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HELMUT HLADISCH: Absence of Color: Online Exclusive

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1 November - 31 December 2020
  • Hladisch (b. 1961) has been one of the eight residents of the Gugging House of Artists in the outskirts of Vienna since 2013. Using short, close-set strokes to fill in traced contours, Hladisch depicts everyday objects from memory or inspired by print media. His stylized drawings marry emotional intensity, imagination, ingenuity, and technical precision—crossing seamlessly into the modern and contemporary arenas. The Gugging Art Brut Center presently encompasses a residence for artists, a gallery, an atelier, and a museum. Its origins date back to the Maria Gugging Psychiatric Clinic, which was founded in the late nineteenth century about 12 miles north of Vienna. In 1954, Dr. Leo Navratil, then head psychiatrist, conducted diagnostic drawing tests with his patients and discovered that some of them had innate artistic talent. Only a few years prior, the French artist Jean Dubuffet had coined the term art brut inspired by experiments similar to Navratil’s.Since 1981, The Gugging House of Artists, the colorful building where Hladisch resides, has housed and encouraged the creativity of artists whose drawings, paintings, photography, objects, and writings have made them world-famous. There are currently 12 residents at the House of Artists (six of them represented by Galerie Gugging) who are among the most important representatives of contemporary Art Brut.

    • LEMON TREE, 2014 Graphite on paper 18.8 x 13 in. (47.8 x 33 cm) HH 9 $4,000

      LEMON TREE, 2014

      Graphite on paper

      18.8 x 13 in. (47.8 x 33 cm)

      HH 9

      $4,000

    • BOOTS, 2013 Graphite on paper 7.9 x 8.3 in. (20 x 21 cm) HH 1 $2,600

      BOOTS, 2013

      Graphite on paper

      7.9 x 8.3 in. (20 x 21 cm)

      HH 1

      $2,600

    • CONE, 2015 Graphite on paper 11.7 x 8.3 in. (29.7 x 21 cm) HH 13 $3,000

      CONE, 2015

      Graphite on paper

      11.7 x 8.3 in. (29.7 x 21 cm)

      HH 13

      $3,000

    • CRUISER, 2015 Graphite on paper 16.5 x 11.7 in. (42 x 29.7 cm) HH 15 $4,000

      CRUISER, 2015

      Graphite on paper

      16.5 x 11.7 in. (42 x 29.7 cm)

      HH 15

      $4,000

    • CUPBOARD, 2014 Graphite on paper 5.9 x 8.3 in. (14.9 x 21cm) HH 6 $2,200

      CUPBOARD, 2014

      Graphite on paper

      5.9 x 8.3 in. (14.9 x 21cm)

      HH 6

      $2,200

    • IRON, 2015 Graphite on paper 8.3 x 11.7 in. (21 x 29.7 cm) HH 17 $3,000

      IRON, 2015

      Graphite on paper

      8.3 x 11.7 in. (21 x 29.7 cm)

      HH 17

      $3,000

    • BONZAI TREE, 2014 Graphite on paper 8.2 x 5.8 in. (20.9 x 14.8 cm) HH 4 $2,200

      BONZAI TREE, 2014

      Graphite on paper

      8.2 x 5.8 in. (20.9 x 14.8 cm)

      HH 4

      $2,200

    • MOON BOOTS, 2015 Graphite on paper 16.5 x 11.7 in. (41.9 x 29.6 cm) HH 20 $4,000

      MOON BOOTS, 2015

      Graphite on paper

      16.5 x 11.7 in. (41.9 x 29.6 cm)

      HH 20

      $4,000

    • PAN, 2013 Graphite on paper 13 x 11 in. (33.1 x 28 cm) HH 3 $3,600

      PAN, 2013

      Graphite on paper

      13 x 11 in. (33.1 x 28 cm)

      HH 3

      $3,600

    • PERFUME EAR DEVICE, 2015 Graphite on paper 8.3 x 5.9 in. (21 x 15 cm) HH 12 $2,200

      PERFUME EAR DEVICE, 2015

      Graphite on paper

      8.3 x 5.9 in. (21 x 15 cm)

      HH 12

      $2,200

    • POPSICLE, 2013 Graphite on paper 8.3 x 5.9 in. (21 x 14.9 cm) HH 2 $2,200

      POPSICLE, 2013

      Graphite on paper

      8.3 x 5.9 in. (21 x 14.9 cm)

      HH 2

      $2,200

    • PYRAMID, 2015 Graphite and colored pencil on paper 8.2 x 11.7 in. (20.9 x 29.6 cm) HH 18 $3,000

      PYRAMID, 2015

      Graphite and colored pencil on paper

      8.2 x 11.7 in. (20.9 x 29.6 cm)

      HH 18

      $3,000

    • SANTA'S BAG, 2014 Graphite on paper 8.3 x 5.8 in. (21 x 14.8 cm) HH 7 $2,200

      SANTA'S BAG, 2014

      Graphite on paper

      8.3 x 5.8 in. (21 x 14.8 cm)

      HH 7

      $2,200

    • SHOE BOX, 2014 Graphite on paper 8.3 x 11.7 in. (21 x 29.7 cm) HH 10 $3,000

      SHOE BOX, 2014

      Graphite on paper

      8.3 x 11.7 in. (21 x 29.7 cm)

      HH 10

      $3,000

    • THERMOPHORE, 2015 Graphite on paper 16.5 x 11.7 in. (42 x 29.7 cm) HH 16 $4,000

      THERMOPHORE, 2015

      Graphite on paper

      16.5 x 11.7 in. (42 x 29.7 cm)

      HH 16

      $4,000

    • TOILET, 2014 Graphite on paper 11.7 x 8.3 in. (29.7 x 21 cm) HH 8 $3,000

      TOILET, 2014

      Graphite on paper

      11.7 x 8.3 in. (29.7 x 21 cm)

      HH 8

      $3,000

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