Exhibition view, Secession Vienna, 2008
Werner Feiersinger
Born 1966 in Brixlegg (AT)
Lives and works in Vienna (AT)
In his work, Werner Feiersinger combines his knowledge of the history of art, design and architecture with a laconically reduced design vocabulary. Feiersinger's works undermine conventional modes of seeing and are infused with a deep irony.
“These sculptures are reminders; misremembered resemblances, like a face you might recognize but can’t quite place. Werner Feiersinger’s discrete objects may appear to be like boats, handrails, platforms, chairs, fences or ladders, but they are never exactly those things. They have a proximity to architecture and its attendant furnishings without ever becoming an illustration of, or appendage to, either. They express affinity without over-identifying, resulting in a contradictory appearance of aloofness and stability.” (Kirsty Bell)
“I take back the perfection of production, the objects appear brittle and ambiguous. It is this ambiguity that interests me. At the same time, the sculptures should be like concentrates.” (Werner Feiersinger)

Werner Feiersinger, Untitled (Raša), 2023
Colour photograph mounted on dibond, edition of 5 + 1 A.P., 150 × 112.5 cm

Werner Feiersinger, Untitled (Pula), 2023
Colour photograph mounted on dibond, edition of 5 + 1 A.P., 90 × 67.5 cm

Exhibition view, Galerie Martin Janda, 2021

Werner Feiersinger, Untitled, Hochhaus Herrengasse, Vienna, 2020
Epoxy resin, steel, varnish, 116 × 220 × 77 cm

Werner Feiersinger, Untitled (Fregene), 2015
Colour photograph mounted on dibond, edition of 5 + 1 A.P., 157 × 125 cm

Werner Feiersinger, Untitled, 2011
Steel, primer, 263 × 143 × 143 cm

Werner Feiersinger, Untitled, 2007
Steel, powder coated, stainless steel, buffed, 90 × 28 × 80 cm