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Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes

Bogdan Ablozhnyy, Altroy, Mariia Andreeva, Ruth Angel Edwards, Ethan Assouline, Fabienne Audéoud, Perfect Blue, Merlin Carpenter, Juliet Carpenter, Nicolas Ceccaldi, Olivia Coeln, Courtesy, Keren Cytter, Albert Dietrich, Michaela Eichwald, Chloe Elgie, Elin, Marius Engh, Balearic Eric, Hélène Fauquet, Marie Yaël Fidesser, Zoë Field, Genoveva Filipovic, Stina Fors, Nik Geene, Evan Jose & Simon Glaser, Julia Haller, Hannah Hansel (Flower Crime), Katharina Hölzl, Christian Ingemann, Kristoffer Karlsen, Gretchen Lawrence, Paul Levack, Mel E. Logan, Mathieu Malouf, Chloée Maugile, Jonathan Meese, Birgit Megerle, Bjarne Melgaard, Tomás Nervi, Laurids Oder, Marysia Paruzel, Evelyn Plaschg, Philipp Quehenberger, Isak Ree, Public Reptile, SALARY, Anne Schmidt, Sydney Schrader, Nora Schultz, Calle Segelberg, Heji Shin, Nino Stelzl, Josef Strau, Superskin, Dominik Szereday, Eirik Sæther, Stefan Tcherepnin, Octavian Trauttmansdorff, Universal Studio, Bernadette Van-Huy, Wounder, Oren Yehoshua (DJ Yeriho), Morag Keil & Bedros Yeretzian, Nina Zeljkovic, Julia Znoj, Roger van Voorhees, Leonard van Vuuren

Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna

September 9 – October 18, 2025

Selected Press:

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Eirik SætherCAMALEONDA # 5, 2023Glazed stoneware ceramics, stainless steel and nylon thread53 x 53 x 14 cm, 20 kiloUnique pieceCourtesy the artist

Eirik Sæther
CAMALEONDA # 5, 2023
Glazed stoneware ceramics, stainless steel and nylon thread
53 × 53 × 14 cm, 20 kilo
Unique piece
Courtesy the artist

Julia ZnojUntitled, 2025geschmiedetes Stahl, Magnete30 x 35 x 230 cmCourtesy the artist

Julia Znoj
Untitled, 2025
geschmiedetes Stahl, Magnete
30 × 35 × 230 cm
Courtesy the artist

Julia ZnojUntitled, 2025geschmiedetes Stahl, Magnete30 x 35 x 230 cmCourtesy the artist

Julia Znoj
Untitled, 2025
geschmiedetes Stahl, Magnete
30 × 35 × 230 cm
Courtesy the artist

Albert DietrichUntitled, 2025Lacquered wood, Wardrobe162 x 102.5 x 48 cmCourtesy the artist

Albert Dietrich
Untitled, 2025
Lacquered wood, Wardrobe
162 × 102.5 × 48 cm
Courtesy the artist

Albert DietrichUntitled, 2025Lacquered wood, Wardrobe162 x 102.5 x 48 cmCourtesy the artist

Albert Dietrich
Untitled, 2025
Lacquered wood, Wardrobe
162 × 102.5 × 48 cm
Courtesy the artist

Laurids OderUntitled, 2025Ink on Synthetic Rose, Flame, Marker on Overhead Transparency, Customized Infusion Set, Gas Cartridge, Customized Assembling Hardware70 x 20 x 7,5 (Rose)17 x 7 x 4,5 (Gascartridge)Courtesy the artist

Laurids Oder
Untitled, 2025
Ink on Synthetic Rose, Flame, Marker on Overhead Transparency, Customized Infusion Set, Gas Cartridge, Customized Assembling Hardware
70 × 20 × 7,5 (Rose)
17 × 7 × 4,5 (Gascartridge)
Courtesy the artist

Laurids OderUntitled, 2025Ink on Synthetic Rose, Flame, Marker on Overhead Transparency, Customized Infusion Set, Gas Cartridge, Customized Assembling Hardware70 x 20 x 7,5 (Rose)17 x 7 x 4,5 (Gascartridge)Courtesy the artist

