Horáková + Maurer
Photography \
17/04–03/06/2026
FOTOHOF Gallery
The work of Tamara Horáková and Ewald Maurer exemplifies the developments that led to the establishment of photography as an artistic medium in the 1980s. Their early work is characterized by large-format canvases coated with liquid light, site-specific installations, and a media-critical reflection on political events. Central to their work are their contributions to conceptual and abstract photography, to the theoretical discourse on the “basics” of the medium, and their interpretation of the digital and analog characteristics of imaging processes. Their comprehensive and, in terms of its materiality, “opulent” work (Werner Fenz) has received numerous awards, been exhibited, published, and collected.
At FOTOHOF, Horáková and Maurer take us on a journey through the history of the medium: from Daguerre's shoes to the era of high-tech laboratories shortly before their collapse to the look of the apps to which photography has shifted. 460 cm “Russian Ice” stand for the Russian invasion, and the “Face with Tears of Joy” mocks the essence of photography in the age of AI.
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Stadtgalerie Lehen, Eboran Gallery and FOTOHOF at Stadtwerk jointly invite you to a art walk through the neighborhood!
Always on a Wednesday, under the motto »Seeing Lehen«, free of charge, every other month, relaxed, with questions and answers, artists, curators and works »up close« and lots of information all around.
Meeting Point: Stadtgalerie Lehen | Inge-Morath-Platz 31 | 5020 Salzburg
In “Photography \” Horáková/Maurer focus on the multifaceted relationship between photography and painting in their joint work. Since the early 1990s, the artist duo has been developing a visual language in which photographic precision and painterly gestures intertwine, questioning and expanding each other.
Michaela Moscouw
With Michaela Moscouw, FOTOHOF>ARCHIV turns its attention in the exhibition at the >STUDIO to a collection that can undoubtedly be described as unusual. Undermining the preservative intent of an art archive, its parts have been taken apart, reused, and reworked by the artist. A revolution.