{"id":17923,"date":"2019-08-17T05:51:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T04:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=17923"},"modified":"2024-06-25T09:58:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T08:58:10","slug":"arnulf-rainer-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/arnulf-rainer-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnulf Rainer exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rainersmall.jpg\" alt=\"Albertina facade\" class=\"wp-image-17948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rainersmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/rainersmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Albertina art museum owns dozens of works by Arnulf Rainer. Which is handy when it comes to holding a special exhibition to mark his 90th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Retrospective exhibition features key works from across Rainer&#8217;s creative life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highlights include samples of the Albertina&#8217;s prestigious collection of Face Farces and Body Poses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exhibition dates: Sept 27, 2019 to Jan 19, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\">Albertina visitor &amp; tickets info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#modernart\">contemporary art exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">90th birthday hommage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Austrian composers have clearly cast their spell over global culture and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can&#8217;t blame Austrian artists for having somewhat less of an impact than their musical colleagues. But a few names have left their colourful mark far beyond the borders of the Alps. Think Gustav Klimt, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another such name is Arnulf Rainer, born just down the road from Vienna in 1929 (in Baden), and due to celebrate his 90th birthday in December, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such an occasion is as good an excuse as any to show some of the artwork that has made Rainer one of the world&#8217;s most influential post-WWII artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albertina&#8217;s exhibition takes you across decades&#8217; worth of creative evolution, from Rainer&#8217;s early overpainting of photographs and &#8220;face farces&#8221;, through the crosses of the late 20th century, and all the way up to his most recent work. The tribute draws on the museum&#8217;s own extensive collection of almost 300 of Rainer&#8217;s works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The influence and importance of Rainer&#8217;s abstract and innovative approaches can be seen in the numerous prestigious locations that have held relevant exhibitions, such as Venice&#8217;s Museo Correr, Amsterdam&#8217;s Stedelijk Museum, New York&#8217;s Guggenheim Museum, and Paris&#8217;s Pompidou Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Rainer&#8217;s overdrawn photos of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt&#8217;s famous busts have just been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/talking-heads-exhibition\/\">on display<\/a> at Belvedere Palace, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My particular highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the photos of Rainer are in themselves strangely engrossing. Then the overpainting adds an entirely new dimension. Particular favourites were <em>Sleep <\/em>(1973\/74) and <em>Black Grooves<\/em> (1974).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And a special tip of the hat to the curator, Antonia Hoerschelmann, for the presentation of various Rainer <em>Crosses<\/em> compositions in a chapel-shaped room (even while accepting that the art is not considered sacral in nature). The impact as you enter is stark, almost brutal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arnulf Rainer exhibition began on Friday, September 27th, 2019 and finishes January 19th, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A standard entrance ticket or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/vienna-pass-review\/\">Vienna Pass<\/a> gets you into the museum and exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover travel tips for the Albertina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\">here<\/a>. It&#8217;s not hard to find if you&#8217;re visiting the old town area. The museum borders the Hofburg Palace complex and sits opposite the State Opera House, so it&#8217;s right in the middle of tourist territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1zfWanf5rPBbnTLLDuah2uixe-Nw\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albertina art museum owns dozens of works by Arnulf Rainer. Which is handy when it comes to holding a special exhibition to mark his 90th birthday. 90th birthday hommage Austrian composers have clearly cast their spell over global culture and history. 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