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“Art is a form of communication that is independent of dogmas or ideologies. It opens up space for different perspectives and allows us to come into harmony with nature, other people and the spiritual world.”
Media reports about Martin Gautsch
Magazine report
SalzburgerLand Magazine
Martin Gautsch - From farmer to artist
Thomatal is a small village in Salzburg's Lungau region. The picturesque village with only 340 inhabitants is situated in an elevated position, surrounded by the Nockberge mountains and the Niedere Tauern, on hilly terrain at 1060 meters. The view of the Speiereck mountain is particularly beautiful. The artist Martin Gautsch lives here
TV - Report
Servus TV
Heimatleuchten “A year in Salzburger Lungau”
Martin Gautsch was actually supposed to take over the farm, but then the multi-talented man discovered his passion for wood and the stories he can tell with it.
Newspaper - Report
Lungauer Nachrichten
“I was born an artist!”
Martin Gautsch, who is very interested in the human soul: “I often compare it to a lake: storms, wind, fog and high waves whip around inside a person. But if they try to calm down, the water becomes calm and smooth. This situation then allows us to look into our own depths.”
Magazine report
Servus (Magazine)
The farmer with the artist gene
On the road in Thomatal - where slowness reigns and a sacred calm prevails. Martin Gautsch, once a woodcutter, ski instructor and organic farmer, is now an artist. In addition to sculptures and ornamental objects, he makes imaginative children's toys.
TV - Report
RTS Regional TV Salzburg
"Kunsthof Thomatal" Leader Biosphäre Lungau
The former farmer and current artist Martin Gautsch has turned his parents' farm into an art farm. How does he see the world, what does democracy have to do with art for him and what is the vision behind his projects? The boys and girls asked.
TV - Report
BR - Bayrische TV
Broadcast Landgasthäuser
The report from Bavarian television was broadcast on 05. 03. 2021.
Radio report
ORF Landesstudio - Radio Salzburg
"Here I am at home in Thomatal"
Interview with Caroline Gappmayr-Koller
Moderation/Editorial Office Folk Culture
The report was broadcast on Radio Salzburg
Newspaper - Report
Lungauer Nachrichten
Art on the farm in Thomatal
Gautsch takes a critical view of the global shift to the right. “Every person is equal, different and unique. These values can be lived well if democracy creates two things: a sense of belonging and individual development opportunities. It creates solidarity, trust and security”
TV - Report
Salzburg AG TV
Communities - Towns - Cities
Elisabeth is out and about in Thomatal in this edition of Communities - Places - Towns. After a visit to the Bundschuh smelting plant, Elisabeth heads to Kunsthof Thomatal.
Newspaper report
Salzburger Bauer
“The artistic path is a part of me”
His works of art are as diverse as the material he works with. Martin Gautsch carves wooden seesaw animals, various figures and modern sculptures.
Book report
111 Orte im Lungau die man gesehen haben muss
Monika Schmitz, Emos Verlag
Martin Gautsch makes art, thinks art, makes art. But he found his way to art in a roundabout way. Originally, his existence was entirely focused on preserving traditions.
Monika Schmitz, Emos Verlag
Magazine report
Supermag - The magazine from the super disaster
Resident: Martin Gautsch
Basically, I have the conviction that there is nothing, no action, that doesn't have an effect forever. I'm not the kind of person who says that something has to be created that has to be there forever and embellish something, I don't have that approach or claim.
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