Exhibitions
Upcoming
Oscar Tuazon
Written on Water
October 2024 – February 2025
In his first solo exhibition in Austria, US sculptor and installation artist Oscar Tuazon (*1975 in Seattle) is showing works that relate to the social space and the public. He works with natural and industrial materials such as wood, stone, metal and concrete. Based on architectural approaches and do-it-yourself strategies, he realizes structures that move between functional buildings and sculpture. Many of Tuazon's projects are inspired by alternative and utopian architectures of the 1960s and 1970s and early eco-efficient and self-sufficient living models. Tuazon explores these architectural approaches to test their potential for today, not only in terms of the underlying technological principles, but also in terms of alternative uses of space and models of subjectivity.
In addition to new works by Tuazon, the exhibition presents his large-scale project Water School, which has been running since 2016 and examines the dynamics and power games that govern access to land, water and infrastructure. Vienna made history 150 years ago with its visionary project of a Spring Water Main. While the city's supply of spring water is secured for the future, water has long been a highly contested resource elsewhere.
As part of the exhibition, a transdisciplinary symposium on sustainable building and the careful use of resources is planned in collaboration with students, architects, climate researchers and water management experts.
Oscar Tuazon (*1975) lives and works in Los Angeles, USA.He studied at the Cooper Union School of Art and completed the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York. In 2011, he designed one of four para-pavilions at the 54th Venice Biennale. Selected solo exhibitions: Bergen Kunsthall, Kunst Museum Winterthur, Kunsthalle Bielefeld (2023); Place Vendôme, Paris, Skulptur Projekte Münster (2017); Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2014); Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2013); The Power Station, Dallas (2011); ICA, London, Kunsthalle Bern, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2010); Seattle Art Museum (2008); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2007).
In addition to new works by Tuazon, the exhibition presents his large-scale project Water School, which has been running since 2016 and examines the dynamics and power games that govern access to land, water and infrastructure. Vienna made history 150 years ago with its visionary project of a Spring Water Main. While the city's supply of spring water is secured for the future, water has long been a highly contested resource elsewhere.
As part of the exhibition, a transdisciplinary symposium on sustainable building and the careful use of resources is planned in collaboration with students, architects, climate researchers and water management experts.
Oscar Tuazon (*1975) lives and works in Los Angeles, USA.He studied at the Cooper Union School of Art and completed the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York. In 2011, he designed one of four para-pavilions at the 54th Venice Biennale. Selected solo exhibitions: Bergen Kunsthall, Kunst Museum Winterthur, Kunsthalle Bielefeld (2023); Place Vendôme, Paris, Skulptur Projekte Münster (2017); Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2014); Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2013); The Power Station, Dallas (2011); ICA, London, Kunsthalle Bern, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2010); Seattle Art Museum (2008); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2007).