{"id":176710,"date":"2022-05-08T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/?p=176710"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:17:59","slug":"showroom-22-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/showroom-22-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Picturing Nature. 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A Spotlight on the SpallArt Collection[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;maxpx1600displaynone&#8221;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;4&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; desktop_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;153841&#8243;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-160000&#8243; text_transform=&#8221;uppercase&#8221; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-357766&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-210350&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;214328&#8243; text_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]2026\/05[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-106718&#8243; separator=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;208472&#8243;]EIKON #132 |\u200b <em>WHERE IS PHOTOGRAPHY NOW?<\/em>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;1&#8243; desktop_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;651671&#8243; el_class=&#8221;maxpx1200displaynone&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;4&#8243; medium_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; mobile_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;7&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;122216&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;916276&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"content_zeitschrift\">Depictions of landscape and nature have been inextricably linked to the medium of photography since its inception\u2014from Joseph Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce\u2019s Blick aus dem Arbeitszimmer (View from the Study) to Anna Atkins\u2019 British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions and Karl Blossfeldt\u2019s Urformen der Kunst (Archetypes of Art). Used both for scientific documentation purposes and in the visual arts as a means of artistic expression, the ambiguity of photography becomes particularly evident in the genre of nature representation.<br \/>\nAndra Spallart has been collecting photographs and video works since the 1980s, and her SpallArt Collection now includes over 2,500 works, ranging from historical objects to international icons to recent discoveries. The focus of the collection is on contemporary, photographic positions from Austria, which is set in relation to classics of American and European photographic art as well as to more recent works from the European environment. The themes of nature and scientific documentation form a major focus of SpallArt.<br \/>\nOn the occasion of FOTO WIEN, EIKON takes a look at the collection and makes selected treasures, most of them safely stored in the depot, now accessible to a larger audience. For \u201cPicturing Nature. A Spotlight on the SpallArt Collection,\u201d works by contemporary artists such as Elfriede Mejchar and Edgar Lissel are juxtaposed with classics, including Karl Blossfeldt, demonstrating the broad spectrum in which a photographic exploration of the fragile as well as vital relationship between humans and nature can take place.<\/p>\n<p>Works by: Ansel Adams | Herbert Bayer | Adrian Bischoff | Th\u00e9odore Blanc &amp; Antoine Demilly | Karl Blossfeldt | Robert Bodnar | Harry Callahan | Lucien Clergue | William Edward Dassonville | Constantin Ettingshausen &amp; Alois Pokorny | Ernst Haas | Sanna Kannisto | Fabian Knecht | Hans Kupelwieser | Edgar Lissel | Elfriede Mejchar | Aaron Siskind | Thomas Struth | Wouter Verbeylen | Brett Weston | Hans Wetzelsdorfer | Minor White &amp; Robert Zahornicky<\/p>\n<p>Biographies of the participating artists: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammlung-spallart.at\/de\/kuenstler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sammlung-spallart.at\/en\/artists\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vernissage 24.02.2022 | 19:00 | EIKON Showroom MuseumsQuartier Wien[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_gallery el_id=&#8221;gallery-203623&#8243; type=&#8221;carousel&#8221; medias=&#8221;177395,177396,177397,177398,177399&#8243; gallery_back_color=&#8221;color-xsdn&#8221; carousel_lg=&#8221;3&#8243; carousel_md=&#8221;3&#8243; carousel_sm=&#8221;1&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; media_items=&#8221;media|lightbox|original,caption&#8221; carousel_interval=&#8221;3000&#8243; carousel_navspeed=&#8221;400&#8243; carousel_loop=&#8221;yes&#8221; stage_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; single_text=&#8221;under&#8221; single_overlay_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; single_overlay_visible=&#8221;yes&#8221; single_overlay_anim=&#8221;no&#8221; single_text_visible=&#8221;yes&#8221; single_text_anim=&#8221;no&#8221; single_image_anim=&#8221;no&#8221; single_v_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; single_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; single_text_reduced=&#8221;yes&#8221; single_meta_custom_typo=&#8221;yes&#8221; single_meta_weight=&#8221;300&#8243; single_border=&#8221;yes&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;199529&#8243; gallery_back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;187838&#8243; el_class=&#8221;maxpx1400displaynone&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_visibility=&#8221;yes&#8221; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;176000&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Used both for scientific documentation purposes and in the visual arts as a means of artistic expression, the ambiguity of photography becomes particularly evident in the genre of nature representation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":177394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[332,302,307],"tags":[447,482,499,500],"class_list":["post-176710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist","category-exhibition","category-showroom","tag-schauraum","tag-foto-wien","tag-picturing-nature","tag-spallart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eikon.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}