Laurids Oder
Untitled, 2025
Ink on Synthetic Rose, Flame, Marker on Overhead Transparency, Customized Infusion Set, Gas Cartridge, Customized Assembling Hardware
70 × 20 × 7,5 (Rose)
17 × 7 × 4,5 (Gascartridge)
Courtesy the artist

Laurids OderUntitled, 2025Ink on Synthetic Rose, Flame, Marker on Overhead Transparency, Customized Infusion Set, Gas Cartridge, Customized Assembling Hardware70 x 20 x 7,5 (Rose)17 x 7 x 4,5 (Gascartridge)Courtesy the artist

Laurids Oder
Untitled, 2025
Ink on Synthetic Rose, Flame, Marker on Overhead Transparency, Customized Infusion Set, Gas Cartridge, Customized Assembling Hardware
70 × 20 × 7,5 (Rose)
17 × 7 × 4,5 (Gascartridge)
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Merlin CarpenterBirthday Card Against the Far Right In the Art World - Now Wash Your Hands, 2025MDF, hinge, screws, laser print, glue, UV coating, mop, bucketDimensions variableCourtesy the artist

Merlin Carpenter
Birthday Card Against the Far Right In the Art World - Now Wash Your Hands, 2025
MDF, hinge, screws, laser print, glue, UV coating, mop, bucket
Dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist

Merlin CarpenterBirthday Card Against the Far Right In the Art World - Now Wash Your Hands, 2025MDF, hinge, screws, laser print, glue, UV coating, mop, bucketDimensions variableCourtesy the artist

Merlin Carpenter
Birthday Card Against the Far Right In the Art World - Now Wash Your Hands, 2025
MDF, hinge, screws, laser print, glue, UV coating, mop, bucket
Dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist

Paul LevackStudy for a Living Room Scene, 2025Panorama, archival pigment print on baryta paper, mounted to boardUnique66.2 x 30.4 cm (framed)Courtesy the artist

Paul Levack
Study for a Living Room Scene, 2025
Panorama, archival pigment print on baryta paper, mounted to board
Unique
66.2 × 30.4 cm (framed)
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Olivia CoelnUntitled, 2025pigment, pigment print, subframe75 x 110 cmCourtesy the artist & City Galerie Wien

Olivia Coeln
Untitled, 2025
pigment, pigment print, subframe
75 × 110 cm
Courtesy the artist & City Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Heji ShinAmazing Waves, 2024Silver gelatin print on baryta paper130 x 95 cmCourtesy the artist & Reena Spaulings Fine Art

Heji Shin
Amazing Waves, 2024
Silver gelatin print on baryta paper
130 × 95 cm
Courtesy the artist & Reena Spaulings Fine Art

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Nicolas CeccaldiGondola, 2025Oil on canvas mounted on board, artist's frame80 x 106 x 8 cmCourtesy the artist

Nicolas Ceccaldi
Gondola, 2025
Oil on canvas mounted on board, artist's frame
80 × 106 × 8 cm
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Ethan Assoulineréalité(vienne), 2025cardboard, paint, steel, scotch, paper, screws, clock, aluminium, wood, color gel, pins, sewing thread44 x 38 x 14cmCourtesy the artist & Gauli Zitter

Ethan Assouline
réalité(vienne), 2025
cardboard, paint, steel, scotch, paper, screws, clock, aluminium, wood, color gel, pins, sewing thread
44 × 38 × 14cm
Courtesy the artist & Gauli Zitter

Ethan Assoulineréalité(vienne), 2025cardboard, paint, steel, scotch, paper, screws, clock, aluminium, wood, color gel, pins, sewing thread44 x 38 x 14cmCourtesy the artist & Gauli Zitter

Ethan Assouline
réalité(vienne), 2025
cardboard, paint, steel, scotch, paper, screws, clock, aluminium, wood, color gel, pins, sewing thread
44 × 38 × 14cm
Courtesy the artist & Gauli Zitter

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Jonathan MeeseUntitled (Nugget), 1998Cardboard, felt pen, feather tieapprox. 46.5 x 27 cmCourtesy the artist

Jonathan Meese
Untitled (Nugget), 1998
Cardboard, felt pen, feather tie
approx. 46.5 × 27 cm
Courtesy the artist

Jonathan MeeseUntitled (Nugget), 1998Cardboard, felt pen, feather tieapprox. 46.5 x 27 cmCourtesy the artist

