Sabine Reuter
»…Let’s start from the beginning—back with the punk-inspired “Grande Dame,” Christine König. She’s not only exhibiting works by Erik Swars, Joseph Kosuth, and the Ukrainian charcoal artist Nikita Kadan, but also by Sabine Reuter. The show in König’s main gallery was curated by the jack-of-all-trades Max Dax. And since I just mentioned the precise rhythm in Vienna, what that means is exemplified in Sabine Reuter’s collage-style painting. More specifically: in her delicate yet breathtaking brushstrokes. Essential, magnificent rediscoveries Mysterious systems of symbols transform her canvases into a surreal backdrop. Old, yellowed city maps and television images from the early 2000s appear here, luring the viewer into an intricately composed labyrinth of associative images from which it’s almost impossible to escape. Reuter’s painting is mesmerizing—and it achieves this through formal precision, not through immersive spectacle. The artist passed away in 2005, at the age of just 51. Her ex