{"id":48525,"date":"2022-07-12T05:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T04:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=48525"},"modified":"2025-03-17T11:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:59:08","slug":"chobot-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/chobot-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chobot collection"},"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\/07\/chobotsmall1.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition poster\" class=\"wp-image-49855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chobotsmall1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chobotsmall1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Back in 2019, the kids got me a Skyrim t-shirt. Dagmar and Manfred Chobot&#8217;s gift to the Albertina that same year had rather more value: over 800 works of contemporary Austrian art. The <em>Chobot Collection<\/em> exhibition showcases some of the highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rare chance to view such a collection of domestic modern art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs July 14 &#8211; Sept 18, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\">Albertina overview &amp; info<\/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> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights of generosity<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/chobotcollection.jpg\" alt=\"Cornelius Kolig, Variationsobjekt aus dem Plexi-Plastik-Baukasten, 1969, Plexiglas. Hartschaum, Polyester, Eisen vernickelt; The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna \u2013 Gift by Dagmar Chobot 2020\" class=\"wp-image-48521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/chobotcollection.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/chobotcollection-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Cornelius Kolig, Variationsobjekt aus dem Plexi-Plastik-Baukasten, 1969, Plexiglas. Hartschaum, Polyester, Eisen vernickelt; The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna \u2013 Gift by Dagmar Chobot 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a walk from Stephansdom cathedral down Schulerstrasse and then turn right into Domgasse; you find yourself falling into the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building at No. 5, for example, looks as if Mozart might once have waved a quill out the window in search of inspiration from the Gods of Music. Perhaps he did, for he used to live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozartwohnung\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5856\">first floor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking a little further takes you past a hotel that once housed Hungarian nobles. And then a spot of contemporary flair slips in quietly between the austere fa\u00e7ades of history: Galerie Chobot at No.6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peering through the windows reveals the kind of art that would confuse an 18th century count, but enthuse a 21st century art connoisseur; Dagmar and Manfred Chobot have collected contemporary Austrian art since the late 60s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dagmar runs the gallery, which has played a key role, for example, in the promotion of Austrian sculpture. Manfred Chobot is a successful author and novelist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, the couple passed a large portion of their art collection to the Albertina art museum (a donation worth a seven figure sum; my Skyrim t-shirt&#8217;s looking even worse now).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum&#8217;s head, Klaus Schr\u00f6der, had significant input into the selection, allowing the Albertina to fill gaps in even its extraordinary archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summer 2022 allows us to explore some of the most important works from among the 800 items donated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Chobot Collection<\/em> exhibition features pieces by Cornelius Kolig, Bruno Gironcoli, Alfred Hrdlicka, Verena Bretschneider, Franz Ringel, Adolf Frohner, Herbert Brandl, Ochmar Zechyr, Wolfgang Herzig, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, it&#8217;s a chance to see homegrown works in among the international exhibitions that normally occupy Vienna&#8217;s main art museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highlights for me were the gloriously brazen 3D compositions by Bretschneider and Walter Moroder&#8217;s strangely-absorbing <em>NY<\/em> from 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moroder&#8217;s statue of a woman in Swiss pine, acrylic and ink evoked the feeling that she might emerge from her closed-eyes reverie at any moment to dispense words of wisdom and tell stories that send us to rare places of the imagination. Lovely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Browse the best of the Chobot collection from July 14th to September 18th, 2022. A standard entrance ticket for the Albertina includes the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the focus of the Chobot collection, you might take a look at other concurrent exhibitions of contemporary art in Vienna. Both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mumok\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4046\">MUMOK<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/kunsthalle\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22730\">Kunsthalle<\/a> regularly feature domestic art, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albertina itself has a C theme to it over summer, with solo exhibitions for contemporary artists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/tony-cragg-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47776\">Tony Cragg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/francesco-clemente\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47785\">Francesco Clemente<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if Kolig&#8217;s plexiglass design pictured above tickles your curiosity, then find some remarkable art using the same material at the nearby Weltmuseum within the fascinating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/george-nuku-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47369\">George Nuku exhibition<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at the main <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2995\">Albertina article<\/a> for travel tips, but the museum is located behind the opera house in Vienna&#8217;s centre.<\/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=1asmHlbVpicbQLt1557vf6l4l0zQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2019, the kids got me a Skyrim t-shirt. Dagmar and Manfred Chobot&#8217;s gift to the Albertina that same year had rather more value: over 800 works of contemporary Austrian art. The Chobot Collection exhibition showcases some of the highlights. Highlights of generosity (Cornelius Kolig, Variationsobjekt aus dem Plexi-Plastik-Baukasten, 1969, Plexiglas. 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