Heimo Zobernig
Graphic Works

  • _B7A4670-72_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • _B7A4676_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • _B7A4679+80_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • _B7A4684_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • _B7A4700_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • _B7A4658_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • _B7A4640_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • 2Stock_B7A4658_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 (3) Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • 2Stock_B7A4658_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 (4) Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • 2Stock_B7A4658_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 (5) Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • 2Stock_B7A4658_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 (6) Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • 3Stock_B7A5505_H_Zobernig_MdM_Salzburg_2022 Exhibition view: Heimo Zobernig. Graphic Works, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
    From 02/26 to 05/22/2022
    Curators: Stefanie Grünangerl, Librarian, Museum der Moderne Salzburg; Jürgen Tabor, Curator, Generali Foundation Collection

    Venue: Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Rupertinum, Generali Foundation Study Center

    Using examples from the Generali Foundation library, archive, and collection, this exhibition shows Heimo Zobernig’s engagement with the linguistic and visual conditions of artistic publishing.

    Artist’s books, catalogue design, and graphic design all form core aspects of the artistic practice of Heimo Zobernig (Mauthen, AT, 1958—Vienna, AT). The graphic conception and realization of his work is not limited to his own books and catalogues; it also encompasses posters, invitation cards, record covers, and similar items. They provide an expanded publication context for Zobernig’s interest in the relationship between form and function, in the ways that art is presented, and in exhibition displays. They reveal an intense preoccupation with typography, language, ordering systems, and theories of color. Standardizations in this field (e. g., the DIN A4 format or the CMYK color model) are made artistically productive, while current design rules are questioned in a thoroughly playful manner.