Jonathan Meese
Untitled (Nugget), 1998
Cardboard, felt pen, feather tie
approx. 46.5 × 27 cm
Courtesy the artist

Genoveva FilipovicChange, 2025Photography87 x 66.6 cmCourtesy the artist

Genoveva Filipovic
Change, 2025
Photography
87 × 66.6 cm
Courtesy the artist

Genoveva FilipovicChange, 2025Photography87 x 66.6 cmCourtesy the artist

Genoveva Filipovic
Change, 2025
Photography
87 × 66.6 cm
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Hélène FauquetAlien Chrome, 2025Inkjet print, seashell, frame26 x 21 x 10.5 cmCourtesy the artist & MEYER*KAINER

Hélène Fauquet
Alien Chrome, 2025
Inkjet print, seashell, frame
26 × 21 × 10.5 cm
Courtesy the artist & MEYER*KAINER

Hélène FauquetXshelley, 2025Inkjet print, seashell, frame26.5 x 21.5 x 10.5 cmCourtesy the artist & MEYER*KAINER

Hélène Fauquet
Xshelley, 2025
Inkjet print, seashell, frame
26.5 × 21.5 × 10.5 cm
Courtesy the artist & MEYER*KAINER

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Keren CytterProcrastinating, 2025Colored pencils and pen on paper29.70h x 42w cm / 11.69h x 16.54w inCourtesy the artist & Galerie Nagel Draxler

Keren Cytter
Procrastinating, 2025
Colored pencils and pen on paper
29.70h × 42w cm / 11.69h × 16.54w in
Courtesy the artist & Galerie Nagel Draxler

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Evelyn PlaschgAgitation 2, 2024Oil on canvas120 x 90 cmCourtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Evelyn Plaschg
Agitation 2, 2024
Oil on canvas
120 × 90 cm
Courtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Bedros Yeretzian & Morag KeilLife, 2023enamel on paper60 x 60 in / 152.4 × 152.4 cmCourtesy the artists & Commercial Street

Bedros Yeretzian & Morag Keil
Life, 2023
enamel on paper
60 × 60 in / 152.4 × 152.4 cm
Courtesy the artists & Commercial Street

Bedros Yeretzian & Morag KeilLife, 2023enamel on paper60 x 60 in / 152.4 × 152.4 cmCourtesy the artists & Commercial Street

Bedros Yeretzian & Morag Keil
Life, 2023
enamel on paper
60 × 60 in / 152.4 × 152.4 cm
Courtesy the artists & Commercial Street

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Stefan TcherepninVeiled painting, 2023faux fur over stretched canvas60 x 45 cmCourtesy the artist

Stefan Tcherepnin
Veiled painting, 2023
faux fur over stretched canvas
60 × 45 cm
Courtesy the artist

Nik GeeneBlokeh, 2024Glass, suction cups, paint100 x 200 cmCourtesy the artist & Shore Gallery

Nik Geene
Blokeh, 2024
Glass, suction cups, paint
100 × 200 cm
Courtesy the artist & Shore Gallery

Nik GeeneBlokeh, 2024Glass, suction cups, paint100 x 200 cmCourtesy the artist & Shore Gallery

Nik Geene
Blokeh, 2024
Glass, suction cups, paint
100 × 200 cm
Courtesy the artist & Shore Gallery

Tomás NerviThe Standard, 2017Bent glass, wood68 x 59 x 25 cmCourtesy the artist

Tomás Nervi
The Standard, 2017
Bent glass, wood
68 × 59 × 25 cm
Courtesy the artist

Tomás NerviThe Standard II, 2017Bent glass, wood68 x 59 x 25 cmCourtesy the artist

Tomás Nervi
The Standard II, 2017
Bent glass, wood
68 × 59 × 25 cm
Courtesy the artist

Tomás NerviThe Standard, 2017Bent glass, wood68 x 59 x 25 cmCourtesy the artist

Tomás Nervi
The Standard, 2017
Bent glass, wood
68 × 59 × 25 cm
Courtesy the artist

Tomás NerviThe Standard, 2017Bent glass, wood68 x 59 x 25 cmCourtesy the artist

Tomás Nervi
The Standard, 2017
Bent glass, wood
68 × 59 × 25 cm
Courtesy the artist

