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In April 2006 mel contemporary opened its brand new gallery close to the famous Concert Hall and the monument of the liberation from the fascist regime in the Vienna city centre. Realities – the title of the opening exhibition can be taken as uncompromising programme. Instead of pleasing the audience with retina painting (Duchamp), mel contemporary rather tends to carry chaos into the order (Adorno). It is the huge rather than the subtle, the obscene, the bare thing that visitors will find here, dazzling art, originating from passion, from elementary fears and desires of human beings that creates puzzlement and sometimes (why not?) amused laughter. Among many other art objects, the almost 6 m high gallery rooms have so far hosted giant nude figures by Moldovan, a 7m long paper-made cargo-ship (Mühlbacher/Stalzer) or photos of physically handicapped women staged in erotic pose (Aba).
mel contemporary – one of the most unconventional art venues in town – was founded in spring 2000 in the remaining rooms of a split up flat in the outskirts of Vienna, objects being exhibited not only in a former bedroom, but also in the u... [ Read all ]

Vienna

Austria
Address:
Haegelingasse 5/4
1140
Phone: 004366473994432
Website: www.mel-art.com


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Artists Represented

Aba Gerhard / Altmüller Beni / Balavat / Bergler Fritz / Buchta Wolfgang / Chen Xi / Czaschka Jürgen/ Dalpra Mario /Dickinger Martin / Dimanche Lui / Du Fei / Fassel Gerda / Hofstätter Astrid / Holub Oscar / Kühn Josef / Luis Zenita / Malwerkstatt Graz / Messensee Jürgen / Moldovan Virgilius / Muehlbacher Isabelle / Nemec Thomas / Novoszel Erich / Parthl Helmuth / Pongratz Peter / Popic Jovana / Qi-Kai Zhang / Scheidl Roman / Schiefer Jürgen / Stalzer Andreas / Verhoeven Monika / Waber Linde / Wallner Heimo / Wang Wen Sheng / Wang Zheng / Werkner Turi / Wondrusch Ernst Ferdinand / Wu Jan Wei / Zens Herwig /Zhang Weiguo/ Zuo Yuan/ Yu Feng


Sample Art Work (7)

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Current Exhibitions

mel collection
Aba Gerhard, Altmüller Beni, Anzinger Siegfried, BALAVAT , Bartmer/Kühn, Bernsteiner/Spalt, Bocchini Franzesco, Brunner Adi, Dalpra Mario, Fassel Gerda, Feng You, H.Janisch Jo Kühn, Heimo Wallner, Hillebrand Manuela, Hofstätter Astrid, Holub Oscar, Kozak Jörg, Kühn Josef, Luis Zenitta, Manos Gaspare, Matjeka/Trummer / Pongratz, Messensee Jürgen, Mounty Zentara, Mühlbacher Isabelle, Nemec Thomas, Novak Walter, Pongratz Peter, Ringel Franz, Schmidt Andreas, Schütz Hari, Waber Linde, Wallner Heimo, Wang Wengshen, Wu Jan Wie, Zens Herwig, Zillich Judith, Zuo Yuan
and Francesco Bocchini


Forthcoming Exhibitions

Scherenschnitte von Jo Kühn
aus der Serie Winterreise, Konzert mit Jürgen Plich.

Am 07 März 2009.

Kreis-Energie-Versorgung Schleiden GmbH
Hindenburgstraße 13
53925 Kall




Previous Exhibitions

Künstlerfest anlässlich der Katalogpräsentation

mel contemporary Künstlerkatalog

neuer Termin!
Mi, 17.12. 2008, 19 Uhr


Exhibition Photos (9)

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Art Fairs

Art Beijing 2007
Art Daegu 2007
Art Austria 2008
Art Beijing 2008
Art Austria 2009


Press Releases

FRANKA LECHNER

Textiles and painting

Opening:14.11.2008, 7 pm
Till: 05.12.2008


-Zenitta Luis, works from Goa
mel factory, Vienna 1140 Hägelingasse 6a-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gallery mel contemporary
in Korea at the

EXCO Booth 29
Daegu Exhibition Convention Center.
We are at Art Daegu 2007 in Korea.presenting following artists: Linde Waber, Isabelle Mühlbacher, Jürgen Messensee, Peter Pongratz, Mario Dalpra, Gerhard Aba, Chen Xi, Jo Kühn, Heimo Wallner

Booth No. 29

Open: 12. 12. 2007; Till: 16. 12. 2007


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Gallery mel contemporary
mel contemporary:
Schubertring 9-11, 1010 Wien
Entry: Christinengasse 2
We wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year 2008!!


We are closed from 24.12. to 06.01. 2008!


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2008

Gallery mel contemporary
mel contemporary:
Schubertring 9-11, 1010 Vienna
Entry: Christinengasse 2
Bookpresentation:

SAUNA

Graphic art: Heimo V.... [ Read all ]


Press Links

http://mel-art.com/en/presse.php


News

have a look to our homepage, play our interactive play of papercut ba JO KÜHN and Wolfgang Glechner


Location And Getting There

contact: Reinhold Sturm, 004366473994432


Contact-Directors/Staff

Reinhold Sturm


Opening Times

on appointment