Curated by_Vienna 2021: Krinzinger Schottenfeld
On the level or the man who fell out of bed, curated by artist Jannis Varelas.
Curatorial statement:
This exhibition will be about perception, transformation and misunderstandings. I believe these are core elements of this year's topic of curated by, Comedy. On the level or the man who fell out of bed, deals with the reverse comprehension of language as a process that starts with knowing the sounds and images of words but not being able to understand their meaning, a bit like me and German language. This would be an ideal situation as Roland Barthes pouts it in his Éléments de sémiologie, a way to enter the magical world of the incomprehensible, like seeing something for the first time.In this context and from a certain point of view, everything can be perceived as elusive as possible and all things possibly can become projections of one self: the carnivalesque essence of life in all its glory, humankind at will. On the other hand and learning from the Ovidian concept of metamorphoses, one could argue that what we see as what it is, is what it has become, a transformation that gives form and meaning to what is there according to its past. In other words, the tragicomedy of life and the hilarious drama of the misunderstanding of what one should do in order to achieve what he wants.

Vito Acconci

Stephen Aldahl

Korakrit Arunanondchai

Atelier Van Lieshout

Mario Ayala

John Bock

Monica Bonvicini

Chris Burden

Hugo Canoilas

Björn Dahlem

Alex Eagleton

Herbert Fritsch

Apostolos Georgiou

Tasos Gkaintatzis

Franz Graf

Martin Grandits

Rachel Harrison

Max Hooper Schneider

Linzy Kalup

Dionisis Kavallieratos

Brigitte Kowanz

Calvin Marcus

Mike Kelley Paul McCarthy

Ben Noam

Meret Oppenheim

Jon Rafman

Jessi Reaves

Eva Schlegel

Jim Shaw

Andreas Slominski

Daniel Spoerri

Iiu Susiraja

Paul Thek

Jannis Varelas

H. Vassilis

Karl Wirsum

Chloe Wise

Thomas Zipp

Curator:
Jannis Varelas (b. 1977, Greece) currently lives and works in Athens, Vienna and Los Angeles.
Selected solo shows include: "Double-Blind", The Breeder Gallery, Athens (2021); "The Island", Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki (2020); "Jannis Varelas - Tennis Elbow", The Journal Gallery, New York (2019); "Anima I", curated by Polina Kosmadaki and Yorgos Tzirtzilakis, The Benaki Museum, Athens (2019); “Our House”, Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm (2018); “Monster”, Onassis Cultural Center, Athens (2017); “A Duck and a Crutch”, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (2016); “Sleep My Little Sheep Sleep”, Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati (2012); “Brown Box and the Broken Theater”, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (2012). 
Selected group shows include: “Distorted Portraits”, Space K Seoul, South Korea (2020); “Ametria”, DESTE Foundation/ Benaki Museum, Athens (2015); “Paper works from the Saatchi Collection”, Saatchi Gallery, London, (2013); “Hell As Pavilion”, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2013); “Skin Fruit: Selections from The Dakis Joannou Collection”, New Museum, New York (2010); “Lebt und arbeitet in Wien III: Stars in a Plastic Bag”, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien (2010); New Orleans Biennial Prospect 1, New Orleans (2008); “Destroy Athens”, 1st Athens Biennial, Athens (2007).
Curatorial projects include “Build Your Own House“, Dyo Choria Gallery, Greece 2017, “Galerie Utopia”, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2012).