the time is now…!
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ATELIER TIGERGASSE
GUSTAVO MENDEZ-LISKA
Sa, 27.09. sowie So, 28.09. jeweils 16:00-22:00 Uhr
ATELIER TIGERGASSE 14, Souterrain
1080 Wien
Gustavo Mendez-Liska – Zwischen Struktur, Raum und visueller Resonanz
Gustavo Mendez-Liska, ursprünglich aus Venezuela stammend, lebt und arbeitet seit den frühen 1990er-Jahren in Wien. Seine künstlerische Praxis ist geprägt von einer konsequenten Suche nach Form, Raum und Bedeutung, die sich jenseits akademischer Konventionen entfaltet. Auch wenn formale Abschlüsse für ihn nicht im Zentrum stehen, besuchte er das Instituto de Arte Federico Brandt in Caracas sowie später die Kunstschule und die Akademie der bildenden Künste in Wien. Eine Tischlerlehre, die er 2012 in Wien abschloss, ergänzt seine künstlerische Ausbildung um eine präzise handwerkliche Dimension – ein Aspekt, der in der physischen Qualität seiner Arbeiten deutlich spürbar ist.
Seine Werke – oft auf Papier oder Holz realisiert – erinnern auf den ersten Blick an architektonische Skizzen: Linien, Flächen und Zwischenräume bilden ein dynamisches Gefüge, das ebenso an urbane Topografien wie an imaginäre Konstruktionen denken lässt. Die Stadt, ihr architektonischer Körper, das Spiel von Licht und Schatten in ihren Zwischenräumen sowie die Abwesenheit von Materie sind zentrale Bezugspunkte in seiner Auseinandersetzung mit Raumwahrnehmung und Tektonik.
In jüngeren Werkserien öffnen sich weitere Lesarten: Die strukturellen Anordnungen seiner Kompositionen weisen auffällige Parallelen zu musikalischen Notationen oder visueller Poesie auf. Hier verschieben sich die Grenzen zwischen dem Sichtbaren und dem Atmosphärischen – die Arbeiten entfalten eine stille, aber eindringliche Resonanz. Trotz ihrer visuellen Strenge verweigern sie sich der reinen Rationalität und berühren vielmehr sinnliche, fast synästhetische Ebenen der Wahrnehmung.
Mendez-Liskas Werk oszilliert zwischen Konstruktion und Intuition, zwischen architektonischer Klarheit und poetischer Offenheit – eine visuelle Sprache, die ebenso komponiert wie empfunden ist.
Gustavo Mendez-Liska
Mendez-Liska ist ein venezolanischer Künstler mit Wohnsitz in Wien, dessen Werk sich an der Schnittstelle von Geometrie, Dreidimensionalität und kultureller Erinnerung verortet.
Tief geprägt von seinem lateinamerikanischen Erbe, vereint seine künstlerische Praxis formale Strenge mit einer sensiblen Auseinandersetzung mit Identität und Herkunft.
Ausgebildet am Instituto de Arte Federico Brandt in Caracas sowie an der Akademie der bildenden Künste in Wien, bringt Mendez-Liska zudem ein ausgeprägtes handwerkliches Können mit, das er durch eine abgeschlossene Tischlerlehre im Jahr 2012 erwarb. Diese Verbindung von künstlerischer Reflexion und handwerklicher Präzision verleiht seinen Arbeiten eine markante Materialität und strukturelle Tiefe.
Mit Mischtechniken auf Holz und Leinwand schafft er abstrakte Kompositionen, die in Dialog mit kunsthistorischen Bewegungen wie dem Konstruktivismus und dem Neoplastizismus treten – insbesondere mit Strömungen wie De Stijl und dem Bauhaus.
Mendez-Liskas Werk lässt sich als eine visuelle Forschung verstehen, die kulturelle Codes dekonstruiert und neu zusammensetzt, um Fragen von Identität, Raum und Zugehörigkeit aus einer zeitgenössischen Perspektive zu verhandeln.
