In the exhibition “THE SECOND PART OF THE NIGHT”, Georg Bernsteiner provides an insight into an enormous black and grey space that seems to come from the depths of space without any points of orientation. Shadows, lines and only vaguely defined objects appear like fragments of a memory of the Big Bang event. Supposedly figuratively legible forms float without direction on a velvety fleece of charcoal and graphite. The viewer’s eye simultaneously finds and searches in this infinite sea.
One is reminded of Hermann Nitsch, who was able to experience being intensely through drawing. ‘the essential creative act is founded in the timeless, in the beginning and the endless, in the infinite abyss, in infinity, spacelessness, emptiness. when one separates oneself from the past and the future and lives in the moment. when one experiences the moment of the creative event, one works from the timeless ground (the causelessness) of isness.’ (Hermann Nitsch, 2018)
The exhibition will be accompanied by a special limited edition leporello with works by Georg Bernsteiner and texts by Karl Schleinkofer.
Hegelgasse 5, 1010 Wien
Nitsch Foundation
The Nitsch Foundation was established in 2009 to promote the important position of the artist Hermann Nitsch (*1938-†2022) and to convey and preserve his legacy “the Orgien Mysterien Theater”.
“i can’t do what i set out to do alone. i’ve always claimed a lot of help. i’ve been nudged on the path toward the Gesamtkunstwerk, and i hope the foundation will help me build this school of sensual experience.” – Hermann Nitsch on 10/22/2009
NITSCH & GEORG BERNSTEINER: The second part of the night
13 Jan 2025 - 14 Mar 2025
Hegelgasse 5, 1010 Vienna, Österreich
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