Ok. oskar: 70 Years School of Seeing

May 2023

Ok. oskar: 70 Years School of Seeing

On the occasion of Gallery Week_end Salzburg we would like to draw your intention to our current exhibition Playboard by Ad Minoliti: and the screening of Dana Kavelina’s: Letter to a Turtledove at the gallery Kunst im Traklhaus (until 13 May 2023).

Founded in 1953 as a “school of seeing” by the renowned Austrian painter Oskar Kokoschka, the anniversary project “Ok. oskar” redefines the pedagogical relationship of an academy today.

OSKAR KOKOSCHKA. Stormy years in Berlin

6 May to 26 October 2023
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Oskar Kokoschka Documentation, the Kokoschka Museum Pöchlarn invites you to the exhibition ‘Oskar Kokoschka. Stormy Years in Berlin’. 

Oskar Kokoschka’s explicit depictions of femicide and structural patriarchal violence are frighteningly topical. His radical formal language in painting and graphic art has fascinated artists for many generations, as the exhibition project “Kokoschka in Dialogue” with students from the Department of Painting and Animated Film at the University of Applied Arts Vienna shows. This collaboration will continue with Salzburg’s summer academy around the “School of Seeing” concept later in the fall.

OK. oskar: exhibitions

April – September 2023

Galerie Kunst im Traklhaus 

On its 70th anniversary, the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg presents six exhibitions at the Galerie Kunst im Traklhaus from April to September 2023, featuring international artists who approach seeing (perceiving) today from a feminist, queer, non-binary perspective. The focus is on artistic practices of expanded painting and digital creation that explore worlds of equality and common sense. 

The artistic work of the teaching artists Ad Minoliti (Argentina), Mette Sterre (Netherlands), Karol Radziszewski (Poland), Ulrike Müller (Austria/US) and Shu Lea Cheang (Taiwan/France) will be presented in solo exhibitions. A group exhibition in cooperation with the Department of Painting and animated film under the professorship of Judith Eisler and with the assistance of Stefan Wykydal (University of Applied Arts Vienna) and in collaboration with the Oskar Kokoschka Documentation Centre (Pöchlarn) presents works by students who deal with Oskar Kokoschka as an artist, teacher and stage designer, among others.

Programme 
22 April – 13 May Ad Minoliti

20 May –10 June Mette Sterre

17 June – 08 July Karol Radziszewski

15 July – 05 August Ulrike Müller

12 August – 02 September Shu Lea Cheang

09 September – 30 September Angewandte Vienna

OK.oskar: screenings
April – September 2023
Kunst im Traklhaus showroom
On Solidarity is a curated film programme that explores films by Ukrainian artists in times of war and violence.

Programme
22 April – 13 May Dana Kavelina

Address 
Gallery Kunst im Traklhaus
Waagplatz 1a, 5020 Salzburg

Opening hours
Tuesday – Friday 2-6 pm; Saturday 10 am–1 pm 
Free admission

Information 
For further press material and images please contact:
Adelaide D’Esposito at email: presse@summeracademy.at or phone: +43 (0)662 842113


Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts
The International Summer Academy of Fine Arts at Hohensalzburg Fortress was founded in 1953 by the renowned Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) as the “School of Seeing” and is the oldest of its kind in Europe. Around 20 courses are offered every summer and are attended by more than 300 participants* from over 50 countries, making the Academy a lively place for international artistic and creative exchange. The Academy offers an open application process for all interested parties, no degrees required; a unique opportunity to study with outstanding international artists*, curators, collectives, art educators, scholars and writers; Space to devote oneself exclusively to the artistic process or the development of ideas while learning and reflecting on art and its discourses; courses based on both personal attention and group discussion; unique historical course setting amid an alpine landscape; art education programme with cultural partners, in Salzburg et al.; access to art literature and journals.

Funded by: Province of Salzburg, City of Salzburg, Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport (BMKOES).

Supported by: Cultural Fund of the Provincial Capital Salzburg, ERSTE Foundation, American Austrian Foundation (AAF/Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts), zt: Chamber of Civil Technicians, Architects and Engineers, Initiative Architektur, Province of Vorarlberg, Zurich University of the Arts, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Art Academy Münster, Kingston University London, Friends of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Marmor Kiefer.