Lois Weinberger
Brandenburger Tor, 1994
Black-white print, 125 x 150 cm
Lois Weinberger (b. 1947 in Stams, Tyrol) was an early and visionary critic of the upheavals of the Anthropocene and is considered a pioneer of a distinct, artistic ecology. From the 1990s onwards, he played a significant role in shaping the discourse surrounding the relationship between nature and culture. Between ironic shamanism and conceptual but poetic rigor, his works show the limits of human agency and make our superiority over the environment perceptible as an illusion. Weinberger's works challenge our ethical standards with the juxtaposition of the seemingly marginal, useless, and worthless. In doing so, they express with relish an all-encompassing, inescapable cycle of becoming and decaying. Before his death in April 2020, Weinberger designed his show Basics for the interior and exterior of the Belvedere 21. The works from the last few decades will be on view in Vienna for the first time.
Lois Weinberger-Basics, Belvedere21, Vienna
Curated by Severin Dünser.
https://www.belvedere.at/en/lois-weinberger