Gretchen LawrenceOutput, Unformed, 2024Two channel sound, speakers, plastic boxesDimensions variableEdition of 2 plus 1 artist's proofCourtesy the artist & Arcadia Missa

Gretchen Lawrence
Output, Unformed, 2024
Two channel sound, speakers, plastic boxes
Dimensions variable
Edition of 2 plus 1 artist's proof
Courtesy the artist & Arcadia Missa

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Octavian TrauttmansdorffÜbers Need, 1999-2025Analog b/w photography162.5 x 112.5 cmCourtesy the artist

Octavian Trauttmansdorff
Übers Need, 1999-2025
Analog b/w photography
162.5 × 112.5 cm
Courtesy the artist

Octavian TrauttmansdorffZu-Wohnung, 1994Video, 8:30 minCourtesy the artist

Octavian Trauttmansdorff
Zu-Wohnung, 1994
Video, 8:30 min
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Julia Hallero.T., 2025Pigmentdruck auf Leinwand / Pigment print on canvas75 x 75 cmCourtesy the artist & MEYER*KAINER

Julia Haller
o.T., 2025
Pigmentdruck auf Leinwand / Pigment print on canvas
75 × 75 cm
Courtesy the artist & MEYER*KAINER

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Evan Josela via veneziana di Sargent, 2025Oil on wood66.5 x 81 x 3 cmCourtesy the artist & City Galerie Wien

Evan Jose
la via veneziana di Sargent, 2025
Oil on wood
66.5 × 81 × 3 cm
Courtesy the artist & City Galerie Wien

Evan Josela via veneziana di Sargent, 2025Oil on wood66.5 x 81 x 3 cmCourtesy the artist & City Galerie Wien

Evan Jose
la via veneziana di Sargent, 2025
Oil on wood
66.5 × 81 × 3 cm
Courtesy the artist & City Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Zoë FieldUntitled, 2025Silkscreen on 300g paper, framed56 x 71.5 cmCourtesy the artist & City Galerie Wien

Zoë Field
Untitled, 2025
Silkscreen on 300g paper, framed
56 × 71.5 cm
Courtesy the artist & City Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Katharina HölzlInnengewinde (Threads), 2025threads, plaster wall113 x 160 x 1.5 cmCourtesy the artist

Katharina Hölzl
Innengewinde (Threads), 2025
threads, plaster wall
113 × 160 × 1.5 cm
Courtesy the artist

Katharina HölzlInnengewinde (Threads), 2025threads, plaster wall113 x 160 x 1.5 cmCourtesy the artist

Katharina Hölzl
Innengewinde (Threads), 2025
threads, plaster wall
113 × 160 × 1.5 cm
Courtesy the artist

Katharina HölzlInnengewinde (Threads), 2025threads, plaster wall113 x 160 x 1.5 cmCourtesy the artist

Katharina Hölzl
Innengewinde (Threads), 2025
threads, plaster wall
113 × 160 × 1.5 cm
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Bogdan AblozhnyyDuration and Simultaneity, 2025Elastic band90 cm and 105 cm eachoverall length equals 0,01 sCourtesy the artist

Bogdan Ablozhnyy
Duration and Simultaneity, 2025
Elastic band
90 cm and 105 cm each
overall length equals 0,01 s
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Mathieu MaloufUntitled (The Dream XX), 2025dehydrated lion's mane mushrooms, urethane, silver mirroring process, transparent color coating on wood31 x 32.5 x 10 cmCourtesy the artist

Mathieu Malouf
Untitled (The Dream XX), 2025
dehydrated lion's mane mushrooms, urethane, silver mirroring process, transparent color coating on wood
31 × 32.5 × 10 cm
Courtesy the artist

Mathieu MaloufUntitled (The Dream XX), 2025dehydrated lion's mane mushrooms, urethane, silver mirroring process, transparent color coating on wood31 x 32.5 x 10 cmCourtesy the artist

Mathieu Malouf
Untitled (The Dream XX), 2025
dehydrated lion's mane mushrooms, urethane, silver mirroring process, transparent color coating on wood
31 × 32.5 × 10 cm
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Marie Y. FidesserStillife with Oyster, 2024Oil and varnish on instant print20,3 cm x 15,3 cmCourtesy the artist

