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Rudolf Polanszky

Born in 1951 in Vienna, Austrian artist Rudolf Polanszky is a key figure in the Vienna art scene who influenced and worked alongside artists such as Franz West and Dieter Roth.
His works are realized in processed and used materials such as acrylic glass, aluminum and cardboard. Rudolf Polanszky belongs to an illustrious generation of creative Austrian free spirits, like his close friend Franz West, who were always more interested in originality and the subconscious. Having made works for over 40 years and a spate of high-profile exhibitions at the at Museo Madre/Fondazione Morra Greco in Naples, and the Belvedere Museum and Secession in Vienna, Polanszky got major and well-deserved attention with inclusion in shows at the Rubell Family Collection in Miami and Beth Rudin DeWoody’s West Palm Beach-based The Bunker Artspace.

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Selected artworks

  • Rudolf Polanszky, Sitting picture, blue series n° 4, 1983-85

    Rudolf Polanszky Sitting picture, blue series n° 4, 1983-85

    Sitting picture, blue series n° 4, 1983 - 85
    Acrylic and various types of colored paint, glue, photopaper mounted on wood, in artist frame
    102,9 x 162,2 cm (framed)
    40 1/2 x 63 7/8 inches (framed)

  • Rudolf Polanszky, Coil Spring drawing, 1983

    Rudolf Polanszky Coil Spring drawing, 1983

    Coil Spring drawing, 1983
    Acrylic on paper, photographs mounted on wood, in artist frame
    109.8 x 189.6 cm
    43 1/4 x 74 5/8 in

  • Rudolf Polanszky, Reconstructions / Rorschach Transformations, 2010

    Rudolf Polanszky Reconstructions / Rorschach Transformations, 2010

    Reconstructions / Rorschach Transformations, 2010
    Aluminium, resin, silicone, acrylic glass, pigments, acrylic mounted on wood, in artist frame
    123.4 x 142 cm
    48 5/8 x 55 7/8 in

  • Rudolf Polanszky, Folding Sculpture, Flying Series No. 1, 2018

    Rudolf Polanszky Folding Sculpture, Flying Series No. 1, 2018

    Copper and steel pedestal
    204,5 x 163 x 75 cm
    80 1/2 x 64 1/8 x 29 1/2 inches

  • Rudolf Polanszky, Hypertransformations sculpture / folding sculpture, 2005

    Rudolf Polanszky Hypertransformations sculpture / folding sculpture, 2005

    Cardboard, acrylic paint, resin, plastic foil, silicone, resin, glue, on metal stand
    191 x 172,2 x 112 cm
    75 1/4 x 67 3/4 x 44 1/8 inches

  • Rudolf Polanszky, Hyperbolic, 2015

    Rudolf Polanszky Hyperbolic, 2015

    Copper, plastic foil, resin, silicone, glue, on metal stand - Variable dimensions
    215,5 x 218 x 80 cm
    84 7/8 x 85 7/8 x 31 1/2 inches

  • Rudolf Polanszky, Hypertransformations sculpture / Hanging series, 2005

    Rudolf Polanszky Hypertransformations sculpture / Hanging series, 2005

    Acrylic glass, resin, metal wire, silicone, glue, plastic, with metal hooks, on metal stand
    193,5 x 218,2 x 127,2 cm
    76 1/8 x 85 7/8 x 50 1/8 inches

  • Rudolf Polanszky, Hypertransformation sculpture, 2000 - 2008

    Rudolf Polanszky Hypertransformation sculpture, 2000 - 2008

    Copper, plastic foil, silicone, plastic, resin, metal wire, plastic foam, feathers, on metal stands, on metal table - variable dimensions
    187 x 99 x 45 cm
    73 5/8 x 39 x 17 3/4 inches

  • Rudolf Polanszky, Stills from “Memory and Music, 1985 - 89 and Spiral object, 1985

    Rudolf Polanszky Stills from “Memory and Music, 1985 - 89 and Spiral object, 1985,

    Photopaper mounted on wood, in artist frame, sculpture:
    metalwire on metalstand
    161,3 x 222,6 cm - 63 1/2 x 87 5/8 inches (framed)
    sculpture: 141 x 140 x 58 cm - 55 7/8 x 55 1/8 x 22 7/8 inches
    161,3 x 222,6 cm (framed)
    63 1/2 x 87 5/8 inches (framed)

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