Marina Faust

Excerpt from ‘On my work’ (2025) by Marina Faust As part of the exhibition Marina Faust: VON BIS / FROM TO Over more than four decades, Marina Faust has developed a multifaceted body of work spanning photography, video, collage, performance, and sculpture. You can watch the full video at our exhibition space at Opernring 17 in Vienna. Marina Faust: VON BIS / FROM TO 29 April – 26 September 2026 Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday 11am – 5pm, Saturday 11am – 3pm. @marina____faust____ @fracartotheque @mariannederrien

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of the exhibition ‘Marina Faust: VON BIS / FROM TO’ and made it such a special evening. The exhibition currently on view at Phileas at Opernring 17 is conceived as a preview of her forthcoming project at the Frac-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The exhibition is co-produced by Phileas and will travel to Limoges, France this autumn. Faust’s work explores objects and their shifting functions. Through subtle interventions and changes of context, familiar items lose their original purpose and take on a new presence as sculptural forms. Processes of appropriation and transformation add further layers of meaning. At Phileas, the presentation focuses on Faust’s shoe series, shown for the first time. Developed over many years, the series brings together a wide range of shoe forms – from fashion to those linked to erotic culture – which Faust deconstructs, wraps, and reshapes. ‘Marina Faust: VON BIS / FROM TO’ is on view until 26 September 2026. We’re looking forward to welcoming you during our opening hours: Tuesday–Friday, 11am–5pm, and Saturday, 11am–3pm. @marina____faust____ @fracartotheque @mariannederrien Thank you to @lillet @zwettlerbier @voeslauermineralwasser for supporting this event. Photos: © Moritz Zangl

Join us for the opening of our next exhibition ‘Marina Faust: VON BIS / FROM TO’ at Opernring 17 on the evening of Tuesday 28 April 2026, from 7-9pm. We’re excited to present the exhibition by Austrian artist Marina Faust, conceived as a preview of her forthcoming project at the Frac-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The exhibition is co-produced by Phileas and will travel to Limoges, France this autumn. Faust’s work explores objects and their shifting functions. Through subtle interventions and changes of context, familiar items lose their original purpose and take on a new presence as sculptural forms. Processes of appropriation and transformation add further layers of meaning. At Phileas, the presentation focuses on Faust’s shoe series, shown for the first time. Developed over many years, the series brings together a wide range of shoe forms – from fashion to those linked to erotic culture – which Faust deconstructs, wraps, and reshapes. @marina____faust____ @fracartotheque @mariannederrien Photo: Marina Faust, Untitled (object nr. 08), 2005

Die Künstlerin Marina Faust dokumentiert ab 1990 die Arbeit des Modeschöpfers Martin Margiela. Im Gegensatz zum Starkult der Designer*innen der 1990er Jahre pflegt Margiela konsequente Nicht-Sichtbarkeit. Zu seiner Strategie gehört auch, dass er Marina Faust, die nicht von der Mode- sondern von der Reportagefotografie kam, eingeladen hat backstage zu fotografieren. Dazu gehörten auch Fotosessions im Showroom und ausnahmsweise Lookbooks. Hello Image Die Inszenierung der Dinge bis 12.4.26 The artist Marina Faust began documenting the work of fashion designer Martin Margiela in 1990. In contrast to the star designers of the 1990s who amassed a cult following, Margiela has always cultivated invisibility. Part of his strategy in 1990 was to invite Marina Faust – who came from a background in photojournalism rather than fashion photography – to take backstage photos, which also included photo shoots in the showroom and, as an exception, lookbooks. Hello Image The Staging of Things until 12.4.26 — 1: Marina Faust, From the Archive Box 1990–2008/2025: Kristina, 1999–2000, Galerie Gianni Manhattan, Wien / Vienna, Foto: © Sabrina Baumann, strobo B M, Foto 2, 3: @henning.rogge , 4: Marina Faust, From The Archive Box, 1990-2008/2025, Leihgabe der Künstlerin und Galerie Ganni, Manhattan, Wien @marina____faust____ @maisonmargiela @maison_martin_margiela_archive @oldmartinmargiela @katleenarthen @strobo_bm @estherruelfs #mkghamburg #mkghelloimage #design #fotografie #grafik

these are some of the new rolling stools from 2026 - 3 of them will be shown @villamerkel in the exhibition of @jakob_collection by @lukas.jakob ‚anti heroes‘ soon - opening march 7th #lukasjakob #jakobcollection #villamerkel #xippasgalleries #xippas

