Sphäre 315?
2006

Sphere 315

In his work Sphäre 315, one four-millionth of the Earth’s diameter, Hartmut Skerbisch bolts together six circles, each scaled to the next by the golden ratio and thereby appealing to beholders’ sense of harmonious balance.

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3D Fraktal 03/H/dd
Österreichischer
Skulpturenpark
Unterpremstätten
2003

3D Fraktal 03/H/dd

Hartmut Skerbisch once said that “sculpture is not a discipline of the fine arts.” So what is it?

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Zinkregal
1986

Zink, Seide, Reis
243 x 198 x 90 cm

Galerie Pakesch, Wien

Zinc Shelf

for silken bags filed with rice

Mal 
1994 
Skulptur 

Stahl, Gummi 
3-teilig, 
2 Körper, 
je 332 x 357 x 738 cm 
1 Körper 378 x 270 x 30 cm 

< Maßverhältnisse
> Lagebeziehungen der Körper, 
Axonometrie 

Ausstellung 
Neue Galerie Graz

Mark

With the exception of basic conditions, our relation to the physical world does not seem to be determined in itself.

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Edition K
1993

Siebdruck auf Papier
4-teilig, je 198 x 100 cm
Auflage: 30 Exemplare

Ausstellung
Galerie & Edition Artelier
Frankfurt

Edition K

The 4 theorems of Edition K

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K
Arbeit an der Skulptur
1992

Forum Stadtpark Prag

The Very K

The manifestation process of the character K relates in various ways to the manifestation of sculpture, conveying a vague feeling of its origin, where it is our very own instrument of relating to concreteness.

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Statue (Lichtschwert)
1992
Skulptur

Stahlkonstruktion
54 x 14,8 x 12,7 m

Opernring Graz
2. Standort 1994-2004

Bartholdi, Eiffel, Kafka

In terms of physical presence, the Statue of Liberty in the New York Harbour stands as a human figure of roughly twentyfold life-size.

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Zwei Bühnen
1992
Skulptur

Aluminium
414 x 810 x 196 cm

Ausstellung
Gemischtes Doppel
E.A. Generali Foundation
Wiener Secession

Eternal Gaze

“Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that if no more, thought through my eyes.”

James Joyce, Ulysses, l/3

Das Offene ist offengehalten
1992
Skulptur

Werkzeug Scheibe,
10-teilig, Aluminium,
Ø 648 cm, t 5,3 cm

Ausstellung
Grazer Kunstverein
Künstlerhaus Graz

The Open

Wall frieze and floor-to-roof pane. Tools of basic opening, so that the exhibition space is also placed into the open and each element is set free, expressing itself.

Fluidum
1990
Skulptur

Stahlgestelle,
Halogenstrahler

Ausstellung
Neue Galerie Graz

Fluid

In an exhibition space two beamer groups beam their light at each other.

Formblatt
1990

Siebdruck auf Papier
2-teilig, je 62 x 122 cm
Auflage: 6 Exemplare

Ausstellung 
Galerie & Edition Artelier
Graz

Form Sheet

SELF-IMPORTANT

NOT SELF-IMPORTANT

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Osten
1991
Skulptur

Stahlblech
327 x 180 x 378 cm

Ausstellung
Österr. Kunstsalon '91
Kulturhaus Graz

Easter

The basic definition of sculpture as an absolute Vis-á-Vis led tot he isolation of a crystal chandelier from a series of chandeliers oft he same typ by means of a steel tunnel.

Anordnung
1989
Skulptur

Stahlblech
2 Körper
je 375 x 150 x 300 cm

Ausstellung 
Vom Kriege
Grazer Kunstverein
Stadtmuseum Graz

About War

The relationship of a work to a theme, whenever it is part of a theme exhibition, can only consist in the work being viewed with an attitude

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Dachbodenwerk
1988

Eisen, Zink
450 x 360 x 315 cm

Ausstellung:
„Das gläserne U-Boot“
Alta Tabakfabrik
Krems/Stein

The Tetrahedron

The atmosphere where wasp nests are built, pidgeon droppings accumulate and

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von links nach rechts
Substanz die hereinbricht,
eine Stadtmauer hinauf,
Rad
1986

Zink, Eisen

Forum für aktuelle Kunst,
Innsbruck

Substance Bursting In

Manifestation like a higher play. „In its enactment, this scene should be as much imagination as reality”,

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Die X Stelle
1986

Kupfer, Seide

Kunsthalle Rosenheim

Spot X

„His shackles were undone, he paid, and everything was settled.“

Marquis de Sade,

The 120 Day of Sodom,

Day 19, no. 91 end.

