Open Call Diego Bianchi — HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark

Collection Campaign

Diego Bianchi, *Porcupine Box*, 2016
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Romainville, photo: GJ.vanROOIJ

Diego Bianchi (*1969 in Buenos Aires; lives in Buenos Aires and Paris) is a contemporary Argentinian artist who in his work with sculpture, installation, and performance, focuses on the concept of the body. For his upcoming exhibition Errores Irreales at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Bianchi will use found and everyday objects from Buenos Aires, Paris, and Graz to create stage-like sculptural installations reflecting on the fragility and social role of the human body. His works are characterized by the playful combination of objects, bodies, and spaces, which he activates in performative stagings. In this way, he connects objects reminiscent of bodies with things that, at first glance, bear no resemblance to each other. These pieces reflect the artist’s fascination with objects of everyday use and our relationships with them. The resulting sculptures merge into new forms transcending the boundaries between humans and objects, thereby creating a new level of metaphorical meaning.

Diego Bianchi will create additional sculptures for the exhibition and needs materials from Graz. We are therefore looking for old, used everyday objects, clothing, furniture, and electrical appliances.

A list of the items we are looking for can be found here:

Furniture

Plastic chairs

Swivel chairs

Armchairs and chairs

Large and small tables

Clothes racks

Chests and drawers

Mirrors

Clothing and shoes

Sweaters

T‑shirts (with and without print, sizes M and L)

Dress shirts

Pants

Jeans (sizes M and L)

Sports leggings (sizes S and M)

Socks

Ties

Wallets

Handbags

Belts

Men’s shoes (sizes 43, 44, and 45)

Boots (sizes 44, 45, and 46)

Tennis shoes with logos from well-known sports brands (sizes 40 – 44)

Stilettos (individual or in pairs)

Electronics

Old cables

Charging cables

Old telephones

Old mobile phones

Keyboards

Miscellaneous

Styrofoam

Vacuum cleaner hoses

Vacuum cleaner tubes

Metal cans (no aluminum)

Toilet paper rolls

Various pipes

Empty mason jars

Broken dishes

Brooms

Mops

Water hoses

Exhaust pipes

Aluminum parts

Mannequins

Worn tennis rackets and other sports equipment

We would be delighted if you would like to contribute to the exhibition. You are welcome to drop off items until October 1, 2025 at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark’s reception.

Further information is available from Jacqueline Hierzer-Duld: at jh@halle-fuer-kunst.at.

Artists

Participating artists

Solo exhibitions (selection): Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Romainville (2025), New Performance Turku Biennale, Turku (2023), Museo abandonado, Dakar (2023), Marres, Maastricht (2023), Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid (2022), Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Romainville (2020), 11th Liverpool Biennial (2020), BIENALSUR, Córdoba (2019), BIENALSUR, Valparaíso (2017), Centro de creación contemporain, Madrid (2017), Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires (2017), Barro Gallery, Buenos Aires (2016), Wiener Festwochen (2015), Centro de Arte Experimental, Buenos Aires (2015), Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires (2010), Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires (2009), Centro Uno de Arte Contemporáneo, Rio Negro (2007).

Group exhibitions (selection): ARCOmadrid (2025), MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine (2024), Pivô, São Paulo (2024), macLYON, Lyon (2024), Bienal de Coimbra, Portugal (2024), Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Romainville (2024, 2023), Marres, Maastricht (2023), CAPC, Bordeaux (2023), Centre Pompidou, Metz (2022), Musée de la Haute Vienne Château de Rochechouart (2023), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires (2021), Centre d’art contemporaine de Normandie (2018), Centro Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires (2017), MALBA, Buenos Aires (2015), Museo Arte Moderno Cuenca (2015), 13th Istanbul Biennial (2013), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Niteroi, Río de Janeiro (2007), 11th Biennale de Lyon (2012), X. Bienal de la Habana, Havanna (2009).