TRONIES | A group exhibition

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Introduction:

34 contemporary artists on view now at the Christine König Gallery in Vienna.

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July 3, 2022

Christine König Gallery

Tronies

Munchies Art Club shares the group exhibition presented by the Austrian Christine König Gallery.

christine koenig gallery, kristof santy — KRISTOF SANTY | *Tronie vrouw*, 2022 | Oil on canvas | 45 x 30 cm, framed 47 x 32 x 4,5 cm | Courtesy Christine König Galerie, Vienna and the artist

Participating artists:

exhibition view tronies, group show, galerie christine könig — Exhibition view *TRONIES*, Christine König Galerie, Vienna 2022 | Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com / Manuel Carreon Lopez

The exhibition is on view till 14 Jan 2023

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Friday 10 am - 6 pm

Saturday 11 am - 4 pm

contemporary prominent vienna gallery — Exhibition view *TRONIES*, Christine König Galerie, Vienna 2022 | Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com / Manuel Carreon Lopez

Address:

Christine König Galerie

Schleifmühlgasse 1a,

1040 Vienna

Austria

contemporary art daily, on view, christine könig gallery — Exhibition view *TRONIES*, Christine König Galerie, Vienna 2022 | Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com / Manuel Carreon Lopez

Press text:

TRONIES, also known as "character heads“, explore the spectrum of human physiognomy and expression of emotions: often also half figures, whose faces are portrayed as realistically as they are expressively strong.

munchies art club online art magazine, adela janska — ADÉLA JANSKÁ | I am watching, you can play, 2022 | Oil and acrylic on canvas | 210 x 140 cm | Courtesy Christine König Galerie, Vienna and the artist

In the past, TRONIES were characterized by a particularly virtuoso use of artistic means and reflected characterological ideas that belong to the early history of psychology.

group exhibition, art in vienna, on view now — Exhibition view *TRONIES*, Christine König Galerie, Vienna 2022 | Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com / Manuel Carreon Lopez

These works are not intended as portraits but as studies of expression, type, physiognomy or an interesting character such as an old man or woman, a young woman, the soldier, the shepherdess, the oriental, or an artist etc.

tronies, group show vienna, what to see, art — Exhibition view *TRONIES*, Christine König Galerie, Vienna 2022 | Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com / Manuel Carreon Lopez

‍"Don't fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and a chat and learn their names and talk about the burns on their fingers and scratches on their ankles. Some of them are very nice." (Charles Bukowski)

catherin hoffmann, sculpture, clay, on view now — CATHRIN HOFFMANN | *It Hits Hard Then It Slowly Fades*, 2021 | Oil and acrylic on ceramic, paint on modelling clay, plastic with steel | 43 x 25 x 19 cm |Courtesy Christine König Galerie, Vienna and the artist

"I never painted dreams.

I painted my own reality.

I paint self-portraits

because I am so often alone,

because I am the person

I know best.

So absurd and fleeting is our step through this world, that only leaves me at peace knowing that I have been authentic, that I have managed to be the most similar to myself." (Frida Kahlo)