--- type: exposition title: The Language of Things language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/language-things-0" --- # The Language of Things ## Material Hi/Stories from the Collection ![48 Color Photographs (C-Prints) 45 x 30 cm](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_462804486720.jpg.webp?itok=l5CxEblv) **Duration:** 10 June 2016 - 22 January 2017 **Matter, material and materiality have acted both as points of departure and subjects of artistic production since the 1960s. While for example Minimal Art focused on the specific characteristics of the used material, today’s phenomena of digitization bring about a new tension between materiality and immateriality that is reflected in contemporary art practices. With works from the contemporary art collection and the Federal Art Archives this show highlights the thingness of the exhibited objects in order to read between the lines of material languages.** **With works by** Franz Amann, Carl Andre, John M Armleder, Richard Artschwager, Josef Bauer, Thomas Baumann, Julien Bismuth, Andy Boot, Herbert Brandl, Gilbert Bretterbauer, Cäcilia Brown/Wilhelm KLotzek, Andy Coolquitt, Andreas Duscha, Judith Fegerl, Robert Filliou, Dan Flavin, Andreas Fogarasi, Kerstin von Gabain, Gelatin, Julian Göthe, Manuel Gorkiewicz, Franz Graf, Eva Grubinger, Michael Gumhold, Robert F. Hammerstiel, Gregor Hildebrandt, Benjamin Hirte, Anna Jermolaewa, Donald Judd, Barbara Kapusta, Jakob Lena Knebl, Roland Kollnitz, Brigitte Kowanz, Susanne Kriemann, Sonia Leimer, Anita Leisz, Inés Lombardi, Constantin Luser, Dorit Margreiter, Ralo Mayer, Adam McEwen, Robert Morris, Marlie Mul, Ulrike Müller, Walter Obholzer, Lisa Oppenheim, Rudolf Polanszky, Rosa Rendl, Gerhard Richter, Valentin Ruhry, Fred Sandback, Stefan Sandner, Stefanie Seibold, Tony Smith, Daniel Spoerri, Lucie Stahl, Rudolf Stingel, Zin Taylor, Sofie Thorsen, Christoph Weber, Lois Weinberger, Franz West, Erwin Wurm, Heimo Zobernig, Franz von Zülow Curated by Luisa Ziaja and Axel Köhne. **\#collection21** ### [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) ## Impressions - ![48 Color Photographs (C-Prints) 45 x 30 cm — Erwin Wurm, One Minute Sculptures, 1997/2005 — © Belvedere, Vienna © Photo: Bildrecht, Vienna, 2016](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804486720_0.jpg.webp?itok=1SGwYqiI) - ![Celotex Tuff-R on 2 panels 241 × 236 cm — Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, 2002 — Courtesy Anne and Wolfgang Titze Collection, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804483381.jpg.webp?itok=TGpGqHl9) - ![Collage on cardboard 122 × 90 cm — Franz West, Poster Design (The Fucker No. 2), 2006 — On permanent loan from the Becker family, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804483378.jpg.webp?itok=kC4uc_cI) - ![Filz und Metall/ Structural steel 183 × 305 cm — Robert Morris, Untitled, 1967–1995 — Courtesy Anne and Wolfgang Titze Collection, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804483377.jpg.webp?itok=h8az10aZ) - ![Reflective Foil, acrylic glass, silicon on canvas 255 × 308 cm — Rudolf Polanszky, Reconstructions / Translinear Structures, 2009 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804488202.jpg.webp?itok=kjTDxgOS) - ![Digital animation in high definition — Benjamin Hirte, Untitled, 2014 — Purchased with Austrian Gallery Support funding, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804484987.jpg.webp?itok=x6CcfyvD) - ![48 colour photographs (c-prints) each 45 × 30 cm — Erwin Wurm, One Minute Sculptures, 1997 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804483370.jpg.webp?itok=kdKjpujE) - ![Oil on Canvas 220 × 320 × 4,5 cm — Herbert Brandl, Untitled, 1997 — Donation by the Ploner Collection, Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804483369.jpg.webp?itok=2GXSUzwu) - ![textile, paper, wood, motor, 43 cm — Artist group gelitin, Bonsai Tree, 2009 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804483372.jpg.webp?itok=nRTlaAZR) - ![Die Sprache der Dinge — Exhibition View "The Language of Things - Material Histories from the Collection" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804487892.jpg.webp?itok=TzGyK_OC) - ![Die Sprache der Dinge — Exhibition View "The Language of Things - Material Histories from the Collection" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804487890.jpg.webp?itok=neerWKd8) - ![Die Sprache der Dinge — Exhibition View "The Language of Things - Material Histories from the Collection" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804487889.jpg.webp?itok=Hh1O-p8o) - ![Die Sprache der Dinge — Exhibition View "The Language of Things - Material Histories from the Collection" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804487886.jpg.webp?itok=Z6W1EIgg) - ![Die Sprache der Dinge — Exhibition View "The Language of Things - Material Histories from the Collection" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_462804487885.jpg.webp?itok=fxmASIz9) - ![Die Sprache der Dinge — Exhibition opening "The Language of Things - Material Histories from the Collection" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272277762.jpg.webp?itok=NXKVxjhK) - ![Die Sprache der Dinge — Exhibition opening "The Language of Things - Material Histories from the Collection" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272277763.jpg.webp?itok=tx9jsi2E) - ![Die Sprache der Dinge — Exhibition opening "The Language of Things - Material Histories from the Collection" — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272277757.jpg.webp?itok=9vtIUXRw)