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The gaze from the frame. “The Klewan Collection” Donation
This presentation at the Leopold Museum is the first to showcase a compilation of select works from the generous donation, comprising some 350 artworks, gifted by the former gallery owner, publisher and art collector Helmut Klewan who, over five decades, compiled a comprehensive collection of writers’ portraits created using various media but primarily as works on paper.
date: 01.08.2022 to 29.08.2022
place: Leopold Museum
Franz Hagenauer
Franz Hagenauer (1906–1986) created an extensive oeuvre characterized by a tension-filled synthesis of sculpture and refined arts and crafts. Based on the human body and on shapes derived from the flora and fauna, Hagenauer went through all the modes of expression, influenced in phases by Neo-Classicism, the Bauhaus movement, Art Deco and the topoi of popular culture.
date: 01.08.2022 to 12.09.2022
place: Leopold Museum
Dealing in copies. The “Photographic Art Publishers Otto Schmidt”
This exhibition contributes to the exploration of professional photography in the 19th century. Using the example of the photographic publishing house Otto Schmidt, the presentation examines the insoluble connection between esthetics, economy, image consumption and social parameters.
date: 01.08.2022 to 28.08.2022
place: Leopold Museum
ImPulsTanz: Félix-Antoine Morin - Asemic Sound Mappings
Whether image, sound or sacred music – the Canadian artist FélixAntoine Morin is guided in his work by the aesthetic principle of poetic translation and plays with reality by shifting it into fiction and abstraction.
date: 01.08.2022 to 05.08.2022
place: Leopold Museum
ImPulsTanz: Benoît Lachambre / Félix-Antoine Morin - Cathartic Quest
Authenticity and a direct connection with life are significant factors in the performances of one of Canada’s most notable contemporary choreographers, Benoît Lachambre. And what could be more genuine than actual cathartic experiences? Together with artist and musician Félix-Antoine Morin, Lachambre goes in search of the ‘spiritual truth in creating art’ in this piece.
date: 01.08.2022 to 03.08.2022
place: Leopold Museum
ImPulsTanz: Life Long Burning: Creative Crossroads Artists, Cycle 2
For two years, in 2020 and 2021, choreographers and dancers were invited by the Creative Europe project Life Long Burning to share resources, working processes and artistic practices with the network’s partner organizations and to develop new pieces.
date: 06.08.2022
place: Leopold Museum