Into the Vortex | The work of Peter Kogler

The spatial illusions of pipes, tubes and tracks evoke a nearly claustrophobic feeling. Peter Kogler’s static designs create a blaze of disoriention. DIRIMART Gallery, Istanbul, 2011
The spatial illusions of pipes, tubes and tracks evoke a nearly claustrophobic feeling. Peter Kogler’s static designs create a blaze of disoriention. DIRIMART Gallery, Istanbul, 2011

 

Spacial illusions turn walls into a whirling vortex.

Peter Kogler’s geometric patterns transform flat, white walls into dizzying underground tunnels. The artist’s contoured lines that blanket gallery walls employ curves and swoops to make viewers feel as if they’ve been sucked into a whirling vortex. Some of his designs encompass entire hallways allowing the spectator to move physically through the patterns.

 

MSU, museum of contemporary art Zagreb, 2014 Peter Kogler’s geometric patterns transform flat, white walls into dizzying underground tunnels.
Peter Kogler’s geometric patterns transform flat, white walls into dizzying underground tunnels. MSU, museum of contemporary art Zagreb, 2014

 

Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, 2014
Since 1984 Kogler has used computer technology in the creative process.

 

Austrian artist Peter Kogler began his artistic journey “by adopting the tradition of conceptual and media art, and by developing his explorations at the intersection of different disciplines and media – performance, video, film, painting, computer art, sculpture, and architecture. Kogler has been interested in new, innovative art practices, not only in the field of visual, but also in performative arts, sound and music. In his numerous multimedia projects, executed in different media, the virtual has become the realm of the real and the boundaries of architecture acquired a new dimension.” Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art

Peter Kogler, gallery  Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, 2011
The creative possibilities of the computer as a medium that abolished physical limitations brought decisive impetuses into Peter Kogler’s work and enabled him to create an extremely interesting and impressive oeuvre. Gallery Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, 2011

 

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