GUSTAVO MENDEZ-LISKA | WENZEL KOLAR
PREVIEW Art EXPO Trieste
Preview at Atelier Tigergasse
FR | 29 11 2024 | 19:00 Uhr
ATELIER TIGERGASSE 14, Souterrain
1080 Vienna
On Friday, November 29, at 7 p.m., we are pleased to present, as usual, a PREVIEW at Atelier Tigergasse, showcasing the works that will be exhibited at the first edition of the ART Expo Trieste, organized by the AAIM Association based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
ART Expo Trieste 2024 – a place where we transcend the traditional art fair model, creating a dynamic bridge between artists, collectors, and art lovers.
A New Chapter in the Cultural Journey
Building on the success of past editions in Ljubljana, the first ART Expo Trieste will be a lively gathering of over 250 artists and exhibitors from more than 20 countries. The event will include more than 80 companies and offer visitors over 50 cultural activities, including live concerts, art demonstrations, panel discussions, fashion shows, lectures, workshops, and more. This exhibition, covering a broad spectrum of artistic disciplines from visual to performing arts, will also feature a section dedicated to environmental issues, providing artists a platform to showcase works that inspire positive change.
Two visual artists with distinct artistic approaches, yet a shared purpose: to grow, experiment, and share their artistic practice.
You are all invited to dive into this new artistic adventure that comes to life among friends, colleagues, neighbors, and family! In the warm embrace of our beloved Atelier Tigergasse, an evening full of emotions, creativity, laughter, and, of course, good food and drinks for everyone awaits you. Come as you are, come to live, and let’s celebrate this feast of art and connection together. We can’t wait to share this moment with you and create memories that will stay with us all!
Gustavo Mendez-Liska
is a Venezuelan visual artist living in Vienna. His works combine geometric and three-dimensional forms, heavily influenced by his Latin American cultural heritage. He studied at the Instituto de Arte Federico Brandt in Caracas and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and he completed a carpentry apprenticeship in 2012. This craftsmanship gives his work a unique materiality and structure. Mendez-Liska uses mixed techniques on wood and canvas to create abstract works that explore identity and cultural heritage, drawing on movements such as Constructivism and Neoplasticism, including De Stijl and Bauhaus.
In series such as „La Frontera de la Inquietud“ („The Border of Inquietude“), he uses geometric forms and assemblages that reflect his artistic and cultural influences. His works address human existence and its social context through abstraction, exploring balance and tension within space. Although he resides in Austria, he retains his cultural heritage, with a notable influence of Latin American artists such as Jesús Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez in his works. *Heritage* is a recurring theme that Mendez-Liska revisits and reinterprets through a modern, multicultural perspective within the realm of geometric art.
Wenzel Kolar
is an explorer on a journey through his own subconscious. The 28-year-old Czech artist has chosen Vienna as his creative home since 2017. His works invite viewers to immerse themselves in a mysterious, scarcely rational world. Abstract-logical relationships collide in his creations, sparking a dialogue that unfolds through the artistic process.
Kolar combines traditional painting with spray techniques on various materials, including jute fabric and mesh vinyl, infusing his work with a playful, intriguing quality. He deconstructs what exists and ultimately fuses the elements into a form that allows viewers to perceive the assembled structure from multiple perspectives simultaneously, enabling a shift between different layers of reality.
The empty space in his works does not act as a passive element but instead grants the forms movement through its presence. These forms seem to float in a liquid substance, confined by the format that holds them in this territory. A recurring play between sharpness and softness runs through Kolar’s works, lending them a vibrant dynamism. His geometric structures emerge spontaneously yet follow an intuitive creative process. Kolar acts much like a photographer, observing an ever-changing subject and following his instinctive sense of composition to capture the perfect moment. This leaves an aura of mystery, like a dark, constantly shifting silhouette that invites individual interpretation.
ANA MARÍA ORDUZ | Overture Concert
CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL of the REGIONS
Ana María Orduz
MO | 24 06 2024 | 19:30 Uhr
RADIO KUNLTURHAUS | Großer Sendesaal
Admission: EUR 25,–
On Monday 24 June at 7:30 p.m. with a piano concert by Maestro Ana María Ordúz in the ORF Radiokulturhaus in Vienna.
