EGONE . remastered – zum 20. Todestag von Egon Scoz 2022

EGONE . remastered - on the 20th anniversary of Egon Scoz's death For a whole generation of Innsbruckers, the works of egone (Egon Scoz) are a rediscovery of figures, forms and emblematic symbolism. From the mid-1980s until his early death in 2002, Egon Scoz was omnipresent in Innsbruck: posters, postcards, the famous tram, exhibitions, various cultural programmes. The name 'egone' was a household name, as a designer and well-known figure of a broad part of the city's cultural life.

egone was a manic designer, from a creative-programmatic urge to create he developed his unmistakable artistic signature of high intellectual quality in a tireless process. The artistic work of Egon Scoz, however, also demands perseverance and decisions from the viewer, in any case more than the quick grasping of striking messages. Profundity, melancholy, humour and joie de vivre form invisible second levels in the seemingly spontaneously drawn sheets. The delicate lines of the oil pastels are in fragile balance with the strong colouring on a mostly black background and hint at the artist's ceaseless search for truth and emotional restlessness.

egon's self-image as a 'pop artist', his unwavering positioning of a subcultural pop poetry in the visual arts and a magnificent iconographic visual language make Egon Scoz one of the most independent artistic personalities of the Tyrolean cultural landscape

EGONE (Egon Scoz) Innsbruck 1951-2002

1985 Member of the Tyrolean Artists' Association 1994 1st Prize of the City of Innsbruck for Painting Numerous exhibitions in Austria and abroad Commercial graphics and posters, various works in public space

A catalogue will be published to accompany the exhibition.

Opening of the exhibition on Friday, 09.09.2022 at 19:00.