#MarinaFaust #CarmenCampoReal Event during @artgeneve 2026 Artist Talk: Marina Faust in conversation with Carmen Campo Real on Thursday, January 29, at 10.30 am! Ciné 17 Rue de la Corraterie 17, 1204 Geneva. For subscriptions, please contact us at [email protected] - - - @marina____faust____ @carmencamporeal1 #artisttalk #cine17 @cine17_cineramaempire @genevaartweek #xippasgeneva #xippasgalleries

These are Ambulant # 08 and Ambulant # 09 presented at Parallel/Prequel art fair in Paris in the ex storage basements of tati during art|basel paris 2025 #parallelvienna #giannimanhattan @giannimanhattan @parallelvienna

My ‚Traveling Chair Hermann‘ 2020 is shown at the exhibition ‘Hermann Czech - Ungefähre Hauptrichtung‘ at HDA Graz until 12.12.2025 #marinafaust #hermannczech #hdagraz @hdagraz

ambulant # 11 - the warm light version 2023 #marinafaust #giannimanhattan metal, galvanized metal, aluminum, brass, glass (crystal glass, blown glass and pressed glass), LED light bulbs, electric wire, battery, dimmer, rubber, rubber wheels low voltage (12/24V) Her most recent works are called ‘ambulants’, light sculptures that are self-constructed chandeliers put on wheels and running on batteries. In these pieces different historic periods merge, conservative rules are ignored and subverted. The chandeliers are stripped from their original fixed positions on ceilings and shown at human height hanging within metal frames that are on wheels and therefore mobile.

my foulard for tutu.wien is out now! The foulard for TuTu.Wien is a double portrait. My mother had acquired this scarf in the 1960s. She only dressed in grey and black, had extraordinary taste, and was always ahead of her time. This piece represents not only her exquisite style but also two eras: my childhood and the period when I began wearing the scarf myself. It accompanied me until it began to fall apart completely. Eventually, the time came when I decided to leave it in the drawer before it totally disintegrated. One day, I thought, it would find another purpose. Without a doubt, the most beautiful and meaningful phase is the one shown here — with the fullness of all it has witnessed. As a next step, I chose a color for the background: blue — the color of reason and infinity. Marina Faust, july 2025 Das Foulard für TuTu.Wien ist ein Doppel-Porträt. Meine Mutter hatte dieses Tuch in den 1960er Jahren erworben, sie kleidete sich nur in Grau und Schwarz, hatte einen außerordentlichen Geschmack und war immer ihrer Zeit voraus. Dieses Tuch repräsentiert nicht nur ihren exquisiten Stil, sondern auch zwei Zeiten: meine Kindheit und die Phase, in der ich begann, das Tuch zu tragen. Es hat mich bis zu seinem Zerfall begleitet. Irgendwann kam der Punkt, an dem ich entschied, es im Kasten liegen zu lassen, bevor es völlig auseinanderfiel. Eines Tages, dachte ich, wird es noch eine Verwendung finden. Ohne Zweifel ist die schönste und beste Phase diese hier gezeigte, mit all der Fülle des Erlebten. Als nächsten Schritt habe ich ihm für dieses Projekt eine Hintergrundfarbe gegeben, Blau, als Farbe der Vernunft und der Unendlichkeit. Marina Faust, Juli 2025 #tutu.wien @tutu.wien

last images of my show ‘In Reverse’ @giannimanhattan Ambulant # A (Lob.) 2024 Ambulant # B) Lob.) 2024 Ambulant # C (Lob.) 2024 Ambulant # D 2024 Ambulant # 13 (Lob.) 2024 With special thanks to Johannes Rath/Lobmeyr and Lobmeyrlighting @lobmeyrlighting Untitled 1985-87/2025 newly extracted black and white images from my archive printed on aquarelle paper KINO MANHATTAN: ‘Time keeps me young but it can’t heal my heart’ single channel video, 2003 #giannimanhattan #lobmeyr #lobmeyrlighting #marinafaust

Basel Social Club is still on until Saturday. Find Marina Faust’s light sculpture “ambulant #11” and her vintage prints from the 1980s in the basement photo: @graysc.de #marinafaust #giannimanhattan #baselsocialclub