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Gelitin is a collective comprised of Wolfgang Gantner, Ali Janka, Florian Reither, and Tobias Urban. The four artists first met at a summer camp in 1978, where they began to collaborate. However, Gelitin didn't officially form and begin exhibiting until 1993. They work and live in Vienna, Austria.
 
Gelitin's projects span a wide range of mediums, from performance and installation to sculpture and new media. Despite this diversity, their work is united by a shared purpose: to challenge the conventional relationship between artwork and audience.
Gelitin frequently invites audience participation in their work, encouraging viewers to become co-creators and collaborators rather than passive spectators. In some cases, they even invite the destruction of the artwork, blurring the boundaries between creation and demolition.
Through their unique blend of humour, spontaneity, childlike naiveté, and bold sexuality, Gelitin has established itself as a pioneering force in the art world. Their work challenges viewers to see the world from a new perspective and embrace the unexpected. By blurring the lines between art and life, Gelitin offers a playful and imaginative escape from the mundane.
 
Gelitin has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions including: Gelitin, Tiroler Landesmuseen, Innsbruck (2021) Interactive Genital Society Perfomrance, Grey Area, San Francisco (2020), Gelitin. Stinnking Dawn, Kunsthalle Wien Museumsquartier, Wien (2019), Vorm - Fellows - Attitude, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2018), Pokalypsea – Apokalypse – Okalypseap, Fondazione Prada, Milan (2017), The Guild of Giving, Cabaret Voltaire, Manifesta 11, Zurich (2016), Loch, 21er Haus, Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna (2013), Ritratto Analitico (performance), Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milano, I (2013), Gelatin Pavilion - Some Like It Hot, 54th Venice Biennale,Venice, I ( 2011), All or the Just, Teatro Regio, Turin, I (2009); La Louvre Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (2008), Percutaneos Delight (sexy summer evenings), P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (1999). Gelitin have exhibited in group exhibitions in major institutions such as the Malmö Konsthall in Malmö, the Arsenale in Venice, the Hayward Gallery in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the S.M.A.K in Gent. Gelitin represented Austria at the 49th Biennale of Venice.

Gelitin

UNTITLED, 2017
Wood, mirror, glass eye
60 × 45 × 7 cm / 23 5/8 × 17 1/2 × 3 inches

Gelitin

UNTITLED, 2017
Wood, mirror, glass eye
60 × 42 × 40 cm / 23 5/8 × 16 1/2 × 16 inches

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UNTITLED, 2017
Wood, mirror, glass eye
55 × 46 × 5 cm / 22 × 18 × 2 inches

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GOLEM, 2015
Glazed ceramic
21 × 23 × 25 cm / 8 1/4 × 9 × 9 7/8 inches

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VASE, 2015
Glazed ceramic
104 × 60 × 60 cm / 41 × 23 5/8 × 23 5/8 inches

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VASE, 2015
Glazed ceramic
72 × 65 × 36 cm / 28 3/8 × 25 5/8 × 14 1/8 inches

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CONDRAWORARY A/6, 2014
Pencil and watercolor on papier-mâché
107 × 55 × 11 cm / 42 1/8 × 22 × 4 1/2 inches

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CONDRAWORARY A/3, 2014
Pencil and watercolor on papier-mâché
108 × 70 × 14 cm / 42 1/2 × 27 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches

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CONDRAWORARY A/2, 2014
Pencil and watercolor on papier-mâché
106 × 76 × 12 cm / 42 × 30 × 5 inches

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BUCO, 2014
Collage, plasticine and photograph on wood
178 × 110 × 10 cm / 70 × 43 1/3 × 4 inches

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FUCK U SHIMA, 2013
Plaster, wood, metal
128 × 103 × 90 cm / 50 1/2 × 40 1/2 × 35 1/2 inches

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BETTER POPULAR DRUNK THAN ANONYMOUS ALCOHOLIC, 2013
Plaster, metal
118 × 70 × 56 cm / 46 1/2 × 27 1/2 × 22 inches

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LONG AFTER THAT, 2013
Plaster, metal
205 × 60 × 60 cm / 81 × 23 5/8 × 23 5/8 inches

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WE BECAME FRIENDS AFTER THAT, 2013
Plaster, wood, leather
105 × 153 × 82 cm / 41 1/2 × 60 1/2 × 32 1/2 inches

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THEORY OF FORGETTING THE PROBLEM OF MATTER, 2013
Plaster, wood
72 × 175 × 70 cm / 28 1/2 × 69 × 25 1/2 inches

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SIXTH OF SEVEN SOULS, 2013
Plaster, polystyrene, wood, metal
162 × 106 × 100 cm / 64 × 42 × 39 3/8 inches

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YOU FORGOT THE MATCHES, 2013
Plaster, wood, plastic
71 × 65 × 24 cm / 28 × 25 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches

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UNTITLED, 2013
Plasticine on wood
207 × 130 × 2 cm / 81 1/2 × 51 × 1 inches

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UNTITLED, 2012
Plasticine on wood
207 × 250 × 10 cm / 81 1/2 × 98 1/2 × 4 inches

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UNTITLED, MONA LISA (RICARDA), 2010
Plasticine on wood
165 × 99 × 3 cm / 65 × 39 × 1 1/4 inches

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UNTITLED, MONA LISA (BEARING BALL), 2010
Plasticine on wood
135.5 × 103 × 6 cm / 53 3/4 × 40 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches

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UNTITLED, MONA LISA (HOLE K), 2010
Plasticine on wood
62 × 47 × 4.5 cm / 24 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches

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UNTITLED, 2009
Wood and textile
180 × 200 × 170 cm / 71 × 78 2/3 × 67 inches

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UNTITLED, 2009
Plasticine on wood
103 × 126 × 15 cm / 40 35/64 × 49 39/64 × 5 29/32 inches

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UNTITLED, 2007
Stuffed animals and wood
183 × 106 × 114 cm / 72 × 42 × 44 7/8 inches

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UNTITLED, 2007
Plasticine on wood
123 × 131 × 20 cm / 48 1/2 × 51 1/2 × 8 inches Polittico

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UNTITLED, 2007
Wood and paper
364 × 300 × 340 cm / 143 1/2 × 118 × 134 inches

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SENZA TITOLO, 2005
Photographic print
180 × 180 cm / 70 1/2 × 70 1/2 inches

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UNTITLED, 2005
Wood, soil, succulent plants, wool, fabric, drawing
102 × 75 × 75 cm / 40 × 29 1/2 × 29 1/2 inches Misure disegno: 59.3 x 42 cm

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SENZA TITOLO, 2003
Lambda print on wood
40 × 110 cm / 15 3/4 × 43 1/3 inches

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UNTITLED, 2002-2010
Mixed media
140 × 115 × 74.5 cm / 55 1/8 × 45 1/4 × 29 1/3 inches

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NELLANUTELLA, 2001
Photographic Lambda print
75 × 50 cm / 29 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches 88 x 63 x 3.5 cm con cornice