{"id":18701,"date":"2019-09-01T05:23:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T04:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=18701"},"modified":"2024-06-21T16:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:22:42","slug":"johanna-kandl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/johanna-kandl\/","title":{"rendered":"Johanna Kandl 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\/08\/kandlsmall.jpg\" alt=\"View of the orangery\" class=\"wp-image-18706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kandlsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kandlsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The stories behind a painting can be fascinating. But what about the stories behind the materials used to make that painting? That&#8217;s the premise of a new Johanna Kandl exhibition in Lower Belvedere&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/orangery\/\">Orangery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explores issues surrounding materials used in creating art, such as provenance, economics &amp; sustainability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Illustrates this by juxtaposing these materials with paintings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Sept 13, 2019 &#8211; Jan 19, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mainly German text (but a free booklet contains English translations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/belvedere\/\">Belvedere visitor 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\">Materials and art<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kandlexhibition.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kandlexhibition.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/kandlexhibition-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Press photo \u00a9 H.&amp; J. Kandl, 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently, a picture is worth a thousand words (whoever said that has never seen one of *my* pictures, unless those words are just a series of expletives). Anyway, there&#8217;s a story to every painting. The one in the painting and the one behind its creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if we ever give consideration to the materials used to create that painting, it&#8217;s usually from a technical perspective. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/overview\/\">Kunsthistorisches Museum<\/a>, for example, often has exhibitions with lovely details about the techniques used to create a piece of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this exhibition in the early 18th-century orangery at Lower Belvedere palace, the Austrian artist, Johanna Kandl, invites us to examine another story entirely by asking different kinds of questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not so much &#8220;How are the materials used?&#8221; but &#8220;What are they?&#8221;, &#8220;Where do they come from?&#8221; and &#8220;What issues are raised by their use?&#8221; Tools and colours have their own complex story to tell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So Kandl&#8217;s interest is less about material science and more about geography and socioeconomics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, how does resin production impact economic sustainability for the local population? What are the environmental consequences of pigment mining?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A renowned artist herself, Kandl has researched these material stories in situ, travelling to the likes of Sudan and Sumatra while doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the exhibition, the objectivity of Kandl, the documentary observer, combines with her personal experience as, for example, an artist and trained conservator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Documents, photos, and videos illustrate and explore relevant issues and perspectives. Added resonance comes from placing materials in close proximity to Kandl&#8217;s own works and also paintings selected from Belvedere&#8217;s extensive collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given my ignorance of all such matters, simply discovering all the different materials that go into a painting was a pleasure &#8211; not just pigments, but brushes, turpentine, gum arabic, and similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that in the exhibition itself, all text is mostly in German. An exhibition folder has complete English translations, plus an index for all the paintings on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Unfortunately, the folder is easy to miss &#8211; look for dispensers on either side of the entrance doors to the exhibition proper.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition runs from Friday, September 13th, 2019 to Sunday, January 19th, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No special ticket is required. Just an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/belvedere\/\">entrance ticket<\/a> for Lower Belvedere (or a suitable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/vienna-pass-review\/\">sightseeing pass<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the Kandl exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the directions for Belvedere. Once you&#8217;re inside Lower Belvedere, go on through to the staterooms in the west wing and access to the Orangery is at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Rennweg 6, 1030 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1ksawXWFMVD9bljA48Gi7_VvWSfI\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stories behind a painting can be fascinating. But what about the stories behind the materials used to make that painting? That&#8217;s the premise of a new Johanna Kandl exhibition in Lower Belvedere&#8217;s Orangery. Materials and art (Press photo \u00a9 H.&amp; J. 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