Werner Reiterer

1964, born in Graz (Austria), lives and works in Vienna (Austria). Interventions in public spaces, sculptures, photographs, and technically elaborate installations, most of which actively involve the viewer in the work, emerge from the graphic series “Gezeichnete Ausstellungen” (Drawn Exhibitions). This basis of Werner Reiterer's artistic work, a series of pencil drawings, each measuring 70 x 50 cm, was created in 1996. Drawing is a medium that allows the artist to reorganize relationships between objects and ideas in unexpected ways. Reiterer exploits this potential, making ironic leaps of imagination that undermine our expectations and raise questions about the way we see and understand the world. Akin to a sophisticated form of note-taking, his works have a humorous and absurd quality all their own, while together they form an ongoing catalogue of the artist’s limitless reflections upon reality. Because Werner Reiterer's entire artistic approach is very close to the human being, his works can also often speak or breathe, asking the viewer to take certain actions and have a very pronounced interactive level. The viewer is not only actively involved in the conception and realization of the work as a "living, sculptural material," but is also an essential component of the work. He also realized numerous temporary or permanent works in public space, aiming to implant sculptural elements capable of redefining a space. 

Werner Reiterer studied graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He is a member of the Forum Stadtpark, Graz and the Vienna Secession. 

His work was exhibited, for instance, at Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems, Austria, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria (2019), Wien Museum MUSA, Vienna, Austria (2018), Broad Art Museum, East Landing, USA (2017) and many others. His work has been shown at Galerie Krinzinger in four solo exhibitions since 2004. 

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2013

Werner Reiterer

7 September - 26 October 2013

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2009

Werner Reiterer

8 May - 27 June 2009

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2006

Werner Reiterer: Meisterwerke

8 April - 13 May 2006

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Exhibition at Nicolas Krupp - 2003

Werner Reiterer: Anfänge der Raumfahrt

4 April - 31 May 2003

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Werner Reiterer

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Werner Reiterer

Publications
  • Werner Reiterer Ego is a highway!, 2013

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Untitled (Ein Kunstwerk mit Inhalt befüllen), 2013

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Portrait of the Mount Everest as he will appear in 1 000 000 000 years, 2013

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Anorexic idea, 2011

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Untitled (Der Ausstellungsbesucher), 2011

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Untitled (To shout space), 2011

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Portrait, 2010

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Selbstmord, 2010

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Concrete-Cloud meets Mountain, 2010

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer It could have been different!, 2010

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Me as a coffin, 2009

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Announcing the vacuum, 2009

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Seaman’s yarn, 2009

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Untitled, 2009

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Roman Jakobson’s mental backstage process before saying: yes, 2009

    Die gezeichneten Ausstellungen
    Pencil on paper
    70 × 50 cm
  • Werner Reiterer Euer Anker ist mir Wasser, 2015

    Plastic, hair, textile, color
    98 × 73 × 75 cm

         Werner Reiterer Ego, 2013

    Iron, paint
    110,5 × 50 × 47 cm
    Edition: 3

         Werner Reiterer Anna F., 2013

    Carpet, foam material, whistles
    1,5 × 212 × 140 cm

         Werner Reiterer The Adolf Hitler as Charlie Chaplin Monument, 2012

    Wood, hair, paint
    165 × 13,5 × 15,5 cm

         Werner Reiterer Alter Mann, 2011

    Ceiling lamp, key, light bulb
    80 × 30 × 30 cm
    Edition: 6

         Werner Reiterer Training Democrazy, 2010

    Wood, paint, plastic
    114 × 93 × 72 cm
    Edition: 2

         Werner Reiterer When Feminism Becomes Form, 2010

    Electric cooker, loud speaker, record player, diverse electronics
    88 × 50,5 × 101 cm
    Edition: 3

         Werner Reiterer Portrait, 2010

    Gebinde
    174 × 50 × 34 cm

         Werner Reiterer March on Washington, 2009

    Wood, demonstrations slogans
    150 × 150 × 110 cm

         Werner Reiterer Cooking an Idea While Sleeping, 2009

    E-Herd, Luftbefeuchter, Bewegungssensor, Kochtopf
    53 × 114 × 66 cm
    Edition: 3

         Werner Reiterer Untitled, 2008

    Loudspeaker, various electronics, cable, transformator, clock
    63 × 30 × 87 cm
    Edition: 3

         Werner Reiterer The Halo-Lounge, 2008

    Foam, textile
    50 × 250 × 250 cm
    Edition: 3

         Werner Reiterer Bang the bomb!, 2008

    Foam plastic, electronics, loudspeaker, rope
    190 × 60 × 60 cm
    Edition: 3

         Werner Reiterer Sigi, 2006

    Diverse electronics, sound, plastics, bed
    165 × 146 × 165 cm

         Werner Reiterer Untitled, 2005

    2 kitbags, loudspeakers, sundry electronics
    82 × 79 × 48 cm

         Werner Reiterer Studie über Fliegenpilz, 2003

    Adhesive films, blower, table tennis balls, motion detector
    100 × 220 × 230 cm

         Werner Reiterer Get him by the ball, 2001

    Wood, lacquer
    173 × 46 × 50 cm

         Werner Reiterer Untitled, 1998

    Wood, paint, felt pen
    53 × 99 × 70 cm
  • Werner Reiterer Untiteld (Bergenz Landesmuseum), 2013

    Drawing
    85,5 x 116,5 cm

         Werner Reiterer Untiteld (Leoben LKH), 2013

    Photo, drawing
    112 x 148,8 cm

         Werner Reiterer Life Isn´t Funny / Life is Great, 2013

    Photo, drawing
    111,5 x 183,4 cm

         Werner Reiterer Handle with Care (Leipzig), 2013

    Photo, drawing
    139,7 x 201 cm

         Werner Reiterer Boarding, 2012

    Photo, drawing
    133,5 x 102,5 cm

         Werner Reiterer Vergessen was werden kann!, 2012

    Drawing
    90 x 107,6 cm

         Werner Reiterer Speaker´s Corner!, 2012

    Photo, drawing
    104 x 186,8 cm

         Werner Reiterer Liquid Black Night Fountain!, 2012

    Drawing
    119 x 118,8 cm

         Werner Reiterer Announcing the Missed!, 2012

    Photo, drawing
    98 x 137,9 cm

         Werner Reiterer WC/WM, Hannover, 2006

    Photo, drawing
    87 x 137 cm
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