BIOGRAPHY

Born 1940 in Preßburg

Painter, musician, writer and successful yachtsman.

He studied at the university of applied arts in Vienna.

Since 1966 he had close contacts to the "Wiener Aktionismus". Attersee was close to object- and actionart, in which he created works by integrating music, speech

and other media in a new way.

Consequently, drawing and painting became a central aspect of his work.

He gave special significance to the themes sexuality and natural experience.

Significant for his paintings, usually in acrylic, executed in a "figural-symbolic"style, are bright colours and dynamic brushstrokes.

In the setting of his exhibitions he arranges performances with music and literature.

http://www.sra.at/sr/persons/11007.htm

1984 Representative of Austria at the "Biennale" in Venice
since 1992 is professor at the university for applied arts in Vienna and belongs to the internationally most accredited austrian artists.

LATEST EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

1996 Malerei in Österreich 1945-95, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg

1997 Alpenblick, Kunsthalle Wien http://kunsthalle

Ludus hominis ludentis, Galerie Lang, Wien

Montrouge - Vienne, Frankreich

kunst und virtual reality, Wien

Attersee - Der geschmiedete Garten, Bawag Foundation, Wien

More information:
http://www.aeiou.at/
http://www.sammlung-essl.at/
http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.a/a821937.htm
http://www.triennale.ch/katalog/kuenstler/attersee.htm