Photo Courtesy of Hadrien de Corneillan, Steven diGiovanni, Art Collection Schlichtner
artist´s name
Hadrien de Corneillan // Alan Neider // Begi Guggenheim
place of birth
F / USA / GE-AUT
Hadrien de Corneillan (1975) lives and works in the south of France, somewhere between Nimes and Avignon. In his work the painter contrasts socialization and nature, man and environment, future and past. What sounds so succinct - will be our fate.
A few years ago, Hadrien had perfected his painting to such an extent that the pictures appeared photorealistically. But a couple of years ago he changed the colors. From then on, black and white dominated.
His subjects: industrial ruins, dismantled offshore oil rigs and, in front of that, people enjoying their usual leisure activities. It's a bit like Blade Runner, the 80s film that depicts a future, apocalyptic world.
“Will things ever be the same again”?
Alan Neider (1952) is an American artist who began his career in the 1970s with a Robert Rauschenberg Work Grant and has since dealt with the dissolution of the two-dimensional image surface.
An important element of his art is the use of objets trouvés as a source of form and color. Ikea bags, items of clothing, bags, and blankets are arranged, draped and sewn in layers on a flexible surface. In a further step, the layers created in this manner are deconstructed through targeted cuts and finally the composition is painted over with different colors, using media such as spray paint or even tar.
The results are surprising compositions that seem playful and cool, with an ecstatic use of color that leads the viewer to a euphoric experience.
Begi Guggenheim (1977) studied art in Tbilisi/Georgia and Vienna/Austria. Since the age of 15 he has been interested in sculpture. He is one of perhaps 40 active sculptors in Austria, including installation artists.
Begi Guggenheim uses a mix of materials to create his sculptures – plaster, wood, plasticine, metal, copper wire, found and everyday objects, even finished artworks are recycled.
In the current exhibition Begi Guggenheim deals with the topics sustainability and climate change.