The MUNDO REDONDO Organization, under the direction of Juan Muñoz, will launch one of the most exciting projects of this year of the round world:
Ana María Orduz – one of the key figures in the classical piano scene from Medellín (Colombia) will be performing in Vienna for the first time as part of the “Festival de música clásica de las regiones.”
Ana María Orduz presents a vibrant mix of rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic influences from the Latin American music sphere in this opening concert of the „Festivals de música clásica de las regiones.“ She will perform classical works by European composers such as Debussy, Liszt, and Ravel, as well as Latin American composers such as Calvo, Mejia, and Vieco.
Ana María Orduz is the founder and co-director of the Piano Festival of the Americas and is known for her expressive piano playing. Her extensive musical career has taken her to New York’s Carnegie Hall and festivals in Malaysia, Spain, Costa Rica, Chile, Italy, Singapore, Brazil, Colombia, the USA, and Chile. Ana María Orduz is also active as a chamber musician and develops projects with her colleagues José García (clarinet), Diego Arango (piano), and Carlos Betancur (piano).
Furthermore, she is involved in organizing various festivals and competitions, including concert series, the Pianissimo Festival, and the Pianissimo Competition. She received her Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from the University of Memphis (USA) and her Master’s degree and Doctorate from the University of Iowa (USA). Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the University of Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia), where she coordinates the piano department. Since 2017, she has been a Yamaha Piano Artist.
In collaboration with mundo redondo
With the kind support of: Embassy of Colombia in Austria
MUNDO REDONDO präsentiert:
PUERTO CANDELARIA
Fiesta Candelaria European Tour
5. Juni | 20h | FLEX CLUB | Augartenbrücke 1, 1010 Wien
Die Organisation mundo redondo bringt aus den Wurzeln der kolumbianischen Kultur und der magischen Musik Lateinamerikas die mit einem Grammy ausgezeichnete Band PUERTO CANDELARIA hervor.
Eine Klangexplosion, die Grenzen überschreitet, Schemata erfindet und neue Wege geht, in denen sie die Realitäten der Region vom Fantastischen bis zum Absurden zum Ausdruck bringt.
Weltmusik, Cumbia, Jazz, Symphonik und vielfältige tropische Klänge durchlaufen eine musikalische Revolution, die sich in der Vielfalt der Themen und der Vielseitigkeit der Interpretation dieser vor mehr als 24 Jahren von dem bekannten Juancho Valencia gegründeten Band zeigt.
Im Wiener Flex-Club ist die Organisation der „Round World“ stets bestrebt, die Wurzeln des Vertrauten mit den Partys des modernen und erholsamen Geschmacks zu verbinden.
So ist die Candelaria-Party, die Puerto Candelaria auf ihrer „Europatournee 2024“ anbietet, eine Gelegenheit, zu genießen und sich an Orte versetzen zu lassen, wo nur Tanz, Musik und Poesie uns gemeinsam zu tropischem Genuss führen können.
Presentation of Mundo Redondo Projects
Tigergasse 14, 1080 Vienna | 03.05. | 6:00pm
Artist:
Juan Muñoz | Gustavo Mendez-Liska
The organization MUNDO REDONDO offers five interconnected reflection platforms that are part of an inseparable whole, each of which builds concrete and interconnected projects with a logic of health and sustainability that links them but also constructs them independently.
On May 3rd, the organization will present some of its concrete projects, such as „fiveOrigins,“ which promotes sustainable products, „inputArts,“ which creates a platform for participation and joint creation of artists from different languages, the „moviendo“ project, which organizes the Classical Music Festival of the Regions, and the exhibition of indigenous cave paintings from the Colombian Amazon.
Where:
Atelier Tiegergasse
Tiegergasse 14 A-1080 W
Collaboration Atelier Tigergasse | Mundo Redondo
Atelier Tigergasse Calendar | Mundo Redondo Calendar
I am pleased to inform you about our upcoming events at Atelier Tigergasse as well as the activities Mundo Redondo has prepared for this year at various locations in Vienna. I look forward to seeing you then, as always, with the same joy and eagerness to share „consum care“ with all of you.
