Gustav Deutsch

Gustav Deutsch

1952-05-19
67 (2019-11-02)
Vienna, Austria

Gustav Deutsch (19 May 1952 – 2 November 2019) was an Austrian multidisciplinary artist, art director, and film director. Deutsch studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology and carried out several multidisciplinary art projects.

Vienna, Austria

Gustav Deutsch (19 May 1952 – 2 November 2019) was an Austrian multidisciplinary artist, art director, and film director. Deutsch studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology and carried out several multidisciplinary art projects.

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Shirley: Visions of Reality 2013 (6.267)

A series of snapshots from the life of a fictional actress named Shirley serves to weave together thirteen paintings by Edward Hopper (e.g. "Office at Night", "Western Motel", "Usherette", "A Woman in the Sun") into a fascinating synthesis of painting and film, personal and political history. Each station in Shirley’s professional and private life from the 1930s to 1960s is precisely dated: It is always August 28/29 of the year in question, as the locations vary from Paris to New York to Cape Cod.
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Film Is. a Girl & a Gun 2009 (6.7)

Fragments of several (mostly) silent films are shown. They're guided by quotes from, among others, Plato and Sappho and a soundtrack.
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World Mirror Cinema 2005 (5.8)

In Gustav Deutsch's most recent found footage work the masses "absorb" (Walter Benjamin), the artwork. Three historical camera pans across the streets and squares of Vienna, Surabaya, and Porto provide a starting point for reflection on the relationship of everyday stories and cinematic machinery.