An der Hülben

TRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ

Stano Filko

January 27 – March 24, 2012

Stano FilkoTRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012Installation viewLayr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano Filko
TRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012
Installation view
Layr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano FilkoTRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012Installation viewLayr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano Filko
TRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012
Installation view
Layr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano FilkoTRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012Installation viewLayr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano Filko
TRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012
Installation view
Layr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano FilkoMERCURY and the Sun, 2012Plexiglas, mixed media300 x 200 cm

Stano Filko
MERCURY and the Sun, 2012
Plexiglas, mixed media
300 × 200 cm

Stano FilkoTRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012Installation viewLayr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano Filko
TRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012
Installation view
Layr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano FilkoThe SUN, 2012Plexiglas, mixed media300 x 200 cm

Stano Filko
The SUN, 2012
Plexiglas, mixed media
300 × 200 cm

Stano FilkoTRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012Installation viewLayr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano Filko
TRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012
Installation view
Layr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano FilkoJUPITER Saturn, 2012Plexiglas, mixed media300 x 200 cm

Stano Filko
JUPITER Saturn, 2012
Plexiglas, mixed media
300 × 200 cm

Stano FilkoJUPITER Saturn, 2012Plexiglas, mixed media300 x 200 cm

Stano Filko
JUPITER Saturn, 2012
Plexiglas, mixed media
300 × 200 cm

Stano FilkoVAKUUMSF, 2012Mixed media100 x 100 x 25 cm

Stano Filko
VAKUUMSF, 2012
Mixed media
100 × 100 × 25 cm

Stano FilkoNEPTUNE, 2012Plexiglas, mixed media300 x 200 cm

Stano Filko
NEPTUNE, 2012
Plexiglas, mixed media
300 × 200 cm

Stano FilkoPLATON, 2012Plexiglas, mixed mediaDetail view

Stano Filko
PLATON, 2012
Plexiglas, mixed media
Detail view

Stano FilkoTRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012Installation viewLayr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano Filko
TRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012
Installation view
Layr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano FilkoTRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012Exterior viewLayr An der Hülben, Vienna

Stano Filko
TRANZSCENDENTEAOQ 5.4.3.D = METODIKA = INTELIGENTEAOQ, 2012
Exterior view
Layr An der Hülben, Vienna

Galerie Emanuel Layr is pleased to announce Stano Filko’s first solo show at the gallery, an exhibition of new works by the Slovak artist, opening on Thursday, January 26.

The ‘vacuum’ originally represented the ideal of empty space in antiquity. For Plato and Aristotle such a substance was frightening and impossible. Aristotle refused the notion, stating, “a vacuum does not exist”. However, since antiquity generations of physicists and philosophers, as well as psychologists and artists, have considered the concept of “total emptiness” useful and inspiring. Yet the concept of the vacuum no longer represents an ideal empty space; it has come to simply mean a space that is empty of matter.  From modern particle physics we learn that the vacuum is considered the ground state of matter. The most representative and enigmatic moment for such a state of matter is the BIG BANG. This is what Stano Filko takes as the subject matter for his new show at Galerie Emanuel Layr – the vacuum as an intermediary phase between, before and after the UNIVERSE. Filko’s concept of the vacuum is, of course, not a direct answer, but rather an indirect conceptual and imaginative background to Leibniz’ famous question: Warum ist überhaupt etwas und nicht vielmehr nichts? (Fedor Blascak)

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