{"id":50994,"date":"2022-09-10T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=50994"},"modified":"2024-01-05T17:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:31:44","slug":"grow-tree-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/grow-tree-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grow exhibition"},"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\/08\/growsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Painting of trees by Voogd\" class=\"wp-image-50976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/growsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/growsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>They say the best time to plant a tree was 20\/30\/80 years ago, and the second-best time today. But definitely the best time to see an exhibition on the tree in art is winter 2022\/2023&#8230;at Lower Belvedere&#8217;s <em>Grow<\/em> exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explores various roles played by the tree throughout art history<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Features works from medieval times to the 21st century<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 100 paintings, sculptures and installations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Sept 23, 2022 &#8211; Jan 8, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/lower-belvedere\/\">Lower Belvedere palace<\/a> info<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\">Other art exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The tree in art<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/growtree1.jpg\" alt=\"Blooming chestnut trees by Emilie Mediz-Pelikan\" class=\"wp-image-50977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/growtree1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/growtree1-300x212.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\">(Emilie Mediz-Pelikan, Blooming chestnut trees, 1900; press photo \u00a9 Johannes Stoll \/ Belvedere, Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When one sees an autumnal tree in summer, it is an intense experience that involves one&#8217;s whole heart and being; and I should like to paint that melancholy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So wrote Austrian artist, Egon Schiele, back in 1913.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trees have slipped quietly into some of Europe&#8217;s greatest artworks. Think of Monet&#8217;s poplars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or the cypress tree in Van Gogh&#8217;s <em>The Starry Night<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or the orange trees in Botticelli&#8217;s <em>The Birth of Venus<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or any number of Bruegels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or even images of Yggdrasil, the huge ash tree at the very centre of the Viking cosmos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tree has always provided artists, however, with far more than a mere landscape feature or background: the tree serves as a symbol, a sign, a personification, a message bearer, a challenge, a protector, an inspiration\u2026the list goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Botticelli&#8217;s orange trees, for example, perhaps offer a hint that the Medici family might have commissioned the painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You won&#8217;t find <em>The Birth of Venus<\/em> in the <em>Grow<\/em> exhibition at Lower Belvedere, but you will discover other works that span several hundred years of creative endeavour: from the 1400s through to the contemporary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, for example, a section on the tree as religious motif has early-16th century paintings on the fall of man from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder. Just a few steps away&#8230;Liza Lou&#8217;s bead-studded sculptures of Adam and Eve from 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/growtree2.jpg\" alt=\"Nilbar G\u00fcres, Headstanding Totem\" class=\"wp-image-50978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/growtree2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/growtree2-300x199.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\">(Nilbar G\u00fcres, Headstanding Totem, 2014; press photo \u00a9 Nilbar G\u00fcres \/ Belvedere, Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The art from such different genres and eras shares the tree as a commonality, allowing us to see the various role(s) the motif plays in art history and its sociocultural relationship to humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eclectic mix includes some thought-provoking pieces. Take August Roth&#8217;s 1906 painting in the area dealing with trees as a measure of transience and the passing of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Children&#8217;s Round Dance<\/em> has a veneer of pastel innocence, were it not for the musician accompanying the dancing children on his violin: death standing beneath the autumnal trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sections dealing with trees as representatives of the environmental condition and as elements vital for human survival include several startling works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, Daniel Fischer&#8217;s photograph of his 1995 large-format heart painting within an actual forest creates a memorable impression: the heart of the forest made real in a combination of the realistic and mystical. Remarkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paintings and other works so featured come from Belvedere&#8217;s own extensive collection, but also from international sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy some arboreal splendour from September 23rd, 2022 to January 8th, 2023. A ticket for Lower Belvedere includes the exhibitions within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If at Lower Belvedere for the early part of the <em>Grow<\/em> exhibition, nip along to the orangery for some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/joseph-rebell-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"46765\">gorgeous landscapes<\/a> by the 19th-century painter, Joseph Rebell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belvedere itself has some wooded neighbours, should you feel inspired to see art turned into reality:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/alpine-gardens\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3421\">Alpine Gardens<\/a> has a lovely little bonsai collection (only open in warmer seasons, sadly)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The adjoining (and free) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/botanical-garden\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3453\">University Botanical Garden<\/a> includes, for example, a couple of giant sequoias<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/gettingthere3\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3402\">Belvedere directions<\/a> article for travel tips. Lower Belvedere lies close to the centre, within walking distance of the south side of Vienna&#8217;s old town.<\/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>They say the best time to plant a tree was 20\/30\/80 years ago, and the second-best time today. But definitely the best time to see an exhibition on the tree in art is winter 2022\/2023&#8230;at Lower Belvedere&#8217;s Grow exhibition. 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