08/07/2024
NEWS FROM PHILIPP GUFLER
Philipp Gufler’s solo exhibition CONFESSING WEAKNESS is opening on Friday, July 12 from 6 pm at Traklhaus in Salzburg.
On view fron July 13 - August 31, 2024.
Curated by Sophie Goltz and Niklas Koscher as part of the International Summer Academy Salzburg.
FINISSAGE
Saturday, August 31, 12:30 pm
Film screening Conversation with Albert Knoll, 2023 by Philipp Gufler followed by a talk between Philipp Gufler and Conny Felice (HOSI Salzburg).
”The solo exhibition Confessing Weakness brings together some of Gufler’s central works, in which – beyond simple attributions of roles and identity – he embarks on a careful examination of the socio-cultural mechanisms, as well as historical and political events, that stand for nonconformist sexuality and gender awareness. Naturalised concepts of modes of life become unsettled, weakened, and fall apart, when Philipp Gufler exposes unknown narratives and perspectives through his many years of working with self-organised archives such as the Forum Q***r Archive Munich (FQAM).
In his works, Gufler sees history and identity as dynamic concepts of fluctuating inscriptions and interrelations. Central to his praxis is a personal approach which, in his activist artistic exploration, deals specifically with the contradictions in the annalistic documentation of events and historical personalities. His sensitive approach in the artistic process evinces close understanding of diverse experiences, enabling him to reflect and expose the motives behind established, long-since internalised narratives. He also negotiates his own body as the subject of numerous inscriptions, and thus the risk of his own vulnerability.“
Traklhaus Salzburg
Waagplatz 1a
5020 Salzburg
Austria
Opening times
Tuesday to Friday: 14:00 - 18:00
Saturday, 10:00 - 13:00
and by appointment