Heimo Zobernig

This installation was created for the Generali Foundation’s former office in downtown Vienna, which also functioned as an exhibition space for site-specific installations. Here, Zobernig, who often uses furnishings as sculpture, addresses the ambivalent situation of a gallery-cum-office or an office-cum-gallery. The five “bar tables,” each painted in a different color (black, white, gray, brown, orange), evoke a sense of being use-objects. Furniture of this kind is often seen in communicative situations, such as in a canteen or at a press conference. But since these are sculptures, works of art, one is not permitted to use or even touch them. (Sabine Breitwieser/Nadja Wiesener)