In the year of the Capital of Culture, Gmundner Keramik is sending out a clear signal in the direction of contemporary art and is not shying away from showing top-class works.

After the Finnish artist Kim Simonsson and his "Moosmenschen", the atmospheric gallery is making room for an exceptional Austrian artist: Elmar Trenkwaldner. The Tyrolean has already exhibited in the Louvre in Paris and is represented by the best galleries.

He is presenting several large ceramic sculptures in Gmunden
Trenkwaldner, who studied under Max Weiler and Arnulf Rainer, spends months building structures that defy any kind of unambiguity. They provoke memories of religious art or folk art, but one also believes to see faces, forms of nature or architectural elements. The sculptures are reminiscent of baroque buildings and Indian temples at the same time.

Dance of death and fluting, the arms of an octopus and rocaille from the Rococo period, arms and oversized fingers - all of this blurs in the exuberant shapes, each one a whole cosmos that seeks to condense human creativity. The Personale can be seen until November 11.

The "Long Night of the Museums"
More than 25,000 visitors have already been inspired by the Gmundner Keramik gallery this year. It will also be open on Saturday, October 5, as part of the "Long Night of Museums".

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