Gelitin

Gelitin is a collective comprised of Wolfgang Gantner, Ali Janka, Florian Reither, and Tobias Urban. The four artists first met at a summer camp in 1978, where they began to collaborate. However, Gelitin didn't officially form and begin exhibiting until 1993. They work and live in Vienna, Austria.


Gelitin's projects span a wide range of mediums, from performance and installation to sculpture and new media. Despite this diversity, their work is united by a shared purpose: to challenge the conventional relationship between artwork and audience.


Gelitin frequently invites audience participation in their work, encouraging viewers to become co-creators and collaborators rather than passive spectators. In some cases, they even invite the destruction of the artwork, blurring the boundaries between creation and demolition.


Through their unique blend of humour, spontaneity, childlike naiveté, and bold sexuality, Gelitin has established itself as a pioneering force in the art world. Their work challenges viewers to see the world from a new perspective and embrace the unexpected. By blurring the lines between art and life, Gelitin offers a playful and imaginative escape from the mundane

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Biography

Solo exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2023
F, Penser le Présent, Galerie droite du Palais des études, Paris
A, Wir Wasser, Monumental fountain commissioned by the City of Vienna Kyiv Biennial, Vienna
2022
F, Belle du Mardi, belle du Mecredi, belle du Jeudi, belle du Vendredi, belle du Samedi, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris
EE, PROTOPOPO POFORMANCOEPOST, EKA Gallery, Tallinn
2021
A, Gelitin, Tiroler Landesmuseen, Innsbruck
2020
USA, Interactive Genigital Society Performance, Grey Area, San Francisco
2019
MEX, Gelatin Sincronizada Gelitin, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City
A, Stinking Dawn, Gelitin & Liam Gillick, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien
A, Beyond hard, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Wien
2018
NL, Vorm - Fellows - Attitude, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2017
IT, Slight Agitation 3/4, Fondazione Prada, Milano
2016
CH, Gelatin reborn as marlon brando lookalike and ten examples of a romantic portable sculpture, Nicola Von Senger, Zürich
D, Schlupfloch Düssilismus, Gelatin und die Deutschen Riesen, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf
A, Karaoke Machine, Donaufestival, Krems
CH, The guild of Giving, Cabaret Voltaire, Manifesta 11, Zürich
HK, Gelatin, Gelitin, Gelintin, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
2015
A, HANGING ON L`INFORM PERDU, TéLéPHONe, Kristiania Hotel, Lech
USA, The Title of this Show is a Secret, Venus Over Los Angeles, Los Angeles
UK, Prosopopoeia, Massimo De Carlo, London
2014
A, Die Winter Show, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Wien
I, Buco, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
PL, Paint me paint me everywhere Curated by Goschka Gawlik, Bunkier sztuki, Krakow
A, Die Wachauer Nase, St. Lorenz, Wachau
RUS, Die Tusovka Runde, Solyanka VPA, Moscow
Puerto Rico, Cave Show, "Abscess, Rectum, Septum", Cave, Ciales
A, Von einem Freund - Gedichte zum Auswendiglernen, Wiener Secession, Wien
2013
I, Ritratto Analitico, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milano
D, Stop - Anna Ly Sing, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin
B, Gelitin - you you and w, Tim Van Laere Gallery , Antwerp
A, Loch, 21er Haus, Museum of Contemporary Art, Wien
2012
A, Nasensuche, Schloss Rossatz, Wachau
A, Ephemeropterae XV+, TBA21 - Augarten, Wien
Group exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2024
CH, Raum, Körper, Kontur, Tichy Ocean Foundation, Zürich
2022
I, The Impermanent Collection #3, GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo
ATOMIC TONIC Curated by Gelitin, MASSIMODECARLO, VSpace
I, Winter Wunderkammer, MASSIMODECARLO, VSpace
F, In Bloom, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris
2020
A, Bodylotion, Zeller von Almsick, Vienna
MASSIMO DE CARLO FOR MILANO: A Benefit Sale to Support Local Hospitals, ARTSY
2019
B, Live Forever, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
B, The Last Waltz (For Leon), Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
A, Ich bin alles zugleich - Selbstdarstellung von Schiele bis heute, Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems
A, The Tip of the Iceberg, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg
A, There is no clock in the forest, Galerie Schloß Damtschach, Wernberg
2018
I, Lia Pasqualino Noto Curated by Geraldine Blais, Casa Studio, Palermo
B, Experience Traps, Middelheim Museum, Antwerpen
2017
LB, The Trick Brain Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Aishti Foundation, Beirut
2016
USA, Home Improvements Curated by John Waters, FraenkelLAB, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
I, The Pagad Curated by Rita Selvaggio, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
A, The Language of Things. Material Hi/Stories from the Collection Curated by Luisa Ziaja, Axel Köhne, 21er Haus, Wien
UK, Self, Massimo De Carlo, London
A, Zeichnung in den Raum Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria, Traklhaus, Salzburg
A, Franz West–ARTISTCLUB Curated by Harald Krejci, 21er Haus, Wien
2015
USA, The Avant-Garde Won't Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy Curated by Alison M. Gingeras, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
I, Andy Warhol sul comò. Opere della collezione Rosetta Barabino, Museo d'arte contemporanea Villa Croce, Genova
2014
F, Girl Curated by Pharrel Williams, Galerie Perrotin, Paris
NL, Blue Print, KAdD, Amersfoort
2013
I, Passive Aggressive, Massimo De Carlo, Milano
A, Landpartie, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Boltensternraum Baden, Baden
CH, Das schwache Geschlecht - Neue Mannsbilder in der Kunst, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
A, NOB: Sarah Lucas + Gelatin, Secession, Wien
2012
D, Relocated, Galerie Neu, Berlin
A, Franz West & Gelatin: Zwei Epiphanien - Gooooong, Schloss Damtschach, Carinthia
USA, Decade: Contemporary Collecting 2002-2012, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

