Ernst Caramelledas gleiche, aber anders
Current Exhibition
IntroductionDieter Schwarz
19:30
19:30
Grünangergasse 1
1010 Vienna
21 May – 22 Aug 2026
Featured Works
Ernst Caramelle
Untitled (Pyramide), 2017
watercolor on paper; pigment, water on wall
10 parts, 36 x 51 cm (14 x 20 in.) to 7 x 11 cm (2 3/4 x 4 3/8 in.); Dimensions of the wall work variable, here: 109.5 × 147 cm (43 x 58 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Untitled (Pyramide), 2017
watercolor on paper
9 parts, 36 x 51 cm (14 x 20 in.) to 7 x 11 cm (2 3/4 x 4 3/8 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
o.t. (face, falten), 2026
watercolor, ink on paper on cardboard
28 x 36 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
finde die originale, 2022
watercolor on offset
2 parts, each 10,5 x 14,5 cm (4 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
AFTERIMAGE, 2024
pencil, colored pencil on paper
23 x 31 cm (9 x 12 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Millimeterpapier, 2011
watercolor, ink, pencil on paper
28 x 43 cm (11 x 17 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
projection, 2024
watercolor on paper
23 x 31 cm (9 x 12 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Millimeterpapier, 2025
watercolor, ink, pencil on paper
28 x 43 cm (11 x 17 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
architecture, 2025
watercolor on foamboard
21,5 x 15 cm (8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Millimeterpapier, 2011
watercolor, ink, pencil on paper
28 x 43 cm (11 x 17 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Soft Zig Zag, 2022
watercolor on paper
23 x 31 cm (9 x 12 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
O.T. (with sculpture), 2022
gesso, acrylic, gouache on cardboard
37,3 x 32,3 cm (14 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Untitled, 2025
gesso, acrylic on wood
43,7 x 70,8 cm (17 x 27 7/8 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
TRANSIT, 2022
ink on paper
31 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Untitled, 2022
watercolor, pencil, glitter on paper
18 x 26 cm (7 x 10 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Untitled, 2022
watercolor, pencil, glitter on paper
25,4 x 31 cm (10 x 12 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Untitled, 2022
watercolor, pencil, glitter on paper
31 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
story included, 2019
watercolor on paper
22,5 x 30,5 cm (9 x 12 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
The No Game, 2015
watercolor, pencil on paper
31 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
p. holder, 2010
watercolor, ink on paper
18 x 26 cm (7 x 10 1/4 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Titel horizontal, 2020
pencil, watercolor on paper
18 x 26 cm (7 x 10 1/4 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Spiegelung, 2011
watercolor on paper
2 parts, each 37 x 27 cm (14 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
painting incl., 2021
gesso, acrylic, tape on wood; adhesive tape
50 x 85 cm (19 3/4 x 33 1/2 in.); Dimensions of the wall work variable
Ernst Caramelle
painting incl., 2021
gesso, acrylic, tape on wood
50 x 85 cm (19 3/4 x 33 1/2 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
ohne titel (hold), 2026
gouache on paper
18 x 26 cm (7 x 10 1/4 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Untitled, 2013
pencil, watercolor on paper pad
23 x 31 cm (9 x 12 in.)
Ernst Caramelle
Untitled (violet), 2025
sun on paper, template cut out (blue)
2-teilig, 26 x 20 cm (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.), 30 x 22,5 cm (11 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
read inGerman
“All of a sudden, one thing is several things at once”: This poignant observation about Ernst Caramelle’s work was made by the art theorist Denys Zacharopoulos. Perhaps also one picture is several pictures, one title several titles, and one concept several concepts all at once? Where are the boundaries between reality and illusion, between original and copy? The handling of deception and what seems real — exploring what is “visible” — is a through line in Caramelle’s entire work and is based on the idea that “art is a fake,” which is also the title of one of his works from 1977. But when is art a fake? The viewpoints in Caramelle’s works are never clear; sometimes they are ambivalent, or often ambiguous regarding the perspectives in his pictorial spaces and in terms of cultural-historical spaces and their narratives – where temporal levels are inserted and works are complemented by language in the form of short comments, which are not explanations, but ironic remarks that undermine the themes of the works as such. Freedom of language and an automatism in the process of creation appear to be self-evident characteristics for the artist. They can be used as a guide to looking at the works and recognizing the references in the pictures, or we can also add our own. “Showing the same thing in a way that it is always different” is something that Caramelle said in 1979. It means that everything is already present but can always be seen and interpreted in a new fashion. In his current exhibition “das gleiche, aber anders” (the same, but different), which is also his tenth solo show in the gallery, the artist follows the same principles. Here, Caramelle opens up several levels of new spaces that not only extend beyond conventions, but also challenge our expectations in sophisticated ways. He thus establishes a connection to a poetic idea iterated by Oswald Oberhuber, who was his teacher at the art academy: “Art is the internal entrance to the unknown.”
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