29 November 2006 – 30 April 2007

SHOWCASE: Ryan McGinley

The Karlsplatz is seized by the Kunsthalle Wien. Semiannually the SCULPTURE and the SHOWCASE take reference to the square, quarterly artists program the LIGHT STRIP with LED-generated light/text images on top of the project space building.

Ryan McGinley (*1977) documents the youth scene of New York’s Lower East Side, a subculture in which nearly everything revolves around skateboards, bikes, music, and graffiti. McGinley’s photos are not simple depictions of an immediate reality. He understands his work as a documentation of his fantasy. His models are his friends. The camera acts as a part of their lives, as well as a means to devise a world of their own making.

McGinley is currently being shown in the exhibition “Americans. Masterpieces of American Photography from 1940 until now.” at the Kunsthalle Wien.

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Karlsplatz, Treitlstraße 2
1040 Wien
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http://www.kunsthallewien.at

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Daily 4 p.m. - midnight,
Sunday/ Monday 1 p.m. -7 p.m.

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