Tobias Rehberger


Untitled, 2007

Galeria Kaufhof, Dinea Restaurant, Hohe Straße 41–53, Mon–Thu 9:30 am – 8:00 pm, Fri–Sat 9:30 am – 9:00 pm

Tobias Rehberger (*1966) often works in functional and communicative contexts, which he transposes to an aesthetic dimension. For this exhibition, he has design-ed three pavilions of different proportions. However, his pastel colored, geometrical structures do not betray their purpose. Rehberger’s contribution is an allusion to prestigious museum buildings by famous architects, where talk is more concerned with the exteriors of the buildings 
than with the programs featured inside them. The title of the designs – “small,” “big,” and “very big cinema” – reflect the populist phrases of the advertising world, which attempts to turn museum buildings into profitable destinations for “event culture.” The accompanying text, in verse form, places his designs in relation to the situation of the European 
Kunsthalle. Descriptions of situations, a selection of opposite pairs, and grammatical stumbling blocks create analogies to the founding stage of the institution, which is currently weighing various options in terms of its future activities and architecture.