a synesthetic concept by artist
PAUL RENNER

The Austrian Cultural Forum in Rome and Atelier Montez present the Austrian artist Paul Renner in Rome

14. November 2024 h 18:00 @ Austrian Cultural Forum in Rome

Paul Renner introduces the film “KUNST/ESSEN” (45 min., Austria, 2005) directed by Alex Hesse which illustrates the work of the Austrian artist Paul Renner, known internationally for how he combines art and cuisine, starting from The Hell Fire Dining Club (2004 at the Kunsthalle Wien). 

15. November 2024 h 19:00 @ Atelier Montez

Inauguration of the exhibition “L’Albero Della Cuccagna” by Paul Renner and culinary performance CHIAROSCURO created by the artist in collaboration with the chefs Elena Ambrosch and Manuel Opitz Hofstätter, who will propose a menu inspired by Judith and Holofernes paintings by Caravaggio, including the creative use of several parts of a bull’s head.

Assistant to Arnulf Rainer and Hermann Nitsch towards the end of the seventies, his interest turned towards the rarefied and disenchanted atmospheres of decadentism, particularly fascinated by the figures of D’Annunzio, Wilde and Huysmann. 
Among others, Paul Renner has exhibited his artworks at the Nitsch Foundation, at the Morra Foundation, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Kunsthalle Wien, Houston Contemporary Arts Museum, Contemporary Arts Institute Omaha, Galerie Leo Koenig New York, Galerie Konzett Wien, Imago Dei Festival Krems.

In 2000 Paul Renner founded the Hell Fire Touring Club in London, an association of chefs, artists, writers, artisans and collectors on an expedition to Europe and the Mediterranean, in search of Wunderkammer and mysterious characters.

He paints and stages naïve settings: vases, jugs and armchairs in a baroque style, dark colours, pregnant contours, mystical symbols and allegories, mythological scenes and memories of ancient popular legends. The dreamlike imagery is a continuous source of inspiration for Renner which introduces fantastic and visionary elements into his paintings.

look at Giuditta e Oloferne di Caravaggio in H.D.

CHIAROSCURO is the name of the culinary performance by the artist Paul Renner in the Atelier Montez in Rome. Together with chefs Elena Ambrosch and Manuel Opitz Hofstätter, he serves up a multi-course menu with the aim of stimulating our sensory organs to such an extent that Caravaggio’s painting “Giuditta e Oloferne” of the beheading of Holofernes by Judith is incorporated. This is a unique art production, with all its culinary refinements, which ultimately leads to bacchanalian excess.

Places are limited. The cost is €60/person.
To participate in Paul Renner’s culinary performance, reservations are required.

The exhibition “L’ Albero Della Cuccagna” by Paul Renner is open to the public from 15.11.2024 to 30.11.2024. Visits from Monday to Friday, between 15:00-20:00 or by appointment.

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