Leander Schönweger
15th Istanbul Biennial
16 September – 12 December 2017
The 15th Istanbul Biennial opened on 16 September, 2017. Phileas co-produced a new work by Austrian-based artist Leander Schönweger, selected by the biennial’s curators Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset.
Phileas extended this collaboration to include the purchase of two of the artist’s works for the mumok collection, Vienna.
Leander Schönwenger (born 1986 in Meran, Italy) is an installation artist based in Vienna and Brussels. He constructs scenarios that tell no story, but create atmospheres with their own open, dreamlike logic. His installations seek to address the symbolic meanings of objects and situations on an individual subconscious level. At once familiar and foreign, his works evoke a sense of alienation as much as déjà-vu, triggering associations based on a viewer’s personal memories and the larger cultural matrix. Recent exhibitions include Open Skies, Wiels, Brussels (2019) and a good neighbour, 35th Istanbul Biennale (2017). He is the recipient of the Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2014.