Marie Y. Fidesser
Stillife with Oyster, 2024
Oil and varnish on instant print
20,3 cm × 15,3 cm
Courtesy the artist

Marie Y. FidesserUntitled, 2024Guache, ink, chalk, tape and instant prints on canvas45 x 51.5 cmCourtesy the artist

Marie Y. Fidesser
Untitled, 2024
Guache, ink, chalk, tape and instant prints on canvas
45 × 51.5 cm
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Nina ZeljkovicBerlin painting 1, 2025Oil on canvas200 x 130 x 4,6 cmCourtesy the artist

Nina Zeljkovic
Berlin painting 1, 2025
Oil on canvas
200 × 130 × 4,6 cm
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Birgit MegerleAltglas II, 2012Öl auf Leinen70 cm x 60 cmCourtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Birgit Megerle
Altglas II, 2012
Öl auf Leinen
70 cm × 60 cm
Courtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Birgit MegerleAltglas II, 2012Öl auf Leinen70 cm x 60 cmCourtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Birgit Megerle
Altglas II, 2012
Öl auf Leinen
70 cm × 60 cm
Courtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewLayr, Vienna

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
Layr, Vienna

Evan Jose & Simon GlaserFontana veneziana, 2025Acrylic on cardboard with paper frame66.5 x 84.5 x 7.5 cmCourtesy the artists

Evan Jose & Simon Glaser
Fontana veneziana, 2025
Acrylic on cardboard with paper frame
66.5 × 84.5 × 7.5 cm
Courtesy the artists

Marius EnghPhthalo Ruins (I), 2013acrylic on canvas70 x 50 cmCourtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Marius Engh
Phthalo Ruins (I), 2013
acrylic on canvas
70 × 50 cm
Courtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

 
Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Michaela Eichwald(Mme) Persévérance, 2023Acrylic on polyurethane fabric135 x 90 x 3 cm / 53 1/8 x 35 3/8 x 1 1/8 inCourtesy the artist

Michaela Eichwald
(Mme) Persévérance, 2023
Acrylic on polyurethane fabric
135 × 90 × 3 cm / 53 1/8 × 35 3/8 × 1 1/8 in
Courtesy the artist

Calle SegelbergUntitled, 2025Egg-tempera, guache and acrylic on linen95 x 65cmCourtesy the artist & Christian Torp

Calle Segelberg
Untitled, 2025
Egg-tempera, guache and acrylic on linen
95 × 65cm
Courtesy the artist & Christian Torp

Bjarne Melgaard Untitled, 2025 Mixed mediaDimensions variableCourtesy the artist and VI, VII, Oslo

Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled, 2025
Mixed media
Dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist and VI, VII, Oslo

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Bjarne MelgaardUntitled, 199728 x 21.5 cmCourtesy the artist and VI, VII, Oslo

Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled, 1997
28 × 21.5 cm
Courtesy the artist and VI, VII, Oslo

Bjarne MelgaardUntitled, 199710.5 x 10.2 cmCourtesy the artist and VI, VII, Oslo

Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled, 1997
10.5 × 10.2 cm
Courtesy the artist and VI, VII, Oslo

Bjarne MelgaardUntitled, 199730 x 21 cmCourtesy the artist and VI, VII, Oslo

Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled, 1997
30 × 21 cm
Courtesy the artist and VI, VII, Oslo

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Josef StrauHeizkörperschmuck, 2025Tin, magnets, stones, silverDimensions variableCourtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Josef Strau
Heizkörperschmuck, 2025
Tin, magnets, stones, silver
Dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Josef StrauHeizkörperschmuck, 2025Tin, magnets, stones, silverDimensions variableCourtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Josef Strau
Heizkörperschmuck, 2025
Tin, magnets, stones, silver
Dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist & Layr, Vienna

Bernadette Van-HuyPerm (#12), 2021pencil and inkjet print on paper32,6 x 24 cm, framedCourtesy the artist

Bernadette Van-Huy
Perm (#12), 2021
pencil and inkjet print on paper
32,6 × 24 cm, framed
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Nora SchultzTo Tomorrow, 2025b/w inkjet print on paper119.5 x 143 cmEdition 2 + 1 APCourtesy the artist & MEYER*KAINER

