Peter Senoner - Sensoroticron

Opening event:
Tuesday, November 9th, 7:00 p.m.
 
Exhibition dates:
November 10th - January 7th 2004
 
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Weekdays from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
 
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81543 Munich, Germany
 
 
Peter Senoner's sculptural works speak a strange language that is all their own. There is something inherently fantastical, even mystical about them. The sensitivity of their figurative expression harmonizes in a unique way with the fine materiality of the surface. Senoner's sculptures combine traditional craftsmanship with a futuristic aesthetic, and reveals allusions to works of art or cinema history.

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The starting point and leitmotiv of Peter Senoner's artistic concepts is always portraiture. He creates fantastic portraits in traditional media: figures which are drawn, carved life size out of wood, or, recently, cast in bronze. However, Senoner's creations are not likenesses: they belong to the tradition of the visionary portrait, oriented less towards people from the world of experience than representations of typified essences. His beings are born into a world where they have yet to discover themselves. The central figure of the exhibition, "LEM", appears as an enchanted, mythical creature who registers his physical existence with wonder.
 
In this exhibition at the Galerie aktueller Kunst im OSRAM Haus, Peter Senoner presents a scenario with two protagonists: the cast bronze version of LEM and a vegetative technoid form which writhes its way into the room. These two works are accompanied by drawings and smaller sculptural pieces.
 
We are pleased to mention that Peter Senoner also figures prominently in the "Skulptur" exhibition of works by eminent artists currently on at the Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, where several of his pieces can be seen.

Biography


Born 1969 in Kastelruth/Castelrotto, Italy Lives in Klausen/Chiusa, Italy, and Munich, Germany
2001-2002 Tokyo (Ewige Kinder)
1997-2000 New York (transition 1-...)
2001 Master-class student under Prof. Asta Gröting,
graduation with M.A. equivalent
1994-2000 Akademie der Bildenden Künste
(Academy of Graphic Arts) Munich


Exhibitions (Selection)

 

2004 Skulptur, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Arttirol , Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck
Goldschmidt Award
2003 Arttirol - Kunstankäufe des Landes Tirol, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck (c)
Österr. Grafikwettbewerb 2003, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (c)
Projekt Handlungsanweisungen, Kunsthalle Wien (c)
Ach, Himmel es ist verspielt, A9 Forum Transeuropa, Vienna
Panorama 03 - Junge Kunst, Bolzano (c)
2002 stereotyp, project space, Kunsthalle Wien (c) (solo)
Das absurde Bekannte, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg (c)
Die Kunst des Festes, Gokart Kunstbüro, Brixen (c)
art.forum berlin, repr. Galerie Wittenbrink
2001 transition 1-..., Ar/ge Kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano (c) (solo)
Pilot-Stitch, Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich (solo)
Art Cologne, repr. Galerie Wittenbrink
art.forum berlin, repr. Galerie Wittenbrink
Ewige Kinder, Stadtmuseum Klausen (solo)
2000 Lindenberg GALLERY, New York
Akademie ins Haus der Kunst, Haus der Kunst, Munich
In Schottland, ECA, Edinburgh
1999 War, Postmasters GALLERY, New York
1998 Emerging Artists, Here-GALLERY, New York
Stotz, Kunstverein Ortisei (solo)
1997 Pantamej, U-Bahn-Galerie, Munich (solo)
   

Grants:
2002 Grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
1999-2000 Grant from the provincial government of Tyrol for projects in New York and Tokyo

Projects/Competitions:
2003 enzymatic; permanent installation, Pharmaziemuseum Brixen;
architecture competition "Haus der Bild Kunst"; prize sponsor: Durst Phototechnik AG
3rd prize in collaboration with architect Paul Senoner
2002 Art competition "Kunstprojekt Schwaz-Ost"; 2nd prize