Singerstraße 27
Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up
Kai Althoff, Larry Clark, Lili Dujourie, William Gaucher, Brook Hsu, Sergej Jensen, Oscar Kargruber, Felix Krapp-Raczek, Silke Otto-Knapp, Trevor Shimizu, Kazuyuki Takezaki, Vunkwan Tam, Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Franz West
Display by Anna Hostek and Bartholomaeus Wächter // Curated by Lou von der Heyde for curated by 2026: LOVE
September 11 – October 17, 2026
Events
Friday, September 18, 2026
4:00 p.m. Guided Tour
Saturday, September 26, 2026
1:00 p.m. Guided Tour
Friday, October 9, 2026
4:00 p.m. Guided Tour
Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up, 2026
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna
Brook Hsu
Study of Titian’s Flaying of Marsyas, 2024
Ink on canvas
140.5 × 240 × 3.8 cm
© Brook Hsu, Courtesy the artist and Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin and Munich, and Layr, Vienna
photo: Jason Mandella
Sergej Jensen
Untitled, 2026
Oil on sewn linen
63.5 × 85 × 2 cm
© Sergej Jensen, Courtesy the artist, Galerie Neu, Berlin, and Layr, Vienna
Trevor Shimizu
2025 Midwinter Break, 2025
Oil on canvas
132.08 × 124.46 cm
© Trevor Shimizu, Courtesy the artist and 47 Canal, New York, and Layr, Vienna
Installation view
Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up, 2026
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna
Oscar Kargruber
Untitled (Landscape), 2025
Oil on panel, artist’s frame
124.5 × 198 × 4 cm
© Oscar Kargruber, Courtesy the artist and Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt, and Layr, Vienna
Installation view
Franz West
Diwan (Divan), ca. 1994
Steel, foam/foam rubber and linen
ca. 80 × 220 × 100 cm
© Archiv Franz West, © Estate Franz West, Courtesy Layr, Vienna and Franz West Privatstiftung
Installation view
Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up, 2026
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna
Vunkwan Tam
Galliard, 2025
Plastic
22 × 20 × 13.5 cm
© Vunkwan Tam, Courtesy the artist and Empty Gallery, Hong Kong
William Gaucher
Archaic Torso of Apollo, 2026
Oil and beads on canvas
85 × 65 cm
© William Gaucher, Courtesy the artist and Layr, Vienna
Kazuyuki Takezaki
Double Negative, 2023
Oil on canvas
33 × 24 cm
Courtesy Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, and Layr, Vienna
Installation view
Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up, 2026
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna
Kai Althoff
o.T. , 2012-14
Offset print in nine parts on Design Offset natural white, 250 gsm
139.5 × 161 cm
© Kai Althoff, Courtesy the artist, Provinz Editionen and Layr, Vienna
Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up, 2026
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna
Felix Krapp-Raczek
Dancers III, 2026
Oil, pencil, cardboard on canvas
80 × 180 cm
© Felix Krapp-Raczek, Courtesy the artist and Layr, Vienna
Installation view
Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up, 2026
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna
Lili Dujourie
Sonnet, 1974
video, b/w, mute
7 min 18 sec
© Lili Dujourie. Courtesy of the artist and argos centre for audiovisual arts, Brussels
Installation view
Kazuyuki Takezaki
Board / Table, 2023
Oil on canvas
39.5 × 31.7 cm
Courtesy Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, and Layr, Vienna
Installation view
Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up, 2026
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna
Larry Clark
Untitled (T50), 1971
Photograph, b/w print
52.5 × 42 cm (framed)
Oscar Kargruber
Untitled (Landscape), 2025
Oil on panel, artist’s frame
124.5 × 198 × 4 cm
© Oscar Kargruber, Courtesy the artist and Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt, and Layr, Vienna
Installation view
Silke Otto-Knapp
Stage (YSL, spring/summer 1988; Braque collection; doves, guitars), 2016
Watercolor on canvas
130 × 160 cm
Installation view
Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up, 2026
Installation view
Layr Singerstraße, Vienna
Evelyn Taocheng Wang
Strudel on Imitation of Agnes Martin, 2026
Acrylic, pencil, and gesso on canvas
50 × 50 cm
© Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Courtesy the artist and Antenna Space, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and Layr, Vienna
All installation views by Kunst-Dokumentation.com
(EN)
Excerpt from “Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up”
[…]
It was raining outside. Or it had been raining for some time and I hadn’t noticed. The city lay behind the glass, blurred, unreal. Walter stepped beside me.
WALTER: And?
I covered the microphone with my hand.
I: What do you mean, ‘and’?
WALTER: Is everything all right now?
I: No.
He nodded. For a moment we were all reflected in the window, Walter, you and I; not Jerk, though I could hear his voice. I put my hand to the glass. It was cold.
JERK: What are you doing?
I saw our reflections, the pictures, the dark city, or the other way round. In the glass everything lay on top of everything else.
I: I’m trying to find something out.
JERK: What?
I thought of Althoff’s picture. Of the many stories, the explanations. You’ll never understand it. And: How lovely it would be if you could.
I: Whether one can love someone without understanding them.
There was a pause. I looked at you. You looked back. Walter raised his eyebrows.
JERK: And?
I: Don’t know.
(DE)
Ausschnitt aus „Walter or You jerk you didn’t call me up“
[…]
Draußen regnete es. Oder es regnete schon länger und ich hatte es nicht bemerkt. Die Stadt lag hinter dem Glas, verschwommen, unwirklich. Walter trat neben mich.
WALTER: Und?
Ich hielt die Hand über das Mikrofon.
ICH: Was und?
WALTER: Ist jetzt alles gut?
ICH: Nein.
Er nickte. Für einen Augenblick spiegelten wir uns alle im Fenster, Walter, du und ich; Jerk nicht, obwohl ich seine Stimme hörte. Ich legte die Hand an die Scheibe. Sie war kalt.
JERK: Was machst du?
Ich sah unsere Spiegelungen, die Bilder, die dunkle Stadt, oder umgekehrt. Im Glas lag alles übereinander.
ICH: Ich versuche, etwas herauszufinden.
JERK: Was?
Ich dachte an Althoffs Bild. An die vielen Geschichten, die Erklärungen. Ihr werdet das nie verstehen. Und: Wie schön wäre es, wenn ihr es könntet.
ICH: Ob man jemanden lieben kann, ohne ihn zu verstehen.
Es entstand eine Pause. Ich sah dich an. Du sahst zurück. Walter hob die Augenbrauen.
JERK: Und?
ICH: Weiß nicht.