MARIO KIESENHOFER - SURROUNDINGS

2 June – 2 July, 2022

PETER HAY HALPERT FINE ART
in cooperation with
Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art

521 West 26th Street, First Floor
New York, NY 10001

Tue – Fri: 11 am – 6pm
Sat: 11 am – 4 pm
and by appointment:
+1 646 220-8657 | phh@phhfineart.com

ARTIST RECEPTION 9 JUNE 2022, 6 – 8 PM

Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art is pleased to present Surroundings, an exhibition by emerging queer artist Mario Kiesenhofer. For his first solo show in the United States, Kiesenhofer blurs body representations and maps queer surroundings. He focuses on safe spaces used by the gay community for intimate encounters and sexual interactions, as well as representations of gay men in virtual settings reflecting how they create and control these spaces. The artist explores these surroundings with his camera, appropriates pictures of online dating profiles and covers the photographs with grey or etched glass, creating highly formal lens-based objects that blur realities.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a panel discussion at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York:

Mapping Queer Surroundings
A Panel on Visibility and Space

14 June, 2022, 7 pm
Austrian Cultural Forum New York
11 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022
Registration required: events@acfny.org

For further information on the exhibition, download the press release here:
PRESS RELEASE (PDF)

The exhibition is generously supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum New York and the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of the Republic of Austria.