--- type: exposition title: Avant-Garde and the Contemporary language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/avant-garde-and-contemporary-0" --- # Avant-Garde and the Contemporary ## The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl ![Jakob Lena Knebl_Joan_2019](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/2021-07/Jakob%20Lena%20Knebl_Joan_2019_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll.jpg.webp?itok=Q0c4KkC3) **Duration:** 15 September 2021 - 19 February 2023 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. \#AvantgardeundGegenwart 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 ### [Belvedere 21](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/belvedere-21) **Opening hours:** Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am - 6 pm; Late Night: Thursday, 11 am - 9 pm **Address:** Belvedere 21, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=4) ##### In cooperation with - Kurier - [Parnass](https://www.parnass.at/) ## Impressions - ![Avantgarde und Gegenwart, Ausstellungsansicht — Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-3.jpg.webp?itok=FLHWyf_b) - ![Avantgarde und Gegenwart, Ausstellungsansicht — Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-4.jpg.webp?itok=hKob1rde) - ![Avantgarde und Gegenwart, Ausstellungsansicht — Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-7.jpg.webp?itok=1OzQ8qKC) - ![Avantgarde und Gegenwart, Ausstellungsansicht — Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-5.jpg.webp?itok=FIym2vIM) - ![Avantgarde und Gegenwart, Ausstellungsansicht — Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-6.jpg.webp?itok=lAZ4WShn) - ![Avantgarde und Gegenwart, Ausstellungsansicht — Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-10.jpg.webp?itok=RpqnWeZY) - ![Avantgarde und Gegenwart, Ausstellungsansicht — Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-8.jpg.webp?itok=C0SykdJe) - ![Avantgarde und Gegenwart, Ausstellungsansicht — Exhibition view "Avant-Garde and the Contemporary. The Belvedere Collection from Lassnig to Knebl" — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-09/Avantgarde%20und%20Gegenwart%20Presse-9.jpg.webp?itok=aWf1S6D0) - ![Jakob Lena Knebl_Joan_2019 — Jakob Lena Knebl, Joan, 2019 — Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna / © Bildrecht, Vienna 2021](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-07/Jakob%20Lena%20Knebl_Joan_2019_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll.jpg.webp?itok=D2H3QhCh) - ![Curt Stenvert_Violinspieler in vier Bewegungsphasen_1947 — Curt Stenvert, Violinspieler in vier Bewegungsphasen, 1947 — Belvedere, Vienna / Artothek des Bundes, on permanent loan at the Belvedere, Vienna / © Bildrecht, Vienna 2021](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-07/Curt%20Stenvert_Violinspieler%20in%20vier%20Bewegungsphasen_1947_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Arthothek%20des%20Bundes.jpg.webp?itok=7Dt7Dzuw) - ![Maria Lassnig, Doppelselbstporträt mit Kamera, 1974 — Maria Lassnig, Double Self-Portrait with Camera, 1974 — Artothek des Bundes, on permanent loan at Belvedere, Vienna © Maria Lassnig Foundation/ Bildrecht, Vienna 2021, Photo: Johannes Stoll](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-05/Maria%20Lassnig_Doppelselbstportr%C3%A4t%20mit%20Kamera_1974.jpg.webp?itok=LlQaiZ8x) - ![Agnieszka Polska_Eclipse_2012 — Agnieszka Polska, Eclipse, 2012 — © Courtesy the artist and Zak Branicka Gallery, Berlin](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-04/Agnieszka%20Polska_Eclipse_2012.JPG.webp?itok=f7NiQbNi) - ![Lisl Ponger_Horror Vacui_2008 — Lisl Ponger, Horror Vacui, 2008 — Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna / © Bildrecht, Vienna 2021](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-07/Lisl%20Ponger_Horror%20Vacui_2008_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll.jpg.webp?itok=CwBKAMlD) - ![Tess Jaray_St. Stephen’s Way II_1965 — Tess Jaray, St. Stephen’s Way II, 1965 — Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna / 2020 on permanent loan from Österreichische Ludwig-Stiftung, Vienna / © Bildrecht, Vienna 2021](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-07/Tess%20Jaray_St.%20Stephen%E2%80%99s%20Wall%20II_1965_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll.jpg.webp?itok=rWXAXz4I) - ![Valie EXPORT_Homometer_1937 — VALIE EXPORT, Homometer, 1937 — Photo: Johannes Stoll, Belvedere, Vienna / © VALIE EXPORT/ Bildrecht, Vienna 2021](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2021-07/Valie%20EXPORT_Homometer_1937_Belvedere%2C%20Wien_Johannes%20Stoll%20%285%29.jpg.webp?itok=uHtZeGhB) ## Video ## Booklet ![Booklet Avantgarde und Gegenwart Cover](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_width_no_crop/public/2021-09/Booklet_Avantgarde_Gegenwart-Cover.jpg.webp?itok=z5AhG3Q1) You can download the booklet here. [Avant-Garde and the Contemporary](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2021-09/Booklet_Avantgarde_Gegenwart.PDF)