Language: English
Location: Residenzplatz 10, 5020 Salzburg
What kind of stories can you tell, starting from a picture – or what kind of picture can you conjure up from a story being told, that captures the imagination? Meandering and digressing, but also lying and exaggerating – stylistic principles of an elastic imagination. Is the picture the conclusion of the story, or only the beginning?
Tex Rubinowitz, born in Hanover (DE) in 1961, has lived since 1984
in Vienna, where he studied at the University of Applied Arts with Professor
Oswald Oberhuber. His cartoons have been published regularly in various
newspapers since 1985. Recipient of the 2014 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, he also
sings in the band Mäuse, has written several novels and non-fiction
travel books, and held frequent exhibitions. His 2015 exhibition The
Nul-Pointers, in the Leopold Museum, honoured those participants in the
Eurovision Song Contest who, in the 60-year history of the competition, were
awarded not a single point.
Exhibitions 2015 The Nul-Pointers, Leopold Museum, Vienna. Schnupfen gibt’s erst
wieder im Herbst, Galerie Freihausgasse, Villach (AT). 2014 Du
hast es vermasselt, Samstag-Shop, Vienna. 2013 Der Sommer soll
warten, Kultur-Point Spittelau, Vienna. 2012 Beim DNA Test
durchgefallen, Kunstverein Baden (AT). 2011 Sülze macht Asbest
stumpf, Galerie Truk Tschechtarow, Munich (DE). BEND IT An exhibition on
the role of music in the work of Gilbert & George, Christine König
Galerie, Vienna.
Publications Lass mich
nicht allein mit ihr, Rowohlt,
Reinbek near Hamburg 2017. Irma, Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2015. Die sieben
Plurale von Rhabarber, Rowohlt,
Reinbek near Hamburg 2013. Rumgurken.
Reisen ohne Plan, aber mit Ziel,
Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2012. Der Bremsenflüsterer.
Nachrichten von unterwegs, Falter,
Vienna 2009. Ramses Müller, Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2009.
