Music by Glass and Shostaktovich
"A wonderful musical summer evening" - "This is beautiful" - "The performance was outstanding." These and similar were the reactions of the audience at the concert at KiS in early July 2024. The cedag quartet performed two string quartets no. 3: the one by Philip Glass, which was originally recorded for the film "Mishima - a [...]
The image of the flower. Flower pictures
Ross Bleckner did not personally travel from New York to Seefeld for the opening of his exhibition at the end of June 2024. However, he conveyed his thoughts as a text contribution for the catalog, which was published on the occasion of the exhibition. "any interest I have in flowers is an interest I actually have in images of flowers", [...]
Vernissage with flowers and words
In his speech, Rafael Jablonka described his friend Ross Bleckner's flower paintings as a declaration of love for painting. Numerous guests and admirers of the painter from near and far attended the opening of the exhibition in Seefeld's old fire station. For example (in our photo) Pam Korten, US curator and art historian, who [...]
Works from 1995 to 2022
"I've been painting flowers for a long time, but I don't see them as flowers." Ross Bleckner's paintings on this theme deal with time and transience, with light and darkness and, in recent years, increasingly with age, as the artist himself says. At KiS, Rafael Jablonka is showing works by [...]
Our current projects
July offers two events as part of Ross Bleckner's exhibition. On July 23, we invite children (of primary school age) to KiS. Juliana Haider (photo @Kulowska), who has a lot of experience in children's theater, will organize an exciting hour with two groups on the topic of "Reading Pictures". And at the beginning of the month we had the [...]
Exhibition catalogs & art posters
Exhibitions, talks with artists, concerts, readings ... The Alte Feuerwehrhalle in Seefeld has become a meeting place for contemporary art of all genres since the start of exhibition activities in 2021. Recently, you can also purchase exhibition and artist catalogs as well as art posters from us. Interested? Then find out more about our offer. With [...]
Pia Fries in conversation at the finissage
Pia Fries' exhibition came to an end in March 2024 with an exciting round of talks. Maria-Anna Meßner-Haidenthaler from the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum conducted the discussion with the artist and Rafael Jablonka. "Basically, I want to paint a good picture", Pia Fries summed up her working method in a simple way. To then [...]
Reading with saxophone accompaniment
Every poem, even the shortest, can turn into a blossoming poem, it could probably even explode, for immeasurable stores of glory and cruelty are hidden everywhere, waiting patiently for our gaze ...
This is how "Erblühendes Poem" begins, a poem by Adam Zagajewski, which Alexandra Maria Jablonka (right) read at a [...]
Experience exclusively for KiS members
Wonderful experience, great art, unforgettable impressions ... These and similar are the reactions of the participants in the guided tours through Rafael Jablonka's Schaulager. In these rooms, the collector and KiS initiator displays parts of his collection of important works of contemporary art. The photo shows Miquel Barceló's "Des Meduses", in the [...]
Opening with Friedhelm Mennekes
The advice of Friedhelm Mennekes, who introduced the works of Pia Fries at the opening of tausend : einerlei, referred to the question of the meaning of art. In his experience, it should be lived, "because when things are shaky and wobbly, art helps." Mennekes, Jesuit and expert, who among other things [...]
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The Schaulager, where Rafael Jablonka exhibits important works of contemporary art, is always presenting itself in a new way. He has collected Eric Fischl's Krefeld Project, Mike Kelley's Kandor, works by Francesco Clemente, Nobuyoshi Araki, David LaChapelle and Andy Warhol in the course of his life as a gallery owner, exhibits them and repeatedly invites a small circle of art lovers to [...]
Evening with Siggi & Juliana Haider
Accordionist and composer Siggi Haider not only knew Werner Pirchner personally and recorded the 'Sonata vom rauhen Leben' with him in the recording studio, he also plays on the accordion that Pirchner, who died in 2001, had specially made for him. Together with his daughter Juliana (saxophone and vocals), Siggi Haider interpreted the [...]
Jesuit priest holds introduction
Great interest at the opening of David LaChapelle's exhibition: Jesuit Father Friedhelm Mennekes (second from right) gave exciting insights into the biblical scenes from "Jesus is My Homeboy" from the perspective of the Church. Father Mennekes, who as an art expert advises the Vatican, among others, was enthusiastic about LaChapelle's photographic interpretations, which for him [...]
Sarah Bogner's "Liebe und Blamage"
The pastel-colored horses with their accompanying creatures, made by Sarah Bogner for the Alte Feuerwehrhalle in Seefeld, fascinated the visitors of the vernissage. Despite driving snow, numerous interested people came to take a first look at "Love and Blame" - the title of the exhibition. Thus, also KiS association chairwoman Elisabeth [...]
Bach, Reich, Gordon
The exhibition of Andy Warhol's "Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century" provided a fitting backdrop for a special concert. The young cellist Valerie Fritz (right) played Johann Sebastian Bach, Steve Reich and Michael Gordon, and author Friederike Gösweiner read the poem "Going to Lemberg" by Adam Zagajewski. This Polish poet, who died in 2021 [...]