„The Border of the inquietude“
Closing Concert by Eugenia Mendez
„Obra Parlante | Flor de Cuatro Puntas“
Galeria São Mamede – Porto | 10.05. | 6:30pm
Press Release
For Immediate Release
„Obra Parlante, Flor de cuatro puntas“ at Galeria Sao Mamede | May 10 | 6:30pm | 8:30pm
Galeria Sao Mamede is pleased to present a unique closing event for the solo exhibition of renowned visual artist Gustavo Mendez-Liska. In collaboration with the talented composer and musician Eugenia Méndez, they embark on an unprecedented artistic experience with „Obra Parlante, Flor de cuatro puntas“.
Eugenia Méndez, recognized for her brilliant career as a composer, arranger, singer, and instrumentalist, joins Gustavo Mendez-Liska to debut this exciting project in Portugal, conceived since early 2019 and now culminating in a series of presentations in Porto and Vienna.
„Obra Parlante“ merges the disciplines of visual arts and music into a visual and auditory symphony that challenges conventional boundaries of art. In this special occasion, Galeria Sao Mamede becomes the stage where Gustavo Mendez-Liska’s vibrant creations come to life through Eugenia Méndez’s musical interpretation.
This event aims to captivate the audience with its innovative artistic proposal and offers an immersive experience where spectators delve into a universe of emotions and sensations. From contemplating the visual artworks to experiencing live music, each element of „Obra Parlante, Flor de cuatro puntas“ intertwines to create a dialogue between forms and sounds, inviting the audience to explore new perspectives and connections between the arts.
„Obra Parlante“ at Galeria Sao Mamede promises to be an unforgettable event that celebrates creativity, collaboration, and the ability of art to transcend boundaries and generate transformative experiences. We thank you for your support and sponsorship to make this exciting presentation possible.
For more information and press inquiries, please contact:
Gustavo Mendez-Liska
+436607262640
mendez-liska@gmx.at
https://www.gustavomendezliska.art/
Galeria Sao Mamede
R Miguel Bombarda, 624 4050-379 PORTO
+351 934 388 500 Tel. +351 226 099 589
galeria@saomamede.com
https://www.saomamede.com/
Galeria São Mamede
Closing Concert 11.05.2024 | 6:30pm.
7R. Miguel Bombarda, 624
4050-379 PORTO
Project organized by the São Mamede Gallery in which the artist Gustavo Mendez-Liska presents a series of works with a profound commitment to painting and sculpture, whose practices are linked to the constant refinement of techniques and treatments of form, colour, light and space. In Gustavo’s case, the meditative character and dense
geometric constructions in which he works the space as the body of the work, the spectator as the body of a structure that establishes a temporal suspension that hovers over the concept of his research that comes from the beginning, there in Caracas in his based on the concretism and geometric structures of the great South American masters.
He crossed the ocean, here in Austria he continues his tireless research based on his based on his fellow countrymen, not letting escape his keen curiosity to broaden his horizons beyond the pictorial technique of painting and drawing, today Gustavo presents us with not only a group of work that I can consider powerful and dynamic graphic structures, but also a strong unfolding and knowledge of his research, now influenced by the European school, specifically the Italian Arte Povera movement, working on the limits of counter culture and of great masters such as Giuseppe Penone, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, to name but a few of them.
In the work it is not enough just to demonstrate through cut-outs, overlaps, lines and black masses black that invades the pictorial space, but we can also feel, visualize, penetrate in this world of plots and locks that Gustavo presents us with.
This body of work produced between 2018 and 2023 is presented to us in a globalised, universal because Gustavo’s work could be produced anywhere in the world.
Here and in all other places and continents that want to appreciate and connect with Gustavo’s work is to allow us to have a piece of himself, of his story and of his journey the streets, alleys and lanes of a cold Vienna, but which, with Gustavo’s work, becomes warm and welcoming.
Text © Luiz Martins 2023
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