At its Viennese headquarters, ALPINE is exhibiting a new show under the name "Cities of the World/World of Cities", which displays work by Voka, an artist who espouses spontaneous realism. Voka's pictures are related with Austria and with the countries of its central- and eastern-European environment, and they are characterised by their chromatic richness and their singularity of form.

Peter Preindl, managing director of ALPINE Bau GmbH, stated that the objective of these shows was to give an artistic touch to the daily business of construction and at the same time to open this platform up to artists of current importance.

The show was opened by Federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer and, like previous shows at ALPINE, can be visited year-round by employees and clients.

VOKA

Austrian artist VOKA, born in 1965, is considered the founder of spontaneous realism. The foundations of his artistic ability reside in many years of study of realist art, when he shifted from drawing through watercolours to his currently preferred technique, acrylics. VOKA's motifs are the quotidian, the apparently concealed and at the same time omnipresent. In his pictures he endeavours to capture snapshots that move him. His work has been shown at occasions including the 2007 Biennale Austria, which was held in Carinthia, at Golf ART in Cincinnati and New York, USA, and in various art shows. VOKA is a member of the Professional Fine Arts Association and teaches at the Fine Arts Academy in Bad Reichenhall, Germany, and at the Stift Geras Fine Arts Academy. He lives and works in Puchberg am Schneeberg.