Bibliography

Year
Author, Publication Title, Date
2019
Brown, Kate, Artnet, August 15
2018
urdesign Magazine, June
L'Officiel Art International, September/October/November
Casavecchia, Barbara, Spike Art Magazine
2017
Marika, Samotryas e Leopard, Office Magazine, Spring/Summer 2017
Antonelli, Carlo, L'Officiel Art, October
Naftali, Greene, Art in America Magazine, September
Goldstein, Caroline, Artnet News, July
Rai2, October
Conti, Riccardo, Domus, October
Askanews, October
La Repubblica, October
RDS, October
2016
Ko, Grace, Art Radar Journal, August
2015
Clark, Patrick, Schon! Magazine London, October
Garage Online Magazine, October
Barnes, Freire, Time Out London, September
Rubinowitz, Tex, Essay, Galerie Meyer Kainer, June
Time Out, September
2014
Meneghel, Barbara, New York Arts Magazine
Mottin, Matteo, ATP Diary, January
2013
Sumi, Denise Helene, The Gap, June/July
Gillick, Liam, 21er Haus Museum
Wiensowski, Ingeborg, Kultur Spiegel, September
Huck, Brigitte, Artforum, October
Charim, Isolde, taz.de, June
2012
Rittenbach, Kari, frieze, November - December
2011
Savelli, Serena, INSIDEART, December
Canei, Pier Andrea, Style, April
Diez, Renato, Arte, June
Schum, Matthew, Flash Art International, July-September
2010
Pasini, Francesca, Artkey, Jan-Feb

Public collections

Country
Location
Australia
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania
Austria
Belvedere, Wien
City of Wien
Essl Museum, Klosterbneuburg
Land Niederösterreich
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz
Mumok, Wien
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
Sammlung Spallart, Fotoraum, Wien
T-B A 21, Wien
France
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Fondation Antoine de Galbert, La Maison Rouge, Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris
Germany
Sammlung Falkenberg, Hamburg
Israel
Shalom Meir Tower, Tel Aviv
Italy
François Pinault Foundation, Venezia

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