Kunst Flow
Press Release
3 February 2009
„Wherever people work, that’s where art is at home.“
20 Upper Austrian companies are networking with 23 regional artists.
Kunst Flow, initiated by the Rotary Club chapters of Linz-Altstadt, Linz-Landhaus, Linz-Süd, Linz-Urfahr, Leonding, Traun, Gallneukirchen, Enns, Freistadt, Wels and Rohrbach, is an innovative project that’s linking up the private sector to the art world. 20 Upper Austrian companies are purchasing works of art, staging exhibitions and opening up their premises to art lovers.
Instead of sales figures and production statistics, it’ll be works of art at the center of attention in the lobbies, office suites and corridors of Upper Austria businesses. In addition to enhancing receptions designed to make a good impression of clients, business associates and staff, these exhibitions and installations are also being made available to the general public.
The 23 participating artists are exhibiting existing works as well as new, site-specific ones produced at and expressly for the firms where they’re on display. This offers artists the opportunity to confront the creative process beyond the conventional realm of museums and galleries, and to present the results to a wide-ranging audience.
A catalog will appear in early April 2009 that describes and documents this very special project, and provides information about the purchases, locations and opening hours of the exhibitions.
At the conclusion of the Kunst Flow project, all of the artists’ works will be on display in a joint exhibition in Artemons, the art museum for Upper Austrian painting in Hellmonsödt, running from September to November 2009.
Participating companies:
Linz Textil AG, Siemens AG, Energie AG, Fa. Leitl, Fa. Hentschläger, LINZ AG, Fa. Eisenbeiss, Fa. Herbsthofer, Kirchdorfer Zementwerke, Laska u. Söhne, Hauser GmbH, Artemons, Internorm, Reichl & Partner, Gespag, Nationalbank, AKH, Fiedler & Partner, Siemens VAI, Bank Austria.
Participating artists:
Benni Altmüller, Eva Bosch, Astrid Esslinger, Lorenz Estermann, Margit Füreder, Helmut Gsöllpointner, Doris Haberfellner, Wolfgang Hanghofer, Markus Anton Huber, Johann Jascha, Anton Kehrer, Hannelore Koll, Ingrid Kowarik, Markus Miksch, Robert Oltay, Monika Pichler, Elisabeth Plank, Ritter-Haunschild, Thomas Steiner, Katja Vassilieva, Charlotte Wiesmann, Osamu Nakajima.
Dates prior to the catalog presentation (early April 2009):
Bank Austria // Artist: Osamu Nakjima
Exhibition run:
February 5 – April 17, 2009
Opening hours:
Mon - Wed: 8:30 AM – 12 Noon and 2–4 PM
Thu: 8:30 AM – 12 Noon and 2–5:30 PM
Fri: 8:30 AM – 2 PM
Location: Bank Austria, Hauptplatz 27, 4020 Linz
Hauser GmbH // Artists: Lorenz Estermann + Wolfgang Hanghofer
Exhibition run:
March 2 – April 3, 2009 (Opening: Monday, March 2, 2009, 7 PM)
Opening hours:
Mon – Thu: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
Fri: 9 AM – 2:30 PM
Location: HAUSER GmbH, Am Hartmayrgut 4-6, 2nd Upper Level, 4040 Linz
JOHANN LASKA u. SÖHNE Ges.m.b.H. & Co. KG // Artist: Astrid Esslinger
Exhibition run:
March 9 – May 29, 2009
Opening hours:
Mon - Thu: 7 AM – 4:30 PM
Fri: 7 AM – 12 Noon
Location: Johann Laska u. Söhne Ges.m.b.H & Co. KG, Holzstraße 4, 4021 Linz
