Lois Weinberger, Austrian artist of nature and infrastructure, dies at 73
Austrian artist Lois Weinberger, celebrated for his ecological projects and critiques of societal norms, has passed away. He was born in Tyrol and rose to fame at Documenta X in 1997 with his installation of plants on a derelict railway, which was later revitalized in 2015. Weinberger represented Austria at the Venice Biennale in 2009 and participated again in Documenta in 2017. His accolades include the Land Tirol Art Award in 1999 and the Land Tirol Dignity Award for Fine Arts in 2006.
Key facts
- Lois Weinberger died in 2020 at age 73.
- He was born in Tyrol, Austria.
- He described his work as 'against the aesthetics of the pure and the true, against the ordering forces'.
- He came to prominence at Documenta X in 1997 with a work on an abandoned train track.
- The work 'What is Beyond the Plants / Is at One with Them' was restored in 2015.
- He represented Austria at the 2009 Venice Biennale.
- He participated in Documenta again in 2017.
- He received the Land Tirol Art Award in 1999 and the Land Tirol Dignity Award for Fine Arts in 2006.
Entities
Artists
- Lois Weinberger
Institutions
- Documenta
- Venice Biennale
- Land Tirol
Locations
- Tyrol
- Austria
- Central Europe
- Eastern Europe