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Art at The Artmann
A curated presence in everyday life
At The Artmann, art was integrated into the planning process from the very beginning. The residential project, developed by cuubus architects within a revitalized brick building in Vienna’s 2nd district, combines historical substance with contemporary use.
It is within this context that ARTCARE’s art concept takes shape: art is not understood as an additional layer, but as part of the transition between the existing structure and the present. It is present throughout the building - in corridors, entrance areas, and communal spaces - and encountered where everyday life actually unfolds.
The selection of works does not follow a decorative principle, but instead brings together diverse artistic positions: young, international artists rooted in Vienna meet internationally recognized figures. The result is an open constellation of perspectives, materials, and visual languages that gradually reveals itself while moving through the building.
Our special thanks go to the team at The Artmann, as well as to cuubus architects, and especially to Ing. Eduard Mair MAS, for their commitment and personal dedication to naturally bringing art and everyday life together within this project.
Karl Karner, Blue Light Lumes, 2022
Britta Huttenlocher, 1997
Artists
HERBERT BRANDL | LOUISE DEININGER | BRITTA HUTTENLOCHER | SIMON IURINO | KARL KARNER | PETER KOGLER | MICHAEL LUKAS | ALEX RUTHNER | ADRIAN SCHIESS | JAKOB VEIGAR SIGURDSSON | COSIMA VON BONIN
The selection brings together a younger generation of artists rooted in Vienna with established positions, combining diverse artistic approaches and perspectives. The result is an open constellation that is not defined by a single central motif, but by the coexistence of different perspectives, materials, and visual languages.
Against the backdrop of the building’s transformation, from a former functional structure into contemporary living space, art becomes an autonomous layer within the architecture itself. Rather than merely illustrating the architectural structure, it introduces a contemporary conceptual dimension and makes diverse cultural and individual perspectives tangible within everyday life.
Karl Karner
Blue Night Lumes, 2022
Aluminium, 197 x 45 x 45cm
His works often begin from a process-oriented approach, with forms emerging through the interplay of control and “guided chance” - for example, when wax is poured into water and subsequently further developed.
Characteristic is the organic, proliferating visual language that recalls natural structures while simultaneously appearing constructed. Karner’s (b. 1973, Feldbach) works move between sculpture, installation, and space, exploring how material, body, and perception interact with one another.
Simon Iurino
Untitled (folded surface), 2019
Cyanotype on cotton, je 120 x 180 cm
The works of Simon Iurino (b. 1986, Bolzano; lives in Vienna) emerge at the intersection of sculpture, installation, and architecture. This mode of thinking also remains present in his graphic works: materials, structures, and traces point toward processes, spaces, and their uses.
Iurino frequently works with industrial elements and found materials, which he transfers into new contexts. His interest lies less in the individual object itself than in its integration into a larger spatial framework — and in the question of how we perceive that framework.
Peter Kogler
Hand, 2020
UV-Print on aluminium, 135 x 210 x 5 cm
Peter Kogler’s Hand (b. 1959, Innsbruck) condenses central themes of his artistic practice: the relationship between space, perception, and visual systems. The isolated hand functions as a reference - an elemental gesture of pointing within a complex and often disorienting structure.
Kogler’s works, characterized by repetition, network-like structures, and digital visual worlds, question the ways in which we perceive spaces and orient ourselves within them
Michael Lukas
Hellwach, 2019
Oil on canvas, 270cm x 150cm, signed
Michael Lukas (b. 1979, Vienna) interweaves painting, drawing, and collage-like elements in his work, developing a visual structure that does not commit itself to a singular motif.
Lukas works with a deliberate interplay between control and chance. Forms emerge, dissolve again, and shift within the pictorial space - a process aimed less at representation than at a continuous act of seeing and perception.
Alex Ruthner
Motion Comic, 2016
Oil on canvas, 150 x 180 cm
Alex Ruthner (b. 1982 in Vienna) combines graphic elements with dynamic fields of color, drawing on influences from pop culture, subculture, and references to art history.
Having studied, among others, under Peter Kogler and Daniel Richter as well as Albert Oehlen, Ruthner has developed an independent visual language in which narrative, gesture, and visual ruptures overlap.
