Press release

Bold and free, funny, touching, disturbing – exhibits by 50 international artists show that eccentricity involves far more than outrageousness or decadence. Rejecting all forms of ideology, it is a social driver of freedom and tolerance. Around 100 works, including painting, sculpture, installation art, video, and design present a celebration of diversity beyond all rigid norms and cliches. They illustrate the perspective of the ‘ex centro’, the view from outside a fictitious centre.

The exhibition ECCENTRIC explores the multifaceted spectrum of identity and humanity. The artists experiment in a variety of different media, using the most diverse materials and techniques. They observe and process on their motifs and subjects from the most surprising perspectives. They distort, deform or liquefy figures and forms, combining them into hybrid or amorphous compositions.

Curated by Eva Karcher and Bernhart Schwenk

Participating artists: Jean-Marie Appriou, Yael Bartana, Christian Bérard, Joseph Beuys, John Bock, Shannon Cartier Lucy, Maurizio Cattelan, Julian Charrière, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Judy Chicago, Salvador Dalí, James Sidney Ensor, Max Ernst, Jana Euler, EVA & ADELE, Sylvie Fleury, Philipp Fürhofer, Simon Fujiwara, Gelitin, Isa Genzken, Alberto Giacometti, Gilbert & George, Andreas Greiner, Andy Hope, Klará Hosnedlová, Melli Ink, Rashid Johnson, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Paul McCarthy, Jonathan Meese, Orlan, Grayson Perry, Francis Picabia, Paola Pivi, Christina Quarles, Monty Richthofen, Pipilotti Rist, Bunny Rogers, Raqib Shaw, Cindy Sherman, Santiago Sierra, Sophia Süßmilch, Mickalene Thomas, Anna Uddenberg, Andy Warhol, Ambera Wellmann, Issy Wood, Zadie Xa, Lu Yang, Heimo Zobernig