{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Usual Misdeeds by Vinz in Austria","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Blind-Chickens-Buff.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2012-03-28T11:31:20Z","description":"Usual Misdeeds is the first solo show of Valencia-based urban artist Vinz in Austria, who has seen a extreme burst in attention the past year - Check it out!","html":"\u003cp\u003eValencian urban artist \u003cstrong\u003eVinz\u003c/strong\u003e is going to open his first solo show in Austria in two days! Vinz, whose life-sized wheatpastes can be found in the streets around the globe, was recently part of a group show currated by the founders of Wooster Collective, and exhibited at Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his works he usually combines humor and politically charged messages and uses nude male and female figures as a symbol of freedom, which is why they normally attract much attention\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis taboo imagery causes even more issues when working in the streets where the public is forced to view them. Clearly Vinz is not a big fan of the police either, choosing to portray them as lizards or other reptiles.\u003c/em\u003e (\u003ca href=\"http://www.inoperable.at/?p=1857\"\u003eshow announcement\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, Inoperable Gallery in Vienna shows his latest works and series in a nice solo-exhibition, starting March 30th, 2012! So if you’re in Vienna, check this out and don’t forget the urban art festival \u003ca href=\"/escape-the-golden-cage-urban-art-festival-2012/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEscape the Golden Cage\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e neither!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1456\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1456\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1456\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night_hu_c48fbca1e5ee7b38.avif 480w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night_hu_9764d7afe7476918.avif 960w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night_hu_39d4bf6341daa968.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night_hu_a0a1970cb00a8ff2.webp 480w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night_hu_28b1f4c01463ae44.webp 960w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night_hu_4d758006d24c052c.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night_hu_ddcba6ff1476c923.jpg\" srcset=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night_hu_f6cf67ac5a194a0.jpg 480w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night_hu_6422ae956232f39d.jpg 960w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night_hu_ddcba6ff1476c923.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1139\" alt=\"Vinz - Saturday Night\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eVinz - Saturday Night\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1404\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1404\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1404\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex_hu_453a2c99c0aef57f.avif 480w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex_hu_d8d18054f8387741.avif 960w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex_hu_f8cfa1de8dcc9672.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex_hu_1d46b53e3bc3e585.webp 480w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex_hu_d8ce3b7cc3f0bace.webp 960w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex_hu_70a4f41547fd468.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex_hu_20ec034e142f62d5.jpg\" srcset=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex_hu_19e849f6b84f7992.jpg 480w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex_hu_4a6464da54899b54.jpg 960w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex_hu_20ec034e142f62d5.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1099\" alt=\"Vinz - Penis Complex\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eVinz - Penis Complex\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1848\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1848\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1848\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum_hu_94b3d43aaf298385.avif 480w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum_hu_7dd1ab759363c562.avif 960w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum_hu_4af31dcc2b9fdf3d.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum_hu_8c6834b332cc4a2e.webp 480w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum_hu_b09cda97b9972d37.webp 960w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum_hu_7036a289b8836dcc.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum_hu_eed88aaeeb6f4797.jpg\" srcset=\"/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum_hu_877695a202116961.jpg 480w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum_hu_292894df6813e046.jpg 960w, /usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum_hu_eed88aaeeb6f4797.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1446\" alt=\"Vinz - LSD at the Museum\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eVinz - LSD at the Museum\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n\n\nValencian urban artist **Vinz** is going to open his first solo show in Austria in two days! Vinz, whose life-sized wheatpastes can be found in the streets around the globe, was recently part of a group show currated by the founders of Wooster Collective, and exhibited at Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York.\n\nIn his works he usually combines humor and politically charged messages and uses nude male and female figures as a symbol of freedom, which is why they normally attract much attention...\n\n*This taboo imagery causes even more issues when working in the streets where the public is forced to view them. Clearly Vinz is not a big fan of the police either, choosing to portray them as lizards or other reptiles.* ([show announcement](http://www.inoperable.at/?p=1857))\n\nNow, Inoperable Gallery in Vienna shows his latest works and series in a nice solo-exhibition, starting March 30th, 2012! So if you’re in Vienna, check this out and don’t forget the urban art festival [*Escape the Golden Cage*](/escape-the-golden-cage-urban-art-festival-2012/) neither!\n\n![Vinz - Saturday Night](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Saturday-Night.jpg\u003e)\n\nVinz - Saturday Night ![Vinz - Penis Complex](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-Penis-complex.jpg\u003e)\n\nVinz - Penis Complex ![Vinz - LSD at the Museum](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/Vinz-LSD-at-the-museum.jpg\u003e)\n\nVinz - LSD at the Museum ","tags":["Vinz","European Urban Art","Art Exhibition"],"title":"Usual Misdeeds by Vinz in Austria","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/usual-misdeeds-vinz-austria/"}