XENIA HAUSNER
ATEMLUFT

BAHNHOF BAD ISCHL, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA
4 MAY – 31 DECEMBER 2024

Xenia Hausner, an internationally renowned artist, painter, and stage designer who is well-connected with the Salzkammergut region is presenting her first sculptural work in public space. With ATEMLUFT – the 3m high aluminium and bronze sculpture – Xenia Hausner faces the social and existential problems of our time.

Xenia Hausner ATEMLUFT sculpture © Image by Thomas Bakos

She observes the cynicism and the lack of a sense of reality when it comes to our vanishing resources distinctly and with dismay. ATEMLUFT is a sensory image of despair, a struggle for what we need in order to live, and a scream about what we are giving away. Like a dark cloud, the heavy oxygen bottle weighs on the head of the shouting figure. A mirror is offered to the repressive attitude of our society - in the highly polished surface of the sculpture we see the reflection of one’s self and recognise both the perpetrator and the victim. What remains? What do we lose? What have we put at risk?

Xenia Hausner ATEMLUFT sculpture © Image by Thomas Bakos

FEATURED ARTIST

XENIA HAUSNER
Xenia Hausner (b. 1951 in Vienna, Austria) lives and works in Vienna and Berlin. She studied stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. From 1977 to 1992 she was a successful set designer for international theatre and opera productions. In 1992 Hausner began focusing exclusively on her painting practice. She is also a founding member of Women Without Borders.

Hausner‘s work has been shown in numerous museum solo and group exhibitions, such as at Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria (2023); Galleri Würth, Hagan, Norway (2023); Art Contemporani, CC Andratx, Spain (2022); Franz Gertsc...
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