Автор: artnovinicom Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:11ч - Последна промяна Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:32ч The Rendezvous Body & Soul exhibitions with significant works from the will run until 30 June VIENNA From 1 July 2016 after 17 years the Essl Museum (An der Donau-Au 1) will be ceasing its exhibition activity Up to this date all planned events exhibitions will still take place In addition a gr finale will be organised with Open Days comprehensive art-education programmes announced esslmuseum The Essl family has financed the building of the Essl Museum all current costs for the operation exhibitions from its own funds for 17 years Unfortunately this is now no longer possible For the continued operation of the Essl Museum additional sources of funding or public-sector support would have been necessary The province 1 / 9
Автор: artnovinicom Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:11ч - Последна промяна Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:32ч of Lower Austria had announced that it would have been willing to provide an essential contribution if the central government were to provide the same level of funding Unfortunately there has been no positive commitment from the central government I am very sorry but this situation now forces us to cease exhibition activity So from July 2016 the will no longer be visible for the public; yet it remains unaffected by the cessation of exhibition activity The Essl Museum will continue to be used as a depot for the which has been an important task of the house since 1999 As before the collection will be well looked after Archive conservation department art hling facility management will be maintained The international loan activity remains in place I would like to thank with all my heart the numerous visitors artists collaborators who for many years have made this museum an open exciting beautiful place of art dialogue said Prof Karlheinz Essl The Rendezvous Body & Soul exhibitions with significant works from the Essl Collection will run until 30 June On 4 May the final exhibition will be opened in the Essl Museum which will also run until 30 June The esel Collection is a participative exhibition project by the Viennese art networker knowledge producer artist Lorenz Seidler alias esel displays a collage spanning several rooms in which the Viennese art scene of the past 15 years is addressed 2 / 9
Автор: artnovinicom Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:11ч - Последна промяна Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:32ч In the coming weeks there will be further publications accompanying the two last major collection exhibitions Rendezvous Body & Soul as well as publications on the history of the Essl Museum The Essl Museum is taking its leave with a gr finale featuring three exhibitions numerous art-education programmes concerts lectures The museum will remain open at its usual hours until 30 June (Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am to 6 pm Wednesday 10 am to 9 pm free admission from 6 pm) The Open Days will take place from 24 to 30 June with free admission (daily from 10 am to 6 pm also on Monday 27 June) The exhibition Body & Soul What attitude do we take today vis-à-vis our body sexuality? In the 20th century Western 3 / 9
Автор: artnovinicom Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:11ч - Последна промяна Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:32ч society revolutionised redefined its relationship with the body but also brought problematic aspects to light Artists reflected these developments of course particularly after 1945 Post-war Austria saw the head-on confrontation between hypocritical sexual morals far-reaching denial sub-culture avant-gardes striving to overcome these obstacles Vienna Actionism a movement that produced art which still has the power to shock is now considered one of the most significant achievements of Austrian art Body & Soul is devoted to a subject widely represented in the the human body in all its facets The exhibition places the topic in a wider social context traces its evolution up to the present The human body may serve as platform for the expression of inner states feelings as exemplified by Maria Lassnig s body awarenes paintings; it can be a metaphor for metaphysical notions or as in Ma rc Quinn s sculpture Allison Lapper it may celebrate beauty beyond social norms Curator: Andreas Hoffer The exhibition Rendezvous - Masterpieces from the 4 / 9
Автор: artnovinicom Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:11ч - Последна промяна Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:32ч Sometimes a date or rendezvous can ignite an exceptional story as was the case with the initial meeting of Agnes Karlheinz Essl in 1959 in New York They immediately became a couple enjoyed their first encounters with contemporary art in the fascinating metropolis on their dates which took them to the museums galleries of New York This was the origin of their love for art which soon became a passion: The beginning of the Rendezvous Masterpieces from the the major show of collection holdings in 2016 features a rendezvous between central works artists from the Austrian international artists meet sometimes in surprising constellations Actual romantic rendezvous like the ones Maria Lassnig Arnulf Rainer had in the 1950s in Paris come upon imaginary What-if encounters: Max Weiler meets Cecily Brown Martha Jungwirth has a date with Asger Jorn 5 / 9
Автор: artnovinicom Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:11ч - Последна промяна Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:32ч Kurt Kocherscheidt with Antoni Tàpies Far Eastern philosophies with their focus on reduction influenced not only Hans Bischoffshausen eorges Mathieu Friedensreich Hundertwasser but also the aforementioned Rainer Lassnig Encounters with the archaic the primal bring together such divergent artists as Kurt Kocherscheidt Antoni Tàpies Hermann Nitsch Eduardo Chillida G Nature s creation is the focal point for Max Weiler Per Kirkeby the painterly process of transformation connects W eiler with the much younger artist Cecily Brown Other meetings celebrate the spontaneous unbound act of painting valued by the artists of COBRA The last room of the exhibition hosts a rendezvous with an unknown outcome with works chosen by friends of the Essl Museum The first selection will be made by the collectors Agne s Karlheinz Essl a profession of love to art 6 / 9
Автор: artnovinicom Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:11ч - Последна промяна Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:32ч Curator: Andreas Hoffer The esel Collection The Essl Museum Laboratory will be inaugurated by a project designed by the Viennese art networker knowledge producer artist Lorenz Seidler aka e SeL The esel Collection documents reflects on the world of art on the basis of esel s comprehensive archives: information on documentation of exhibitions from the last 15 years many boxes filled with leaflets many terabytes of data will be arranged to form an interactive exhibition setting With the help of a many-layered timeline The esel Collection provides an insight in current developments dynamic trends in an increasingly interrelated world of art explores the changes in conditions underlying art production investigates new challenges the future potential of contemporary art Individual focus areas are highlighted by selected esel projects from the last 15 years esel s photographic oeuvre which is devoted to the art scene its protagonists will be presented in large formats Art is the product of communication! - visitors will have the opportunity to contribute actively by adding their own observations on the development of art in the last 15 years On several days esel himself will attend the laboratory change exp the setting of the collection together with the visitors 7 / 9
Автор: artnovinicom Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:11ч - Последна промяна Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:32ч The is one of the most important collections of Austrian art since 1945 one of the significant collections of contemporary art in Europe In the collection Austrian art is found in great variety depth is put in an international context which allows observation of trends connections in the international art scene The collection was built by Agnes Karlheinz Essl For over 50 years they have accompanied the careers lives of Austrian international artists - for them direct interaction with the artists is a crucial point of collecting The main focus of the collection is Austrian Art from 1945 with works by artists like Maria Lassnig VALIE EXPORT Arnulf Rainer Max Weiler Markus Prachensky the artist of the Viennese Actionism like Hermann Nitsch Günter Brus new painting of the 1980s to the younger generation of Austrian artists such as Elke Krystufek Deborah Sengl Nowadays the Essl collection is a significant cultural heritage of Austrian art since the secon d World War (1939-1945) 8 / 9
Автор: artnovinicom Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:11ч - Последна промяна Сряда 06 Април 2016г 20:32ч The Essl Museum is one of the main architectural works by Austrian architect holder of the Austrian State Prize Heinz Tesar The museum was built in 1999 presents the completion of Tesar s unique architectural design vocabulary The Essl Museum is home to works of the Essl collection holds an exhibition space of 3200 sqm 9 / 9