Judith Eisler – Scott Clifford Evans – Lazar Lyutakov

This summer, Charim presents work by three artists currently featured in the exhibition Lebt und arbeitet in Wien: Contemporary Art from Vienna at Kunsthalle Wien. Bringing together fifty-six artists living and working in the city, Lebt und arbeitet in Wien offers a broad survey of Vienna’s dynamic, experiential and critically engaged contemporary art scene. Charim is pleased to highlight select work by three participating artists represented by the gallery: Judith Eisler, Scott Clifford Evans, and Lazar Lyutakov.

Judith Eisler (1962, Newark, USA) works with images drawn from film. Rather than painting from direct observation, she isolates cinematic moments shaped through direction, staging, repetition, and editing. Through painting, these fleeting frames become charged spaces where narrative construction and painterly perception intersect. Eisler has been included in exhibitions at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015) the Hayward Gallery, London (2007), and the Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2008). She received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2002 and has been Professor of Painting and Animation Film at the University of Applied Arts Vienna since 2009.

Scott Clifford Evans (1979, Salt Lake City, USA) draws on the visual language of popular cinema and television, engaging genres such as horror, thriller, drama, and exploitation film. Developed through collaborative and process-oriented methods, his work frequently employs improvisation and collective participation, blurring the boundaries between production and performance. His most recent solo exhibition took place at FJK3 Contemporary Art Space, Vienna (2026). Since 2018, he has taught at the University of Applied Art Vienna, Academy of Fine Art Vienna, and University of Art and Design Linz.

Lazar Lyutakov (1977, Shabla, Bulgaria) investigates the structures and hierarchies that shape contemporary culture, focusing on the relationship between everyday objects, systems of consumption, and global production networks. His work examines how value is assigned and circulated, while exploring opportunities to disrupt or reimagine established economic and cultural frameworks. Lyutakov has exhibited internationally, including at the Secession, Vienna (2023), Simian, Copenhagen (2021) and the Fondazione Zimei, Pescara (2025). Lyutakov represented Bulgaria at the Venice Biennale in 2019.