---
type: exposition
title: Cornelius Kolig
language: en
url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/cornelius-kolig"
---

# Cornelius Kolig

## Organic

![iron, chromed, Plexiglas  45 x 40 x 50 cm](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_462804487877.jpg.webp?itok=zgb6KoEH) 

**Duration:** 10 June 2016 - 9 October 2016

**Born in 1942, the painter, sculptor, installation and object artist, Cornelius Kolig is known for his uncompromising work that revolves around the human body and the psyche, sexuality and death, obsessions and taboos. In the 1960s and 1970s, he experimented with newly developed materials such as acrylic glass and polycarbonate. He primarily created sculptures that were committed to the technoid aesthetics of the time but also anticipated his future body-related works. In 1980, he started building his “Gesamtkunstwerk”, an architectural site in Vordernberg an der Gail, Carinthia, which he named *The Paradise*. The exhibition presents an insight into the different groups of works that comprise Kolig’s extensive artistic oeuvre.**

### [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](<https://www.google.com/maps?q=Belvedere 21,+Arsenalstraße 1,+1030+Vienna>))

[Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=4)

## Impressions

- ![Plexiglass, fluorescent red, wood, screw clamps  65 x 35 x 35 cm — Cornelius Kolig, Untitled, 1972 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804483371.jpg.webp?itok=wa1_l0fU)
- ![iron, chromed, Plexiglas  45 x 40 x 50 cm — Cornelius Kolig, Untitled, 1968 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804487877_0.jpg.webp?itok=S2N8ocs8)
- ![Wood, aluminium, acrylic glass — Cornelius Kolig, The Paradise, 2002 — Loan from the Artist, Photo: © Gert Steinthaler](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804488238.jpg.webp?itok=3ztwiJTm)
- ![Cornelius Kolig — Exhibition View "Cornelius Kolig - Organic" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804487888.jpg.webp?itok=Nv_Ha88u)
- ![Cornelius Kolig — Exhibition View "Cornelius Kolig - Organic" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804487891.jpg.webp?itok=iaWO_V-f)
- ![polyurethane foam, metal, varnish  200 x 90 x 102 cm — Cornelius Kolig, Cephalopod, 1965/2014 — Donation by the artist, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804486996.jpg.webp?itok=6C5-OwhP)
- ![Oil on Paper  29,5 x 20,8 cm — Cornelius Kolig, The Life's Work, 1989 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804487043.png.webp?itok=9hBGiOud)