grazerkunstverein

(Performance)

Resistance

Roman Ondak

28/03/2025, 18:00-21:00

Roman Ondak’s performance Resistance (2006) will be activated during the exhibition openings of Elena Narbutaite’s Light and Inge Grognard’s Eyes.

Courtesy of Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and the artist.





ROMAN ONDAK (b. 1966, Slovakia) lives and works in Bratislava. Ondak’s work is rooted in a performative approach and spans across sculpture, installation, photography, and drawing. His work has previously been a part of the Venice Biennale in the years 2003, 2009, and 2011 as well as dOCUMENTA 13 in Kassel (2012). Recent solo exhibitions include Wish We Were Here, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna (2024); Roman Ondak. Infinitum, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona (2023); Roman Ondak – Measuring the Universe, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2022); SK Parking, Kunsthalle Bratislava (2021); #12 Roman Ondak, mezzaterra 11, Belluno (2018–19); Objects in the Mirror, BASE/ Progetti per l’arte, Florence (2018); and Man Walking toward a Fata Morgana, The Arts Club of Chicago(2017). Ondak’s work is held in various international collections, including the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthaus Zürich; Tate Modern, London; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava.

01Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
02Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
03Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
04Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
05Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
06Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
07Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
08Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
09Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
10Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
11Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
12Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser
13Roman Ondak, Resistance, 2006. Grazer Kunstverein, 2025. Courtesy of the artist, Kontakt Collection, Vienna, and Grazer Kunstverein. Photo: Sebastian Reiser