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Heinrich Dunst

born 1955 in Hallein, Austria
lives and works in Vienna, Austria
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But what actually is being manifested? Isn’t painting in its various forms the constant reference to what differs from it, is absent from it?
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Heinrich Dunst studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with Peter Weibel and Bazon Brock.
 
He was awarded the Österreichischer Kunstpreis (Austrian art prize) in 2016.
 
Heinrich Dunst combines pictorial, sculptural, and language elements in his works to create intermedial intersections. His “meta-linguistic” spatial interventions and performances navigate the gap between what is visible and what can be expressed in language, the impossibility of translating one form into another, and the contexture of spatial presentations. His conceptual approach is rooted in concrete poetry, the Viennese art scene of the 1980s, which strove to expand abstract painting into the exhibition space, and artistic positions like Marcel Broodthaers, who investigate how words and images are perceived. Dunst lends these perspectives new currency by questioning the clarity of the references they evoke, thereby exposing the foundations of art.
 
Selected exhibitions: Kunstraum Pro Arte, Hallein (solo) (2019); Gallery of Contemporary Art, České Budějovice (solo) (2018); mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (group) (2018); Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (group) (2017); Nationalgalerie Prag, Prague, with Franz West, (solo) (2016); Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz (group) (2016); Belvedere, 21er Haus, Vienna (group) (2016); Kunsthalle Krems (group) (2016); Galerie der Stadt Schwaz (solo) (2015); Ludwigforum Aachen (group) (2015); Secession, Vienna (solo) (2014); MAK Museum for applied art/contemporary art, Vienna (solo) (1997); and Artothek, Cologne (solo) (1996).
 
Selected museum and private collections: Belvedere, Vienna; Generali Foundation, Salzburg; Kunsthaus Bregenz; MAK Museum for applied arts, Vienna; mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna; Neue Galerie Graz; Gabi and Wilhelm Schürmann Collection, Herzogenrath; and Sigrid and Franz Wojda Collection, Vienna.

Selected Works

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Heinrich Dunst, Volume: D, 2019 — Galerie nächst St. Stephan
Heinrich Dunst
Volume: D, 2019
acrylic on Dipond, pigment print on paper, acrylic on industrial door
235 x 376 cm (92 x 148 in.)
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Heinrich Dunst, SAH, 2012 — Galerie nächst St. Stephan
Heinrich Dunst
SAH, 2012
extruded polystyrene hard foam
3 parts, 1x / 268 x 115 x 25 cm (105 x 45 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.), 2x / 162 x 70 x 16 cm (63 3/4 x 27 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
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Heinrich Dunst, Je ne suis pas, 2019 — Galerie nächst St. Stephan
Heinrich Dunst
Je ne suis pas, 2019
digital print mounted on aluminum, letter print on aluminum, acrylic on Dibond
18 x 65 cm, 17,8 x 60 cm, 20 x 70 cm, 34,2 x 73,5 cm, 39,5 x 33 cm (7 x 25 1/2 in., 7 x 23 5/8 in., 7 7/8 x 27 1/2 in., 13 1/2 x 29 in., 15 1/2 x 13 in.)
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Heinrich Dunst, Untitled, 2018 — Galerie nächst St. Stephan
Heinrich Dunst
Untitled, 2018
digital print, acrylic on aluminum
2 parts, each 54 x 44 cm (21 1/4 x 17 3/8 in.)
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Heinrich Dunst, Untitled, 2016 — Galerie nächst St. Stephan
Heinrich Dunst
Untitled, 2016
acrylic on aluminum, MDF
2 parts, 54 x 44 x 4 cm, 65 x 53 x 9 cm (21 1/4 x 17 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
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Heinrich Dunst, Untitled, 2022 — Galerie nächst St. Stephan
Heinrich Dunst
Untitled, 2022
acrylic, Dipond, canvas, aluminum
4 parts, each 25,5 x 21 cm (10 x 8 1/4 in.)
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Heinrich Dunst, R, 2017 — Galerie nächst St. Stephan
Heinrich Dunst
R, 2017
digital print, acrylic on acrylic glass
84 x 63,5 cm (33 x 25 in.)
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Public Exhibitions

Gallery Exhibitions

Exhibition
29 May – 24 Jun 1995

Heinrich Dunst

Grünangergasse 1
1010 Vienna
Exhibition
10 Sept – 16 Oct 1993

Heinrich Dunst

Grünangergasse 1
1010 Vienna
Group Exhibition
24 Jan – 18 Mar 1992

Abstrakte Malerei zwischen Analyse und SyntheseAlan Charlton, Lydia Dona, Heinrich Dunst, Stephen Ellis, Helmut Federle, Gaylen Gerber, Franz Graf, Callum Innes, Imi Knoebel, Jonathan Lasker, Brice Marden, Joseph Marioni, Jürgen Meyer, Sigmar Polke, David Reed, Gerhard Richter, Perry Roberts, Robert Ryman, Adrian Schiess, Günter Umberg, John Zinsser

Grünangergasse 1
1010 Vienna
Exhibition
4 Sept – 7 Nov 1991

Heinrich Dunst

Grünangergasse 1
1010 Vienna
Exhibition
9 Jun – 11 Jul 1987

Heinrich Dunst
Heiner Blum

Grünangergasse 1
1010 Vienna

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