{"id":41194,"date":"2022-02-02T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=41194"},"modified":"2024-07-30T15:44:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:44:09","slug":"lena-henke-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/lena-henke-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Lena Henke installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/henkesmall.jpg\" alt=\"Elephant's head\" class=\"wp-image-41195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/henkesmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/henkesmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pop into Upper Belvedere for medieval altar panels, 18th-century marbled palace halls, Biedermeier portraits, the best of Klimt\u2026and a yellow elephant in repose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aldo Rossi&#8217;s Sleeping Elephant is the latest addition to the Carlone Contemporary series<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Single installation juxtaposed with Baroque surrounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curated by Stella Rollig, assisted by Johanna Hofer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Feb 17 &#8211; Aug 28, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/belvedere\/\">Belvedere visitor tips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#modernart\">contemporary art exhibitions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-sleeping-elephant\">A Sleeping Elephant?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Henke_Sleeping_Elephant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Henke_Sleeping_Elephant.jpg\" alt=\"Aldo Rossi's Sleeping Elephant \u00a9 Lena Henke \/ Layr Gallery, Vienna\" class=\"wp-image-41196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Henke_Sleeping_Elephant.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Henke_Sleeping_Elephant-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Aldo Rossi&#8217;s Sleeping Elephant \u00a9 Lena Henke \/ Layr Gallery, Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask about elephants in Vienna and people will point you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/palace-of-schonbrunn\/vienna-zoo\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1674\">Sch\u00f6nbrunn Tiergarten<\/a>: the world&#8217;s oldest working zoo provides a home for Tonga, Tembo, Mongu, and other African elephants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, though, they might also invite you to step into the early 18th-century surrounds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/upper-belvedere-palace\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3521\">Upper Belvedere palace<\/a>, specifically the Carlone Hall resplendent in its mythology-inspired and illusionist frescoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once home to medieval masterpieces, the hall now hosts the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/carlone-contemporary\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"57612\">Carlone Contemporary exhibitions<\/a> that juxtapose a modern installation with the striking Baroque d\u00e9cor. The effect is often startling and unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lena Henke&#8217;s <em>Aldo Rossi&#8217;s Sleeping Elephant<\/em>, recently given to Belvedere by a private art collector, makes the perfect addition to the series. The artist herself has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frieze.com\/article\/lena-henke-discusses-distances-and-desires\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I&#8217;m inspired by spaces that reflect the influence of their surroundings: local history, architecture and socio-economic conditions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The ambiguity of the impression created by the large yellow work means we may see a mammal or metaphor in sweet or rigid repose but also a set of arches, thus creating a thread to the motifs in the historical surrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On encountering the piece, it seems both out of place and yet also perfectly integrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work&#8217;s title draws a line to the Italian architect and designer, Aldo Rossi (1931-1997), winner of the 1990 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Rossi saw urban planning as a permanent process where architecture of the past segues into new roles. Another apt reference given the venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets-and-dates\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy the sleeping elephant from February 17th to August 28th, 2022. A ticket for Upper Belvedere includes all installations and exhibitions inside the palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For another juxtaposition of historical and contemporary, seek out Upper Belvedere&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/marc-quinn-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"40848\">Face to Face exhibition<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc Quinn places his remarkable <em>Emotional Detox<\/em> series of sculptures in dialogue with Messerschmidt&#8217;s astonishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/franz-xaver-messerschmidt\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3650\">Baroque character heads<\/a>. That runs for much of the same time as the Henke installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-get-to-the-installation\">How to get to the installation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Carlone Hall hosting Henke&#8217;s work is on the ground floor of Upper Belvedere palace and the first room off to the right as you stand in the entrance. See these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/gettingthere3\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3402\">directions<\/a> for travel tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Prinz Eugen-Stra\u00dfe 27, 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>Pop into Upper Belvedere for medieval altar panels, 18th-century marbled palace halls, Biedermeier portraits, the best of Klimt\u2026and a yellow elephant in repose. 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(Aldo Rossi&#8217;s Sleeping Elephant \u00a9 Lena Henke \/ Layr Gallery, Vienna) Ask about elephants in Vienna and people will point you to Sch\u00f6nbrunn Tiergarten: the world&#8217;s oldest working zoo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belvedere-sites","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41194"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74051,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41194\/revisions\/74051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}