Nora Schultz
To Tomorrow, 2025
b/w inkjet print on paper
119.5 × 143 cm
Edition 2 + 1 AP
Courtesy the artist & MEYER*KAINER

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Calle SegelbergUntitled, 2025Oil on linen96 x 65cmCourtesy the artist & Christian Torp

Calle Segelberg
Untitled, 2025
Oil on linen
96 × 65cm
Courtesy the artist & Christian Torp

Calle SegelbergUntitled, 2025Egg-tempera, guache and acrylic on linen97 x 61 cmCourtesy the artist & Christian Torp

Calle Segelberg
Untitled, 2025
Egg-tempera, guache and acrylic on linen
97 × 61 cm
Courtesy the artist & Christian Torp

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Genoveva FilipovicChain, 2025Photography70.7 x 50.7Courtesy the artist

Genoveva Filipovic
Chain, 2025
Photography
70.7 × 50.7
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Sydney SchraderEmil, 2025Steel, patina54 x 38 x 12 cmCourtesy the artist & Lars Friedrich

Sydney Schrader
Emil, 2025
Steel, patina
54 × 38 × 12 cm
Courtesy the artist & Lars Friedrich

Sydney SchraderEmil, 2025Steel, patina54 x 38 x 12 cmCourtesy the artist & Lars Friedrich

Sydney Schrader
Emil, 2025
Steel, patina
54 × 38 × 12 cm
Courtesy the artist & Lars Friedrich

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Mariia AndreevaPositives (1), 2023Silver gelatin print on baryta paper41 x 31 cmCourtesy the artist

Mariia Andreeva
Positives (1), 2023
Silver gelatin print on baryta paper
41 × 31 cm
Courtesy the artist

Marysia ParuzelNatalia, 2025Silver gelatin print105 x 105 cmCourtesy the artist

Marysia Paruzel
Natalia, 2025
Silver gelatin print
105 × 105 cm
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Nina ZeljkovicBerlin painting 2, 2025Oil on canvas180 x 165 x 3,7 cmCourtesy the artist

Nina Zeljkovic
Berlin painting 2, 2025
Oil on canvas
180 × 165 × 3,7 cm
Courtesy the artist

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025Installation viewCity Galerie Wien

Telepathy Curating presents: Teases and Synthesis; Empty Threats, Vienna Love and Anxiety Reality Paradoxes, Curated by, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr, Vienna, 2025
Installation view
City Galerie Wien

Ruth Angel EdwardsWhat's not to like #3, 2025Oil and acrylic on canvas92 x 73 cmCourtesy the artist

Ruth Angel Edwards
What's not to like #3, 2025
Oil and acrylic on canvas
92 × 73 cm
Courtesy the artist

Ruth Angel EdwardsWhat's not to like #1, 2025Oil and acrylic on canvas92 x 73 cmCourtesy the artist

Ruth Angel Edwards
What's not to like #1, 2025
Oil and acrylic on canvas
92 × 73 cm
Courtesy the artist

 

All photos by Paul Makowsky

 

In their just initiated new collaborative curatorial enterprise Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau will show some friends in two very distinctively influential Viennese galleries. At Layr and at City. Leading out of broader and more general cultural stagnation, New Vienna Energy becomes attached with what was and what is known, with a the subject unknown and other usual reductions.

The complex artists list will connect the spirit of this particular general moment of the finally growing city with the international cultural phenomena of a still uncategorized change of artists self perceptions into artists self awareness. Because of phenomena like this one a place and a group can become an attractor. This long searched for but then just happens by chance. This is moment, this epoch, this attractor is until this day unnamed.

Imagining it as a convention of artists, underlined by including a third space to the two so explicitly distinguished gallery spaces. A studio used for live events and parties, music and reading, drinking and talking.

Dedicated to new conversations to the recent condition of artists, being here and now and how to make as much as possibly, making it a festival of events of celebrating the power of whatever subjectivities, celebrating the paradoxes, the contradictions and individualities from an a priori state of confusion and anxieties.

Very simple. Subjectivity means without seeking for permission and suggests not sharing it at all. Leaving the first and second space and moving on into a third one that hopefully wont be as revisionist and formal, in conditions that are more livable and less useless.

Curated by 2025, curated by Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen and Josef Strau at City Galerie Wien and Layr by . September 9 – October 4, 2025
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