Saal im Roten Haus
1983

Blei, Kohle, Zink, Eisen, Seide, Licht

Ausstellung 
„Mythen der Zukunft“
Palais Attems, Graz

Draft Through the Hall

Draft Through the Hall, appearance of golden yellow flags on iron poles, leaden tables stuck in heaps of coal. Process of materials for Myths of the Future.

Kundgebung an der Erscheinungsgrenze
1982

Becken, Seide, Trommel,
Spanplatte kaschiert
300 x 300 x 300 cm

Ausstellung „Analyse 82“
Stadtmuseum Graz

Manifestation

„To take the spirit as it is: as something welling up, blossoming, coming ton o results. In the end, this leads tot he utopia oft he other life.“

Robert Musil

M o E, Moral und Krieg, sketch sheet

Zion A-Z
1981

Sperrholz, Goldpigment
750 x 315 x 6 cm

Galerie Pakesch, Wien

Zion A-Z

The play starts with the stage set: It turns out that the reserve sides are also front sides

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Workshop
Alle haben alles gesehen
Schlußpräsentation
1990

Gemeinsam mit 
Michael Schuster

ORF-Zentrum Graz

All have seen all

with Michael Schuster

 

Workshop, Final Presentation
 

A projection stage, accessible from all sides. On it, projectors and reflecting media:

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Slide
1990

Gemeinsam mit
Michael Schuster

Symposium für
Fotographie X
Forum Stadtpark, Graz

Slide

with Michael Schuster

 

  1. Wall-to-wall video projection (Sony VPH) of a Kodachrome slide frame.
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Szene aus dem
Gleichnamigen Stück
1981
Titelbild

Scene from the Play of the Same Title

with Michael Schuster

 

Obviously we could find out about it through a photographic image or this text. The play could be running at the local playhouse

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Endsignatur
1981

Präparierte Videokamera,
Monitor

Null Party
Präsentation der
„Endsignatur“ als
Siebdruck auf Leinen

Galerie H, Graz

Final Signature

The current product of the monitor as a production unit, from the smallest particle to its totality,

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Zwei Fahnen Stück 
1979 
Detail 

Ausstellung 
europa 79, Stuttgart

Two Flags Piece

A One person holds before him, at chest level, two white flags,

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Now Zone

Moment after moment the qualities of the most varied points of the world are falling, as instrumentally registered data,

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Wenn wir 
1978 
Situation 

Die zwei Sätze der 
Wandgestaltung

To the Imaginary Space Form Shall Be Given

As the last and ultimate enhancement of a library, the two „When we” sentences appear on the wall in bold letters as a mural.

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Zepter und gleißender Stein
1977
Stück
für Ausstellungsdauer

Neue Galerie Graz

Sceptre and Gleaming Stone

Entering exhibition rooms like one enters an enchanted castle.

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Der Bildschirm spricht 
seine Sprache
1976
Ereignis

Poolerie Graz

Ausstellungsbeitrag
Ausstellung:
Konzepte, Theorien
und Dokumenten österreichischer
Videoproduktionen
AVZ Graz 1977

The Monitor Speaks Its Language

Referring to the diverging views of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Oswald Wiener about the relationship between image and reality

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Monitor am Ausgang

Toward the True Vision
of Reality
1976
Stück für
Ausstellungsbesucher

Neue Galerie Graz

Toward the True Vision of Reality

Upon leaving a Piet Mondrian/de Stijl restrospective, the visitors find the foyer changed.

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reden blattlartig
1976
Stück für
Ausstellungsbesucher

Fotoleinen
186 x 90 cm
Endlosband

Galerie Pakesch
Wien 1981

leafy speafing situation

A On a monitor in front of him on the floor, a person observes a section of his own breathing chest

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Spatial Arrangement
(Putting Allspace in a Notshall)
1969 
Demonstrationsraum

In cooperation with M. Plottegg
Wettbewerbsbeitrag zu trigon 69
„Architektur und Freiheit“

Spatial Arrangement

 

A Among the objects before us we notice precise relations of distance.

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Earth
(Our cubehouse still rocks) 
1976 
Stück für Ausstellungsbesucher 

Objekt 300 x 300 x 300cm 

Galerie L 24 Graz 

Aufschrift: James Joyce 
Finnegans Wake 
Seite 5, Zeile 14-18

Earth

In the foyer, visitors at the opening find a cube of white linen, closed on all sides, with the inscription:

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