---
type: exposition
title: "21er Raum: The Gestural"
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/21er-raum-gestural"
---

# 21er Raum: The Gestural 

![Oil on canvas  100 × 190,5 cm](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_468272260130.jpg.webp?itok=S4S6-_hw) 

**Duration:** 8 September 2016 - 20 November 2016

**Centered around gesture in painting and inspired by a recent donation to the Belvedere – the informal work *Rouges différents sur noir - Liechtenstein* (1956/57) by Markus Prachensky – the exhibition explores aspects revolving brushwork by way of juxtaposition.**

Prachensky’s work has ostensibly to do with the gestural impulse and the energy transmitted to the canvas. Generally, the brush stroke itself stands as a metaphor for art and refers critically to the closely associated myth of the artist, the question of individual authorship, and artistic authenticity, especially within a contemporary context. This exhibition tries to find answers to these questions and also observes how the reception of the painterly gesture evolved during the ages of mechanical reproduction and medialisation.  

With works by Thomas Bayrle, Andy Boot, Christian Falsnaes, Roy Lichtenstein, Klaus Mosettig, Laura Owens, Markus Prachensky und Roman Signer.  

Curated by Severin Dünser.  

Exhibition text (in German)

### [Belvedere 21](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/belvedere-21)

**Opening hours:** Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am - 6 pm; Late Night: Thursday, 11 am - 9 pm

**Address:** Belvedere 21, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there](<https://www.google.com/maps?q=Belvedere 21,+Arsenalstraße 1,+1030+Vienna>))

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## Impressions

- ![Oil on canvas  100 × 190,5 cm — Markus Prachensky "Rouges différents sur noir &#150; Liechtenstein", 1956/57 — Donation by Brigitte Prachensky](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272260130_0.jpg.webp?itok=pMGkj4K_)
- ![pencil on paper  approx. 154 x 214 cm — Klaus Mosettig, Informel 2, 2014 — Courtesy Sammlung Hainz, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272258729.jpg.webp?itok=Wb8m6MYd)
- ![21er Raum: Das Gestische — Exhibition View "The Gestural" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272260374.jpg.webp?itok=cM1vVU-A)
- ![21er Raum: Das Gestische — Exhibition View "The Gestural" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272266810.jpg.webp?itok=PZzaGYse)
- ![rhythmic gymnastics strap, wax, wooden frame   100 x 70 cm — Andy Boot, Untitled (light blue), 2012 — Courtesy private collection, Vienna and Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272260959.jpg.webp?itok=74GPffrI)
- ![106,7 x 124,5 cm — Roy Lichtenstein, Little Big Painting Reproduction, 1968 — Courtesy Gerald Hartinger Fine Arts, Vienna and Galerie von Vertes, Zurich, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272260960.jpg.webp?itok=D6FyQJ9M)
- ![21er Raum: Das Gestische — Exhibition opening "The Gestural" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272277756.jpg.webp?itok=U8WvxyN5)