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Artist Statement

Crtam, a taj se kontinuirani proces manifestira u hrpama crteža, animacija i, kada je
to moguće: crtežima na zidovima – napravljenim brzo, s jasnim rokom. Ovi zidni
crteži me prisiljavaju da generiram slike na licu mjesta; male niti narativa kristaliziraju
se, isprepliću, povezuju i remete. Postaju ritam, tekstura, ornament: tapete.
Ljudsko stanje je moj plijen. Glupost (moja i opća) beskrajan izvor. Banalno i bitno,
dnevne vijesti nasuprot vječnim istinama, privatne bolne tajne pretvaraju se u
praktične šale – katarzu i prokletstvo odjednom.
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Heimo Wallner rođen je u Salzburgu u Austriji 1961. godine i studirao je kiparstvo na
Bečkoj akademiji umjetnosti. Izlagao je svoje radove u Europi, Japanu i Sjedinjenim
Državama. Heimo Wallner se prvenstveno izražava crtežom. Uspoređuju se s
„automatskim“ radovima ranih nadrealista. Wallner se bavi vrstom suspenzije svijesti
kao sredstvom izražavanja ideja i slika podsvijesti. Glavni protagonist u Wallnerovom
radu je gola figura s licem nalik maski i praznim očima – elementarni, odvojeni
„svatko“ koji prolazi kroz mlin ljudskih strahova i nada, opsesija i želja. Njegov rad
oscilira između zidnih crteža, crtanja/animacije i skulpture. Živi u Vermontu i Austriji
gdje je i kustos programa umjetnika u rezidenciji hotelpupik.

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Artist Statement
I draw, and this ongoing process manifests itself in piles of drawings, animations and
when possible: room drawings – made quickly, with a clear deadline, these wall
drawings force me to generate imagery on the spot and little strands of narratives
crystallise, interweave, connect, and disrupt. They become rhythm, texture,
ornament: wall paper.
The human condition is my quarry. Stupidity (my own and the general) an endless
source. The banal and the essential, daily news vs eternal truths, private painful
secrets turn into practical jokes – catharsis and damnation all at once.
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Heimo Wallner was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1961 and studied sculpture at the
Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. He has exhibited his work internationally. Heimo
Wallner’s primary work exists as drawing installations. They have been compared to
the “automatic” works of the early Surrealists. Wallner engages in a type of
suspension of the conscious mind as a means of expressing ideas and images of the
subconscious. The primary protagonist in Wallner’s work is a naked figure with a
mask-like face and empty eyes – an elemental, detached “everybody, – goes through
the mill of human fears and hopes, obsessions and desires.
His work oscillates between wall drawings, drawing/animation and sculpture.He lives
in Vermont and Austria where he also curates the artists in residence program
hotelpupik.