VIENNA.- In films, installations, artworks in the outdoor space and exhibitions, Oliver Ressler (*1970) has been addressing urgent aspects of the economy, democracy, migration, the climate crisis, forms of resistance and social alternatives for around three decades. His works, which have been shown in art institutions as well as at festivals and at events organized by social and activist movements, take their starting point in documentary formats and take a committed stand. Oliver Ressler's exhibition at Belvedere 21 focuses on filmic works on the climate crisis.

Oliver Ressler produces installations, projects in public space, and films on economics, democracy, racism, climate breakdown, forms of resistance and social alternatives. He has completed forty-two films that have been screened in thousands of events of social movements, art institutions and film festivals. Ressler had comprehensive solo exhibitions at Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb; Neuer Berliner Kunstverein; MNAC – National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest; SALT Galata, Istanbul; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville; Museo Espacio, Aguascalientes. He has participated in more than 400 group exhibitions, including Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Centre Pompidou, Paris and the biennials in Taipei, Lyon, Gyumri, Venice, Athens, Quebec, Jeju, Kyiv, Gothenburg, Istanbul and at Documenta 14, Kassel, 2017. In 2002, Ressler won the first prize at the International Media Art Award of the ZKM in Karlsruhe and the Prix Thun for Art and Ethics Award in 2016.

The Belvedere is a World Heritage Site, a Baroque jewel, and the site of the Austrian State Treaty. It is both one of the oldest museums in the world and a venue for contemporary art. As one of the largest cultural institutions in the country and an Austrian landmark, we are faced with the challenge of evolving amidst the differing priorities of cultural and scientific demands, loyalty to the local community and tourism. While we follow our mission to preserve the past, we also seek to break new ground. We stand as a mediator of history and as an inconvenient interrogator of the present. We are the country's cultural hub of international standing, and exist in the transnational digital space.

Belvedere 21
Oliver Ressler: Dog Days Bite Back
March 1st, 2024 - June 2, 2024