Imitation of Life

Mathias Poledna, Imitation of Life, 2013. 35mm film, color, sound, 3 min.. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist in honor of the supporters of the Austrian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale, 2013, including Christopher Brody, Eva and Christoph Dichand, Nicole and Stefan Ehrlich Adám, EMDASH Foundation, Barbara and Axel Haubrok, Franziska and Christian Hausmaninger, Samantha and John Hunt, Peter König, Kathrin and Hans Pfleiderer, Veronika Piëch, Ernst Ploil, Gheri Sackler, Sammlung Sanziany im Palais Rasumofsky, Barbara Schlaff, Sergey Skaterschikov, Stefan Stolitzka, Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture, and other anonymous donors 2025.108. © Mathias Poledna and Galerie Buchholz, Cologne / Berlin / New York