Kunstforum Salzkammergut Licht&Schatten

The ‘Light & Shadow’ exhibition at the Kammerhofgalerie Gmunden takes visitors on an impressive an impressive journey through the tensions of our time. From 9 April to 4 May 2025, the artists artists Alois Bauer, Stephan Unterberger and Lydia Wassner-Hauser will be showing in a powerful how light and shadow - both literally and figuratively - shape our lives and our perception. and our perception. Stephan Unterberger sheds light on the contrasts that are currently shaping our society: truth manipulation, progress and regression, solidarity and isolation. In his three-dimensional works with concrete, light is understood as a symbol of realisation and hope, while shadow represents the represents the hidden.

Unterberger uses this duality to focus on social issues such as climate change and social injustice. climate change and social injustice into focus. Reflections thematise the tense relationship between cause and effect - in society and in the individual. Lydia Wassner-Hauser approaches the subject of light and shadow from a sensitive and poetic perspective. poetic perspective. In her finely nuanced oil paintings on linen, opposites merge, dissolve into harmony and resonate with the viewer. For Wassner-Hauser, who has been Wassner-Hauser, who has been intensively exploring the theme of light in painting for 25 years, light is simply the moment when it becomes more than just colour, canvas and composition. The moment when stillness enters the picture. into the picture. Alois Bauer complements the exhibition experience with his powerful metal sculptures, which deliberately create contrasts contrasts and at the same time create spaces of connection.

Opening: Michael Wittig, spokesperson of the Kunstforum, in conversation with the artists For further information please contact: Stephan Unterberger (deputy spokesperson of the Kunstforum Salzkammergut) 0664 150 68 17 or mail@stephanunterberger.com In the 97th year of its existence, the Kunstforum Salzkammergut (until 2009 the Salzkammergut Artists' Guild) is fast approaching its 100th anniversary. the 100th year of its existence. The second oldest art association in Upper Austria has been representing artists from the region - artists with an international presence, with regional ties, who have emerged from their time and who correspond with the world in their own way.