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With early series such as \u2018One month in my Life\u2019 (1974), performances by artists such as Johann Jascha and Bruno Demattio (1972\u201375), and a documentary on European youth centres, Karl Heinz Koller opened up a wide field of activity right from the start of his artistic career. Between 1989 and 1995, \u201cFrom the Palace of Immortality \u2013 Project Erwin\u201d emerged as a self-contained body of work comprising 39 notebooks containing texts, photographs and clippings. Overall, the result is an idiosyncratic, avant-garde body of work that gained recognition, for instance through Koller\u2019s participation in the legendary exhibition \u201cErweiterte Fotografie\u201d at the Vienna Secession. His untimely death prevented him from achieving greater renown; this first museum exhibition now restores visibility to his significant position in art history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Karl Heinz Koller \u2013 The Image Generator<\/strong><br>02.07.2026 \u2013 29.11.2026<br>Wien Museum MUSA<br>Felderstra\u00dfe 6-8<br>1010 Vienna<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wienmuseum.at\/\">www.wienmuseum.at<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02.07.2026 \u2013 29.11.2026 With technical brilliance and an inquisitive spirit, Karl Heinz Koller has created an outstanding body of work that uses analogue techniques to produce images once thought virtually impossible. 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