23.10.2025 – 08.02.2026
The exhibition, curated by Günther Oberhollenzer, explores the imaginative power of religious experience, its visual counterpart in Christian iconography, and its interpretation by contemporary artists. The focus is on works whose creators approach Christian iconography with a critical but also loving, humorous but also feminist eye, enabling new perspectives on pictorial motifs that have been handed down over centuries. In its conception and orientation, the exhibition does not stand for superficial provocation or loud protest, but rather for a differentiated view, a search for common ground and an endeavour to promote a dialogue between contemporary art and religion.
Artists: Marina Abramović, Irene Andessner, Sumi Anjuman, Anouk Lamm Anouk, Siegfried Anzinger, Teodora Axente, Ursula Beiler, Renate Bertlmann, Guillaume Bruère, Victoria Coeln, Aron Demetz, Leslie De Melo, Christian Eisenberger, Manfred Erjautz, VALIE EXPORT, Paul Sebastian Feichter, Paolo Gallerani, Philipp Haslbauer mit Marco Schmid und Aljosa Smolic, Lois Hechenblaikner, Siggi Hofer, Martin Kippenberger, Julia Krahn, Evelyn Kreinecker, Lena Lapschina, Ina Loitzl, Sissa Micheli, Hermann Nitsch, Adrian Paci, Drago Persic, Margot Pilz, Arnulf Rainer, Johannes Rass, Bettina Rheims, Sylvie Riant, Thomas Riess, Deborah Sengl, Andres Serrano, Thomas Sterna, Esther Strauß, Billi Thanner, Timm Ulrichs, Markus Wilfling
YOU SHOULD FORM YOUR OWN OPINION – Contemporary Art and Religious Experience
23.10.2025 – 08.02.2026
Künstlerhaus Wien
Karlsplatz 5
1010 Vienna
www.kuenstlerhaus.at
