SIGN LANGUAGE

Walter Pichler (1936–2012) regarded art as a program. The immanent tension between sculpture, body, and architecture characterized his oeuvre. His sculptural language begins as an image or symbol.
 

Rosemarie Castoro (1939–2015) developed her own language between Minimal Art and conceptual art. She combined painting, performance, stage design, and sculpture, declaring herself a “paintersculptor.”
 

Geta Brătescu (1926–2018) is interested in the dualism of geometric or industrial forms and draws on Constantin Brâncuși’s exploration of archaic forms in nature, art, and architecture. 

Leonor Antunes (* 1972) portrays stories of the 20th century on art, architecture, and design in her sculptural works and installations. She examines the language of natural materials, such as wood, fabrics, leathers, or metal. 

Leonor Antunes (* 1972) portrays stories of the 20th century on art, architecture, and design in her sculptural works and installations. She examines the language of natural materials, such as wood, fabrics, leathers, or metal. 
 

Thomas Bayrle (* 1937) investigates mechanisms of language, images, everyday objects, and creates ornaments of mass. His “superforms” such as Jesus, Mao, the highway, or the smartphone refer to political, industrial, cultural, and religious icons.