Heimo Wallner
At the Neiman Center, Heimo Wallner produced Wallpaper I and II, portfolios of 12 and 16 screenprints, respectively, that when assembled together form two distinct “wallpaper” installations. Inspired by the automatic drawing practice of the Surrealists, Wallner explores the unconscious in the manipulated body parts, uncanny actions and strange expressions of his drawn figures in an attempt to create what he calls "a vocabulary of emotions.” The protagonist of Wallner’s narratives is an elemental, detached everyman depicted nude with a mask-like face and empty eyes who often acts out in vulgar, violent or self-destructive ways.
Wallner (b. 1961, Salzburg, Austria) studied sculpture at the Vienna Academy of Art. His work has been exhibited in Europe and the United States. In addition to prints and drawings, he has worked on several animated film projects which make use of extensive frame-by-frame drawing. Wallner runs an artist-in-residence program, Hotel Pupik, in Schwarzenberg'schen Meirie in Schrattenberg, Austria.
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Wallpaper I, 2006
Portfolio of 12 screenprints
Sheet: 23 ½ x 23 ¾ inches
Image: 22 ¾ x 22 ¾ inches
Paper: Coventry Rag
Edition: 9
$3,000
Wallpaper II, 2006
Portfolio of 16 screenprints
Sheet: 23 ½ x 23 ¾ inches
Image: 22 ¾ x 22 ¾ inches
Paper: Coventry Rag
Edition: 9
$3,500
