Christian Scherrer

Christian Scherrer serves as a University Assistant at the Department of Art History and Art Theory within the School of Fine Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Art Linz since February 2023. Previously, he held research and teaching positions at the University of Vienna (2016-2022), University of Basel (2018-2019), and University of Applied Arts Vienna (2015-2016).

His educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Vienna and University of Helsinki (2007-2011), followed by teacher training in Philosophy/Psychology and Art Education at the University of Vienna and University of Applied Arts Vienna (2008-2016).

Scherrer's research centers on art and visual history with emphases on classical modernism, abstraction criticism in 19th-20th century art theory, and historical analysis of visual/linguistic ambiguity. He investigates ideological functions of indeterminacy in modernity, expression/dissimulation since the Baroque, and documentary photography/film theory. His current project "Encore trop symboliste!" examines ambiguity as critique of abstraction in Picasso and Max Jacob's Cubism.

His publications reveal consistent engagement with socio-historical contexts of modern/contemporary art, spanning socioeconomics of abstraction, color theory, textile modernism, and emotional discourse in 19th-century French art. Key thematic threads include materiality of artistic production, ideological dimensions of visual representation, and intersections between artistic practice and theoretical frameworks.

No scientific awards were documented in the source material.

No information regarding student supervision or research grants was provided, though his co-founding of Vienna's "wellwellwell" exhibition space (2014/15) demonstrates practical curatorial engagement beyond academic research.

Scherrer maintains active scholarly connections through institutional affiliations with major Austrian art universities and contributes to critical discourse through his editorial collaborations with academic presses like de Gruyter and Böhlau.