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tity-creating robes of a cultural nation, but in doing so has limited itself to recycling eternal truths. »Modernism was a no-man’s-land,« according to Werner Hofmann, the founding director of MUMOK, when looking back at the ’60s. Due to powerful galleries in London and New York, Lassnig, at the age of almost 90, has achieved an international breakthrough, not because of, but in spite of, her home in Vienna. There is a raft of Austrian artists active in the top international level without their origins playing any part. Erwin Wurm’s One Minute Sculptures, the Adaptives by Franz West and the Fluxus pop installations of the gelitin group are displayed in museums all over the world. At home they exhibit regularly in their own galleries. The galleries of Krinzinger, Meyer Kainer and Georg Kargl are among those who play in the international game of art dealership. »Vienna is very lively, but the market tends to be small« comments Thaddaeus Ropac, who operates galleries in Salzburg and Paris. For the first time since between the wars, the Viennese art trade enjoyed a boom in the ’80s. The young generation of expressive painters profited from the flourishing market of the Yuppie era. At the beginning of the ’90s the party was over, the main galleries closed up shop. At a distance from the market, an especially productive combination of art theory and art for readers began to develop. Theory platforms like the Depot or the private art institution Generali Foundation confirmed Vienna’s reputation as a discourse metropolis. »Vienna is waiting for you«, was a slogan in Vienna promotion. One might also say: »Don’t be in a hurry when you visit Vienna.« The mills of art grind slowly here, but constantly. —— SPIKE ART GUIDE EAST 01 — 2009 Vienna Vienna is very lively, but the art market tends to be small 259 Vienna
260 Interview What do we need Russian artists in Vienna for? Almost two decades ago Anna Jermolaewa fled from St. Petersburg to Vienna for political reasons. She initially worked as a cleaning lady, then she studied at the Academy of Fine <strong>Art</strong>s in Vienna. Today she is a Professor for Media <strong>Art</strong> at the ZKM in Karlsruhe and an artist with an international reputation. ––––– By Antje Mayer SPIKE ART GUIDE EAST 01 — 2009 Vienna
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