Toni Spyra
99,90,-
99,90,-
Objects, Multiples, Installations
November 29, 2014 - January 3, 2015
Opening Reception:
Saturday, November 29, 2014, 6-9pm
(The artist is present)
Finissage with an action by the artist:
January 3, 2015, 6-9pm
Opening Reception:
Saturday, November 29, 2014, 6-9pm
(The artist is present)
Finissage with an action by the artist:
January 3, 2015, 6-9pm
Go South (2012)
With his conceptual works, objects and installations, sometimes silently present in the urban landscape, German artist Toni Spyra (b.1981), currently based in Linz, Austria, offers his viewers a moment of reflection. The artist is an observer of everyday life, using simple, mundane objects in creative ways to explore our obsessions, fears, beliefs, pointing towards certain human habits and social behavior. From a canister of pepper spray with a perfume applicator attached, to a clothes hanger with a saw blade; these threatening works immediately announce their inherent danger and allow the viewer to reflect on safety and self protection in our culture. What Spyra reveals are aspects of a reality that we often tend to ignore and avoid to confront or, on the contrary, that has become so much alive, that we unconsciously let it control our every reaction. This discourse is usually prefaced by a smile, but what lies beyond the humorous approach is the essence of Toni Spyra’s thought-provoking works, that might take you out of the comfort zone.
The exhibition “99,90.-“ at Rumpsti Pumsti (Musik) is Toni Spyra’s first solo-exhibition.
Auf eine humorvolle, fast unterhaltsame Art und Weise gibt Toni Spyra (*1981) dem Betrachter kleine Denkanstöße. Durch die Modifizierung alltäglicher Gebrauchstgegenstände möchte der, in Wien lebende und arbeitende, Künstler neue Sicht-, Denk- und Anwendungsweisen unterschiedlicher Alltagsobjekte provozieren. Durch genau dieses Verwenden von Objekten des täglichen Gebrauchs, erzeugt er ein Gefühl der Vertrautheit. Auf den zweiten Blick erschließt sich dem Betrachter dann das ganze Bild und wie Spyra über den materiellen Gegenstand seine eigenen Bedenken bzw. seine Kritik in Bezug auf die Umwelt transportiert und u.a. die Bereiche Verschwendung, Arbeit, Erziehung, Armut, thematisiert.
Die Ausstellung “99,90.-“ bei Rumpsti Pumsti (Musik) ist Toni Spyra’s erste Solo-Ausstellung.
Liability (2013)
Phobia (2014)
Pinata (2014)
Redhead (2012)
Security Perfume (2012)
Sucker (2012)
Sniff (2014)
Go South (2012)
Summer 01 (2012)
Vacation (2013)
Vanity (2014)
Virago (2012)
Leisure (2013)
Nest (2014)
Nest (2014)
Toni Spyra