Art Education

The exhibitions Diego Bianchi: Errores Irreales and Celina Eceiza: Ofrenda, presented in collaboration with the Museo Moderno de Buenos Aires at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, showcase the work of two contemporary Argentine artists each creating immersive spatial interventions that, in different ways, explore themes of the body, physicality, and materiality.

In playful ways, the two exhibitions use the materiality of textiles and found objects to invite visitors to consider the fusion of subjects and objects, human and non-human, cultural legacies and consumerism. Both exhibitions are also characterized by manipulations of the gallery architecture, as they each construct immersive spaces that engage more than just the sense of sight. They enable visitors to engage in a humorous way with questions of the fusion of subjects and objects. In order to facilitate stimulating and imaginative viewing experiences, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark has designed target group-specific tour offerings. All tours focus is on the joy of art and the desire to learn about it and exchange ideas.

In addition to guided special tours for schoolchildren, students, and other interested groups, we offer Walk & Talk tours for visitors who want to explore the themes of the current exhibition in more depth through dialogue and according to their interests. These take place every Thursday at 5 p.m. and provide an opportunity to visit the exhibition together with the HALLE FÜR KUNST team and discuss the works in a relaxed atmosphere.

Cool School tours for pupils
Free admission to the exhibition
Guided tour: €1 per person

Academy tours for students
Free admission to the exhibition
Guided tour: €1 per person

Tour inquiries:
Caro Feistritzer
cf@​halle-​fuer-​kunst.​at
0316 740084 15

Diego Bianchi (born 1969 in Buenos Aires) is one of Argentina’s most important contemporary artists. Errores Irreales at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark is his first institutional exhibition in Austria. With his large-scale installation, he transforms the institution’s architecture into a theatrical space reminiscent of a stage set, filled with impressive sculptures made from found objects, consumer goods, and mannequins. Through these figures, which appear organic, humorous, and disturbing in equal measure, he questions conventional notions of physicality and sculpture. In addition, Bianchi reflects on the vulnerability and diversity of human bodies, as well as relationships between human and non-human. Central themes here are consumer culture, the lifecycles of materials, and the blurring of boundaries between humans and objects. Bianchi shows how everyday objects and bodily forms can take on new meanings through use, wear and tear, and transformation. This often results in hybrid, cyborg-like figures that integrate codes of contemporary life such as fashion and lifestyle brands, while also evoking a sense of decay. Combining humor, exaggeration, and criticism, Bianchi’s works invite us to refocus our perception of the body, the objects around us, and society at large.

HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark also presents the first European solo exhibition by Argentine artist Celina Eceiza (born in 1988 in Tandil, Argentina, lives in Buenos Aires). With her exhibition Ofrenda, the artist transforms the basement of the HALLE FÜR KUNST into an immersive ​“soft museum”: using hundreds of meters of fabric that she bleached and dyed herself, Eceiza dresses the rooms to create a walk-in Gesamtkunstwerk. Combining textiles with painting and collages to create a lively, dynamic installation, Ofrenda immerses visitors in a poetic, organic environment that engages more than just the sense of sight. Eceiza is especially concerned with using painting to create experiences, thus creating multisensory, contemplative worlds that invite visitors to linger. Her textile techniques are combined with elements of South American cultural history, spirituality, New Age, and Argentina’s political and artistic traditions. Eceiza’s work also weaves together references to Argentine art history such as counterculture artists from the 1960s and 1970s. Herexhibition thus offers alternative narratives of Argentine modernism while conveying energy, joie de vivre, and a new understanding of the body, space, and society.