With dizzying wall graphics reminiscent of warped funhouse mirrors, artist Peter Kogler transforms ordinary galleries, transit centers, and lobbies into near hallucinatory experiences. For over 30 years, the Austrian artist has worked at the intersection of architecture and new media to construct both immersive environments and sculptural elements that seems to redefine physical spaces. By plastering walls with optical illusions he challenges a viewer’s sense of depth (and sanity) with his ambitious monochromatic installations of repeating patterns that incorporate pipes, ants, and bold snake-like patterns.
Sigmund Freud Museum, Schauraum, Wien, 2015. Photo courtesy Atelier Kogler.
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, 2014. Photo courtesy Atelier Kogler.
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, 2014. Photo by Atelier Kogler.
MSU, museum of contemporary art Zagreb, 2014. Photo courtesy Atelier Kogler.
DIRIMART Gallery, Istanbul, 2011. Photo courtesy Atelier Kogler.
