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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artists: Marina Abramovi\u0107, Irene Andessner, Sumi Anjuman, Anouk Lamm Anouk, Siegfried Anzinger, Teodora Axente, Ursula Beiler, Renate Bertlmann, Guillaume Bru\u00e8re, 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 Strau\u00df, Billi Thanner, Timm Ulrichs, Markus Wilfling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>YOU SHOULD FORM YOUR OWN OPINION &#8211; Contemporary Art and Religious Experience<\/strong><br>23.10.2025 \u2013 08.02.2026<br>K\u00fcnstlerhaus Wien<br>Karlsplatz 5<br>1010 Vienna<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuenstlerhaus.at\">www.kuenstlerhaus.at<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23.10.2025 \u2013 08.02.2026 The exhibition, curated by G\u00fcnther Oberhollenzer, explores the imaginative power of religious experience, its visual counterpart in Christian iconography, and its interpretation by contemporary artists. 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