Archives for: August 2012
Friends in the Festung
On Monday evening the Society of Friends of the Summer Academy toured the courses being held in the Festung Hohensalzburg. Members of the Society, which supports the Summer Academy through membership and events, took a keen interest in the work being und… more »
21/08/12 15:57 Summer Academy 2012
Surface and reality
In Monday’s lunch talk in Hallein, Bulgarian painter and film maker Mara Mattuschka discussed some of the ideas which underlie her work. She is concerned with contrasts between surface appearances and inner realities, and the ways in which art can expres… more »
21/08/12 12:08 Summer Academy 2012
Winning marble: the Kiefer Steinbruch Fürstenbrunn
On Saturday the Society of Friends of the Summer Academy organised a tour of Kiefer Steinbruch Fürstenbrunn, the marble quarry on Mt. Untersberg. The quarry is also the location of one of the Summer Academy’s courses: the Stone Sculpture Symposium, direc… more »
20/08/12 16:52 Summer Academy 2012
Goldextra
The series of studio visits yesterday took us to Goldextra, an art collective based at the Künstlerhaus in Salzburg. We were met by three of the groups members: Sonja Prlić, Doris Prlić and Georg Hobmeier. They explained the background of the c… more »
18/08/12 16:02 Summer Academy 2012
Did someone steal the dog?
Stephen Matthewson is an American-born artist, writer and musician who now lives and works in Austria. His exhibition, Miami Deathwish 2, which opened on Thursday at the kunstraum pro arte in Hallein, reflects and transcends his range of interests, his q… more »
18/08/12 15:34 Summer Academy 2012
