GROUP SHOW WITH XIYAO WANG
DE SCULPTURA
ALBERTINA KLOSTERNEUBURG, KLOSTERNEUBURG, AUSTRIA
17 APRIL – 16 NOVEMBER 2025
Breathing, inflating and deflating bodily organs made of light balloon silk rear up and collapse shortly thereafter in a regular rhythm. The large-scale installation "Gonflés – dégonflés" by French artist Annette Messager takes up the phallic thrust of Franz West’s "Sexuality Symbol" and contrasts starkly with Kennedy Yanko’s tripartite sculpture made of heavy recycled metal, whose elegant and colorful skins exude a downright painterly quality. This new presentation on the second upper level of Albertina Klosterneuburg maximizes the effect of the prizewinning architecture of Heinz Tesar, with its theme of a wave on the Danube reflected in the abstract undulating lines of works by figures ranging from Hubert Scheibl to Albert Oehlen and on to young shooting stars like British artist Jade Fadojutimi and Chinese artist Xiyao Wang.
The overarching motto at Albertina Klosterneuburg in 2025 is DE SCULPTURA. This year’s presentation explores sculpture’s significance as a theme in present-day art and to the museum itself: DE SCULPTURA provides an impression of output by established and younger Austrian and international artists from the ALBERTINA Museum’s collection of contemporary art, which is currently diversifying in terms of featured media with innovative new emphases.