Surfing

The current window display of the department store Steffl was developed in cooperation with the 21er Haus – Museum of Contemporary Art. Austrian artist Hans Weigand presents highlights of his installation “Surfing” which is currently shown in an exhibition at the 21er Haus. As you can see from the stickers on the surfboards, sale has already started...

21er Haus #6

The bookshop at the 21er Haus was conceived as an art project. The "Salon für Kunstbuch" is a "sculpture in which people gather for discourse and in which existing forms of organization are tested". Well, the only thing that I noticed, is that the books and magazines are arranged by colour.

21er Haus #5

The 21er Haus also houses the estate of Austrian sculptor Fritz Wotruba (1907-1975). Some of his sculptures are shown on the terrace in the basement.

21er Haus #4

The day before yesterday I was at the 21er Haus, a museum that focuses on Austrian art from 1945 to the present day. The building was originally constructed for the World Exhibition in Brussels in 1958.

21er Haus - The Collection

Two works by Austrian artists currently on show at the 21er Haus: A sculpture by Oswald Stimm (*1923) and a painting by Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000).

Museum Behind The Trees

Yesterday I had the day off and went to see the current exhibition at the 21er Haus, a museum focusing on Austrian art of the 20th and 21st centuries and its embedding in an international context. This is the view of the museum from Schweizer Garten. For photos of the (re)opening of the 21er Haus last November please click here, here and here.

21er Haus #3

The red carpet by Austrian artist Markus Geiger seen from the first floor of the 21er Haus.

21er Haus #2

The opening exhibition at the 21er Haus deals with the building itself and its adapted architecture. In this photo you can see a red carpet by Marcus Geiger, laid crisscross and even wrapped around the balustrade, and a fluorescent sculpture by Lucio Fontana.

21er Haus #1

The 21er Haus was built in 1958 by the Austrian architect Karl Schwanzer as a pavilion or temporary showroom for the Universal Exhibition in Brussels. In the same year Schwanzer won the Grand Prix d´Architecture for his visionary and technologically innovative design. From 1962 to 2001 the building served as an exhibition hall for the Museum of Modern Art until its collection was moved to the Museum of Modern Art - Ludwig Foundation in Vienna’s new MuseumsQuartier. In 2002 the 21er Haus was incorporated into the Belvedere museum. During the past few years the building was adapted to the purposes of a modern museum and finally reopened last week.