Britta Huttenlocher
Untitled, 1999
8-part color serigraph, each 50 x 65 cm
Edition 1/100–100/100 + 20 AP, numbered and signed
The edition by Britta Huttenlocher (b. 1962, Chur) exemplifies her reduced yet multilayered visual language. Drawing from landscape structures such as lines, condensations, and shifts, she develops abstract compositions that move between surface and spatial suggestion.
As a painter and printmaker, Huttenlocher combines graphic precision with a sensitive approach to materiality and structure in her works.
Adrian Schiess
1996, 1996
6 heliogravures, each with one color on Zerkall handmade paper (printed on a hand press), Edition 1/30–30/30 + 10 AP
each 50 cm x 65 cm, signed and numbered
Adrian Schiess (b. 1959, Zurich) is regarded as one of the defining figures of expanded painting. His works often take the form of intensely colored, reduced interventions that generate situations rather than depict images.
Light, reflection, and surrounding space play a central role in his practice. Color is not understood as representation, but as an autonomous element that changes according to viewpoint and position, actively shaping the surrounding space.
Javier A. Greschitz De La Cruz
Stampede #2, 2025
Oil on canvas, 240cm x 160cm
The work of Javier A. Greschitz de La Cruz (b. 1999, Vienna) reflects his engagement with movement, community, and states of inner tension. Animals appear throughout his paintings as recurring motifs — not as mere representations, but as carriers of emotional and social dynamics.
Having grown up between Vienna and Peru, the artist combines personal experiences with broader social questions, developing multilayered and often densely constructed pictorial spaces from these intersections.
Louise Deininger
ICH 2 (Womb 2), 2024
Acrylic, elephant dung, kanga fabric, cowrie shells, and mixed media on canvas, 155 x 195 x 2 cm
The work ICH 2 / Womb 2 by Louise Deininger (who lives and works in Vienna and Uganda) is part of a conceptual practice concerned with the body, origin, and identity. Its point of departure often lies in personal and collective layers of memory, which are placed into a broader context through material and form.
Deininger’s works bring together diverse cultural references and address questions of belonging, transformation, and self-understanding within a global context.
Jakob Veigar Sigurdsson
My own little paradise, 2025
Oil on canvas, 300cm x 200cm
Jakob Véigar Sigurðsson (born in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a painter living in Vienna and a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Ashley Hans Scheirl’s class).
His works operate within the field of abstract painting and are characterized by a process-oriented engagement with color and material. Drawing from references to landscape, he develops pictorial spaces in which layering, movement, and density overlap. In this sense, his painting is understood less as representation than as an independent exploration of perception and painterly structure.
Alex Ruthner
Manet's bouquet (Olympia): Breaking Bad Blue, 2025
Water-based emulsion paint on canvas
120cm x 180cm
“I want to create mental gardens,” Ruthner says in his own words. “People should feel free to wander through my paintings. No associations are forbidden. I appreciate a certain power in my work. I don’t want to suppress that at all.”
Ruthner’s landscapes have been exhibited in London, Berlin, Los Angeles, and Vienna. His works are characterized by unusual perspectives and a distinctive, rapid painterly technique.
Cosima von Bonin
Untitled, 1997
Multicolour screen print on Fedrigoni Old Mill paper (8-part series)
Edition 1/100–100/100, each 50 cm x 65 cm, numbered and signed
The works of Cosima von Bonin (b. 1962, Mombasa) are characterized by a multilayered and often deliberately ambiguous visual language situated between conceptual art, textile practice, and installation. Her works draw on motifs from pop culture, music, and everyday life, shifting them into new contexts that can be humorous, unsettling, or both at once.
Exhibited internationally, including at documenta 12 and the Venice Biennale, she is regarded as one of the defining artists of her generation.
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Between Heritage and the Present
The Artmann is located in a revitalized brick building on Obere Donaustraße in Vienna’s 2nd district. The historic structure, originally rooted in the commercial and industrial use of the 19th century, was carefully reimagined by cuubus architects and transformed into a contemporary residential building.
The characteristic brick façade, the clear functional structure, and the generous window openings continue to define the building’s appearance today, pointing to its industrial past. These qualities were consciously preserved and complemented through precise architectural interventions.
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