The artwork features a striking monochromatic desert landscape, captured in a photographic style. The visual composition is defined by bold geometric shapes and lines, creating a sense of depth and perspective. The overall tone is muted, with a focus on the interplay of light and shadow across the arid terrain. The artist's use of abstract elements and minimalist techniques evokes a contemplative and introspective mood, inviting the viewer to consider the relationship between the natural environment and the human-made world. This piece reflects the artist's intention to explore the intersection of realism and abstraction in contemporary landscape photography. ...
Blending staged scenes with digital manipulation, this multidisciplinary approach navigates the space between documentary and fiction. Rodrigo Valenzuela’s photography, video, and installation work engage in a semiotic and politically charged critique of social constructs and civic institutions within a post-capitalist context. His photographic compositions evoke transitional urban environments—spaces tied to construction, decay, and moments of social unrest. These settings, already layered as simulacra of reality, are further complicated by his method of rephotographing installations built upon his own photographic backdrops. This process creates a complex spatial displacement, blurring the line between the real and the constructed. Valenzuela’s work poetically examines liminal spaces—thresholds where cities and lives exist in flux, caught between emergence and decline. Inspired by his travels across the United States, he captures overlooked landscapes that reveal the forgotten margins of the American Dream—discarded, neglected, and unseen by many. Through this practice, his art challenges societal blind spots and invites deeper reflection on cultural narratives and their environments. ...
Galerie Kandlhofer is a young Austrian gallery, founded in 2016 situated in the centre of Vienna. With a focus on supporting emerging talents, the gallery represents Austrian and international artists, with a multifaceted program ranging from painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and installations to a series dedicated to contemporary video works and performances.
Represented Gallery artists are: Hermann Nitsch, Richie Culver, Acaye Kerunen, Sofia Borges, Faye Wei Wei, Frauke Dannert, Karl Karner, Alina Kunitsyna, James English Leary, Xie Lei, Nana Mandl, Hannah Perry, Maximilian Prüfer, Markus Redl, Rodrigo Valenzuela, Marc Henry, Alicia Viebrock. ...
