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Thomas Draschan
Thomas Draschan born 1967 Lives and works in Vienna. He studied at the
Academie of Fine Arts in Frankfurt and at Cooper Union in NY. He is
working with Video, Film and Collages. The re-combination of existing
images into a new, condensed and enriched form is one of his main
concerns. Italian porn comics, pop and pop art and films like
"svezia, inferno e paradiso" have a strong impact on his current work
celebrating italian pop culture from the past and transcending it into
a visionary cultish shrine or totem like existence. A Homage for
antique heritage and old master renaissance paintings mixed with sex
and violence from popular imagery for good measure.
Draschan has exhibited widely in Europe and The USA since 1998, he has
been the recipient of numerous awards for his experimental films.His
films include documentaries on Herman Nitsch The Viennese Actionist
and music videos for New Order "Turn".
Thomas Draschan's Exhibitions and screening for 2009
"1989: The End of History or the Beginning of the Future?",
Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
Videorama, Kunsthalle Wien
KÖR Schaufenster am Kunsthalle Wien public space Karlsplatz, Vienna
"Negative Capability" (soloshow), Kunstverein Heppenheim
"NITSCH, Vorbilder, Zeitgenossen, Lehre" (groupshow), Künstlerhaus Wien
"Objekt, Skulptur, Collage und Fotografie"(groupshow), Galerie Wildwechsel
"A Shot in the Dark", Chateau Radvanov, Czech Republic
"Reliquaries of Empires Dust", Galerie Bereznitsky,
"MAY DAY: THE DARK TIMES", F-ISH gallery, Hastings, UK
"Papierarbeiten" Area 53, Vienna see
"Barfs, Draschan, Torff, Sakoilsky" Galerie Wildwechsel, Frankfurt
Werkschau, Stuttgarter Filmwinter
International Filmfestival Rotterdam
"the mating mind" Elektro Gönner, Vienna
For more information on Thomas Draschan go to here
http://www.draschan.com/
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