Philipp Timischl - Connoisseur of conflict

he connoisseur, that character excelling in the field of taste, presiding over the proper use of words and things, the one who is revered as much as feared in European salons, has disappeared from the stage. However, it is specifically this figure with a tight collar and dry verve – with the power to cut through the fog of manners – separating the “do“ from the “don‘t“ that Philipp Timischl presents in this exhibition. But he is more of a litterateur than a metaphysician, more of a socialite than an academic, more of an artist than a scientist. He plays with the unspeakable part of the social clockwork through six appearances in the form of video-sculptures. Tic-Tac Tic-Tac…