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HERBERT KUHNER Romancier, Lyriker, Dramatiker und Übersetzer ist 1935 in Wien in geboren. Er emigrierte 1939 in die Vereinigten Staaten und studierte an der Lawrenceville School und Columbia University. Nach Wien kehrte er 1963 zurück, wo er als ein freier Schriftsteller und Übersetzer lebt.

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Remigration

Another topic I have “touched upon” is “remigration.” This word is a neologism, which means coming back to where you have been driven out.I've always said that I wanted a smooth ride, but I couldn't help rocking the boat. Rocking seems to be in my genes.

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Remarkable People

On the road I have traveled, I have met many remarkable people. First I name my friend and mentor the late Emile Capouya. “Mike” encouraged me over the years and published two of my books in New York.

Herbert Kuhner

grew up in the United States, associating with the New York City jazz and coffee scene in the 1950s. ". . I've always said that I wanted to have smooth sailing, but I couldn't help rocking the boat. Rocking seems to be in my genes". As a subtitle I’ve chosen “Stepping out of line,” which is a movement my feet can’t seem to avoid making.

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Vienna Today

Returning to my birthplace has given me a unique opportunity of writing on Third Reich Revisionism. This topic interlinks with Violence under the Guise of Art like pieces of a puzzle to reveal how the past manifests itself in the present.

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Florentina Pakosta

Tricolore Pictures/Trikolore Bilder
May 21st - June 16th 2008-05-21
Galerie Suppan * Contemporary
Habsburgergasse 5, 1010 Vienna
Mo.-Fri. 10-18 * Sat. 10-12: 30
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Florentina Pakosta
The subject of Florentina Pakosta’s paintings is often the common man. He turns up in oils, dull and blunt in earthen and mud colors with touches of ochre, as well as […]

Jim Jarmusch – Master Director

Other directors can make films on important themes. I like to go to see them. However, I prefer to make films using details that others edit out. I’ve always been interested in the little things that are considered unimportant but that make up most of our lives.
- Jim Jarmusch
Yes, Jim takes those details and weaves […]

Barney Comes to Paris

Barney Kulok - Compositions Photographique
April 5th - May 13th 2008
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot
Galerie d’Art Contemporain
5 bis rue des haudriettes
75003 Paris
Téléphone 01 48 87 60 81 - Fax 01 48 87 05 01
info@galeriehussenot.com
Photographic Compositions by Barney Kulok
Barney Kulok has termed his photographic compositions “Simple Facts.” This is an apt description. The facts are indeed simple, but they […]

The Death of Art

Herbert Kuhner
A contorted manikin piss, with the stream directed orally, symbolizes man’s capacity for self- nourishment. It was set up at the Salzburg Festival as art, but its practicality belies that categorization. And the act depicted is not an innovation; Gunter Brus, the actionist, has been doing precisely that for decades.
However, Damian Hirst’s platinum skull […]

Paean to Padhi Frieberger

No Art Without Artists/Revisited Museum of Applied Arts, […]

Austrian Poetry Today/ Österreichische Lyrik heute

Schocken Books, 1985
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This fine bilingual anthology draws together the work of 45 contemporary Austrian poets. They are inheritors of a distinct literary tradition which combined strong linguistic self-consciousness with a tendency toward experimentation….This collection is of particular value because it makes many first-rate works of poetry available to the English public […]

Florentina Pakosta

Herbert Kuhner
The subject of Florentina Pakosta’s paintings is often the common man. He turns up in oils, dull and blunt in earthen and mud colors with touches of ochre, as well as in graphics. Sometimes he’s depicted singly and sometimes in crowds. When he appears in company, he usually appears in his own company, […]