Avant-Garde and the Contemporary

Greta Freist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Maria Lassnig, Padhi Frieberger, Günter Brus, VALIE EXPORT, Heimo Zobernig, Elke Silvia Krystufek, Ashley Hans Scheirl, and Jakob Lena Knebl: Works by these and many other Austrian artists in the collection account for the allure of the Belvedere’s holdings from the 20th and 21st centuries. The exhibition Avant-Garde and The Contemporary brings a distinguished selection of contemporary and historical artistic approaches from the collection as well as from the Artothek des Bundes, administered by the Belvedere, into productive correspondence. The collection is conceived as a dynamic structure of constellations, examined for continuities and ruptures, relevance and redundancy. Through multiple narrative strands, the show provides insights into art since the 1930s and highlights key artistic currents and tendencies.

Curated by Luisa Ziaja.

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With works by:
Marc Adrian, Anna Artaker, Christian Ludwig Attersee, Josef Bauer, Herbert Bayer, Gustav Kurt Beck, Walter Behrens, Anna-Sophie Berger, Renate Bertlmann, Wander Bertoni, Lieselott Beschorner, Linda Bilda, Maria Biljan-Bilger, Kamilla Bischof, Herbert Brandl, Arik Brauer, Günter Brus, Linda Christanell, Canan Dagdelen, Gunter Damisch, Svenja Deininger, Verena Dengler, Carola Dertnig, Heinrich Dunst, Melanie Ebenhoch, Veronika Eberhart, VALIE EXPORT, Greta Freist, Padhi Frieberger, Adolf Frohner, Ernst Fuchs, Marcus Geiger, Gelatin, Bruno Gironcoli, Gottfried Goebel, Roland Goeschl, Ingeborg G. Pluhar, Lily Greenham, Eva Grubinger, Nilbar Güreş, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Maria Hahnenkamp, Rudolf Hausner, Matthias Herrmann, Wolfgang Herzig, Laura Hinrichsmeyer, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Wolfgang Hutter, Tess Jaray, Nicolas Jasmin, Anna Jermolaewa, H+H Joos, Martha Jungwirth, Birgit Jürgenssen, Tillman Kaiser, Johanna Kandl, Barbara Kapusta, Friedrich Kiesler, Erika Giovanna Klien, Alfred Klinkan, Jakob Lena Knebl, Kiki Kogelnik, Cornelius Kolig, Joseph Kosuth, Brigitte Kowanz / Franz Graf, Elke Silvia Krystufek, Maria Lassnig, Anton Lehmden, Sonia Leimer, Angelika Loderer, Inés Lombardi, Sarah Lucas, Marko Lulić, Marcin Maciejowski, Dorit Margreiter, Till Megerle, Josef Mikl, Franziska Mikl-Wibmer, Marie‑Louise von Motesiczky, Ulrike Müller, Muntean Rosenblum, Agnes Muthspiel, Henrike Naumann, Hermann Nitsch, Matthias Noggler, Oswald Oberhuber, Walter Obholzer, Silke Otto-Knapp, Vevean Oviette, Wolfgang Paalen, Florentina Pakosta, Vicken Parsons, Friederike Pezold, Helga Philipp, Josef Pillhofer, Margot Pilz, Agnieszka Polska, Hilda C. Polsterer, Lisl Ponger, Peter Pongratz, Markus Prachensky, Karl Prantl, Lotte Profohs-Leherb, Florian Pumhösl, Liesl Raff, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Gerhard Rühm, Francis Ruyter, Anna Schachinger, Ashley Hans Scheirl, Johanna Schidlo-Riedl, Alfons Schilling, Markus Schinwald, Toni Schmale, Isa Schmidlehner, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Anne Speier, Lilly Steiner, Curt Stenvert, Alexander Stern, Ingeborg Strobl, Erwin Thorn, Philipp Timischl, Borjana Ventzislavova, Rudolf Wacker, Trude Waehner, Kay Walkowiak, Kurt Weber, Peter Weibel, Lois Weinberger, Susanne Wenger, Franz West, Ingrid Wiener, Fritz Wotruba, Erwin Wurm, Traute Zemb-Wolsegger, Robert Zeppel-Sperl, Heimo Zobernig, Feri Zotter