Doug Aitken,1968 born in Redondo Beach, California/USA. Lives and works in Los Angeles

DOUG AITKEN

In his video installation, “Thaw”, DOUG AITKEN presents a series of micro- and macroscopic images of melting glaciers in Alaska. They are presented as part of an organic system in constant flux, with their own visual and acoustic pace..

Thaw, 2001. Vide installation; 3 channels, 3 screens. DVD, 14 min. Courtesy: 303 Gallery, New York. Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich. »

Olafur Eliasson, 1967 born in
Copenhagen/DK. Lives and works
in Copenhagen and Berlin..

OLAFUR ELIASSON

OLAFUR ELIASSON has been able to capture the sublime with visual technology, enabling him to create “total ecstasy” among the audience. He is represented by two series of “c-prints”. “The glacier mill series” and “The river raft series” are the result of his regional surveys to create an inventory of his home country, Iceland.

The Glacier Mill Series, 2007. 36 C-Prints, image size: 34,6 x 53,7 (framed), overall dimension 253,4 x 352,2 cm. Courtesy: Lars Müller, Baden/CH. The River Raft Series, 2000. 42 C-Prints, image size 32 x 42 cm. (framed), overall size 252 x 352 cm. Courtesy: Fundación Helga de Alvear, Cáceres/E.. »

Helmut Ditsch, 1962 born in
Buenos Aires/Argentina. Lives
and works in Buenos Aires,
Vienna and Dublin.

HELMUT DITSCH

HELMUT DITSCH’s work gives new freshness to the concepts of grandeur, feeling and amazement, as can be seen in the seismograph reading of his monumental hyper-realist painting “Glaciar Perito Moreno”.

Glaciar Perito Moreno Argentina, 2007. 50° 29’ 22’’Sur 73° 02’ 48’’ Oeste 18.12.2005 4:23 pm. Acrylic & Oil on Canvas, 130 x 500 cm. Courtesy: Collection Javier Bosisio, Buenos Aires. »

Hamish Fulton, 1946 born in
London/UK. Lives and works in
Canterbury and „on the road“.

HAMISH FULTON

HAMISH FULTON is the only artist to have climbed an 8000m peak for his art. In the mural BRAIN HEART LUNGS he expresses his experiences on Cho Oyu exactly.

Brain Heart Lungs, 2000, Wall painting, 500 x 900 cm. Courtesy: Hamish Fulton, Broadoak, Canterbury/UK »

Gottfried Helnwein,1948 born in
Vienna /A. Lives and works in Los
Angeles and in Ireland.

GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN

GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN was inspired to create his double painting “Die andere Seite” (The other side) by his friendship with Reinhold Messner: Copies of Caspar David Friedrich’s painting “The sea of ice” (also called “The wreck of Hope”) and of a slide showing the mountaineer asleep in a tent after climbing Everest. It is significant that Messner has given a new name to the image: “Der Untergang” (Downfall).

Die andere Seite / Der Untergang, 1980. Diptychon, oil on canvas, 154 x 124, 124 x 154 cm. Courtesy: Messner Mountain Museum. »

Stephan Huber, 1952 born in Lindenberg/D. Lives and works in Munich and in the upper Allgäu.

STEPHAN HUBER

“Fifth and sixth expedition” by STEPHAN HUBER was born in his mind and took shape in a computer. His “Alpine chandelier” of 11 light boxes reflects the conquest of the useless in a retreat to a fantasy world.

Fifth and sixth expedition, 2000. 11 light boxes, aluminium, glass, ducolux, 95x25x20 cm. Courtesy: Messner Mountain Museum.. »

Isaac Julien, 1960 born in London/GB. Lives and works in London.

ISAAC JULIEN

ISAAC JULIEN was inspired by the biography of the African-american Polar explorer Matthew Henson (1912) for his work “True north”, the first part of a trilogy of audio-visual installations in which Julien expresses the influence of geographic origin on human beings, and the meaning of the physical and spiritual journey.

True North, 2004. Triple screen projection, 14 mins., black & white /colour, 16 mm, DVD transfer, sound. Courtesy: Collection Helga de Alvear, Madrid.. »

Mateo Maté, 1964 born in Madrid/E. Lives and works in Madrid.

MATEO MATÉ

MATEO MATÉ, in his triptych “Paisajes nevados”, (Snowy landscapes) manipulates three landscape paintings, investigating the myths and metaphors we have (over) loaded onto peaks, ice and snow.

3 Paisajes Nevados: Quadro mondado, 2008. Peeled canvas over stretcher and frame, 380 x 148 cm. Paisaje con hielo, 2008, Printed canvas over stretcher, frame and cooling device, 163 x 227 cm. Paisaje uniformado 12, 2008, (Walter Moras, Winter Landscape). Printed canvas over stretcher and frame 217 x 147 cm.. »

JaJavier Almalé, 1969 born in Zaragoza/E. Lives and works in Zaragoza.
Jesús Bondía. 1952 born in Zaragoza/E. Lives and works in Zaragoza.

ALMALÉ/BONDÍA

The artistic partners ALMALÉ / BONDÍA link ice to the EXPO theme of water with their aluminium installation “Paraiso transformado. Agua” (Paradise transformed. Water): the solid element in the moment of becoming liquid..

Paraíso Transformado, Agua, 2003. Aluminium installation. Courtesy: Javier Almalé, Jesus Bondía, Zaragoza/E. »