Peter Weiermair
A time considered


Excerpt from the Exhibition catalogue text, 10. Oktober - 23.November 2003

The artwork brought together and represented in this exhibition was created 40 years ago. The pieces make up not only an important element and part of Bruno Gironcoli´s artistic Œuvres, but are also informative documents of Austrian history of art in the 20th century. They lend themselves to a larger context that we can call the period of Austrian pop, a phase characterized by its engagement with both “deep psychology” and the phenomenon of Actionism. At this time Gironcoli was regarded as an interior architect within an informal group of artists which included Hollein and Pichler. One can place the later Environments in the neighbourhood of Actionism, especially that of Rudolf Schwarzkogler.