard Cella stellen ihre spezifische Arbeitspraxis anhand von 2 Projekten vor.

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Der Schwerpunkt des Heftes liegt auf Porträts.

A three-dimensional paper sculpture with eight different views. A pop-up book as an homage to the contemporary art book scene.

The photo of a woman’s leg stepping onto an open book when climbing out of bed served as inspiration.
I asked some of my friends to take a picture for me according to these guidelines. They should photograph themselves stepping on a book with their bare feet. It was agreed that the authors of the photos remain anonymous

The glue experiment. Located in a small town approximately twenty kilometers north of Vienna,
Atelier Gugging is an open studio based on the creative experience of the Gugging House for Artists, whose residents are important representatives of Art Brut. In the Atelier, these artists work in a friendly atmosphere side by side with guests from Austria and abroad.

Der Künstler Peter Hauenschild verbringt immer wieder längere Aufenthalte am Fuß der Montagne Sainte-Victoire in der französischen Provence. Dort entstanden auch die rund 500 Zeichnungen für sein neues Künstlerbuch.

In a strictly formal arrangement, Bernhard Cella becomes engaged with the hitherto published works by Hans Ulrich Olbrist. In less than two decades, Olbrist has produced 69 publications, which are presented here in watercolor version.
Edition of 300. Printed and bound in Austria.

An endless bunk bed, resembling a stack of single beds. - Dimensions are reduced to child size. - Furnishings are identical. - Mattresses and duvets are covered with - white sheets.

The Dark Redacted published in April 2020 by the Small Walker Press in their Invisibility series, featuring ten of my drawings, prose by acclaimed writer Gary Barwin, publication design by Lauren Wickware, and printed by Andora Graphics.

The grid, the abstract geometric structure - the ideal form of the square ¬is modernism's most important figure of pathos as a symbol of the radi¬cal break with historic art.

Künstlerbuch mit 52 Einsichten in das österreichische Kunstgeschehen. (deutsch) Das Jahrbuch mit einem Zeitplaner verschränkt den zeitlichen Ablauf des Kunstbetriebes und seine künstlerische Darstellung mit der Zeit und dem Kalender eines neuen Jahres.

Photos not only capture ritualized moments in images, but they also serve to document the changes over time. Looking at photos from past years in front of the self-made backdrop with a Christmas tree can evoke personal memories. The three photo books present a visual chronicle, composed of full-sized images that describe a bygone society. It contains anonymous photos of Christmas trees in black and white.