Exhibition Murphy's Law

Opening: Thursday, May 14, 2025, 7 PM
Welcome: Dagmar Stelzer (Curator)
Introduction: Panto Trivkovic, Head of the Photography Section of the Professional Association of Visual Artists of Austria
Opening: District Administrator Ing. Mag. Christian Pehofer
Location: Gallery in the Tower of the BH Baden, 2500 Baden, Schwartzstraße 50
Opening Hours: Friday to Sunday from 3 PM to 6 PM
Duration of the Exhibition: May 15 to May 31, 2026

"Everything that can go wrong will go wrong" – this well-known phrase encapsulates the unpredictability of life. In the visual arts, however, this principle is not only understood as a resigned observation but rather as an inspiring attitude towards the unforeseen.
Many artists consciously embrace Murphy's Law to integrate chance and the loss of control into their work. Instead of striving for perfection, they open their processes to the unplanned – often, this is when something new emerges that cannot be forced. Failure is not seen as a flaw but as a productive component of artistic creation. Murphy's Law reminds us that control is always limited and that there can be a special creative energy in losing control. Thus, the unpredictable becomes a central element of artistic expressions. It lends works authenticity and vitality. Art becomes less a result of perfect planning and more an open process that allows for surprises.
In the end, it becomes clear: often it is the supposed mistakes that give a work depth and character. What initially "goes wrong" often develops into what touches us the most. Murphy's Law transforms from a pessimistic life wisdom into a poetic invitation to perceive the unplanned as an opportunity.

Participants: Ingrid Biberschick, Sylvia Galos, Monika Herschberger, Maria Hoffmann, I