Peter Kogler (1959) - California

Peter Kogler (1959), California, 1989/90.

12 offset prints on newspaper stock in transparent plastic sleeve (49.5 x 34.5 cm); newspaper 46.4 x 31.6 cm. Signed and numbered, 11/1000.

Condition: age-appropriate, but good. Newspaper slightly browned, plastic sleeve partially damaged. Photos are part of the condition report.

About
During a stay in Los Angeles, Peter Kogler mailed a designed page to Vienna every month, with each page published in the Austrian daily Der Standard. After the project concluded, all twelve newspaper pages were compiled as a complete multiple "California." The work combines newspaper, edition, and conceptual art and exemplifies Kogler's interest in serial image systems and the dissemination of art beyond the traditional museum space. The project was created as part of the activities of Museum in Progress, which integrated art specifically into public media.

Biography
Peter Kogler (1959) is among the most important figures in Austrian contemporary art and is regarded as a pioneer of computer-generated art as well as immersive media installations. Since the 1980s, he has developed a distinctive visual vocabulary of repeated motifs such as ants, brains, pipe systems and network-like structures, through which he links architecture, perception, and digital information systems. His works move between graphics, sculpture, printmaking, video, and immersive spatial installations and have been presented at, among others, documenta, the Venice Biennale, and in renowned museums such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, and mumok Vienna. Peter Kogler's works are today in numerous international museum and private collections and are among the defining positions in media art and conceptual contemporary art.