Deep Space LIVE: Horses in Art
Thursday, May 4, 2017 / 7-8 PM
(Linz, May 1, 2017) Depictions of horses made over the last 30,000 years will be featured at the next Deep Space LIVE on Thursday, May 4th at 7 PM. Lothar Schultes, an art historian at Upper Austria’s Landesmuseum, will show a broad spectrum of representations ranging from cave paintings and the art of Antiquity and the Middle Ages to contemporary creations, some of them truly gigantic.
Lothar Schultes
Lothar Schultes was born in 1955 in Mistelbach, Lower Austria. After high school, he studied sculpture in Wander Bertoni’s master class at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, as well as art history and archeology at the University of Vienna, where he also served as a student tutor from 1979 to ‘81. Since 1985, Schultes has been on the staff of the Museum of the Province of Upper Austria in Linz, where he’s head of the art history collection. Lothar Schultes has conceived many exhibitions and written numerous publications on art from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century.
Deep Space LIVE
The Ars Electronica Center hosts a Deep Space LIVE event every Thursday (except holidays) at 7 PM. Each presentation features ultra-high-definition imagery in 16×9-meter format and is accompanied by expert commentary, entertaining stand-up repartee, or musical improvisation. Whether great works from the history of art, space travel, journeys of discovery in the nano-world or a live concert is what you’ve come to behold, Deep Space LIVE stands for enlightening entertainment amidst breathtaking worlds of imagery. Holders of a valid Museum ticket are admitted free of charge.
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The Kelpies / Fotocredit: Benjamin200 / Printversion
