Always, Always, Others: Non-Classical Forays into Modernism
Parallel to and in conjunction with M眉ller鈥檚 solo show, the artist and curator Manuela Ammer present a new selection of works of classical modernism from the mumok collection, which proves to be more diverse than past presentations have suggested. Alongside frequently shown positions such as Andr茅 Derain, Oskar Kokoschka, and Franti拧ek Kupka, this new selection also includes works by the Hungarian artist B茅la K谩d谩r, who combined abstraction with folklore idioms, by French artist Andr茅 Beaudin, whose depictions of animals challenged the formulaic nature of cubism, and by the Viennese artists Mathilde Fl枚gl and Friedl Dicker, who aimed at shaping social and political realities through their work in the applied arts. Classical modernism mumok-style is polyvocal.
To make this wide range of voices heard, the curators are staging a dialog with another rarely shown part of the collection鈥攖he eclectic 1970s, whose alternative images of bodies and concepts of identity make classical modernism suddenly look remarkably 鈥渦nclassical鈥� and astonishingly contemporary.
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Parallel to and in conjunction with M眉ller鈥檚 solo show, the artist and curator Manuela Ammer present a new selection of works of classical modernism from the mumok collection, which proves to be more diverse than past presentations have suggested. Alongside frequently shown positions such as Andr茅 Derain, Oskar Kokoschka, and Franti拧ek Kupka, this new selection also includes works by the Hungarian artist B茅la K谩d谩r, who combined abstraction with folklore idioms, by French artist Andr茅 Beaudin, whose depictions of animals challenged the formulaic nature of cubism, and by the Viennese artists Mathilde Fl枚gl and Friedl Dicker, who aimed at shaping social and political realities through their work in the applied arts. Classical modernism mumok-style is polyvocal.
To make this wide range of voices heard, the curators are staging a dialog with another rarely shown part of the collection鈥攖he eclectic 1970s, whose alternative images of bodies and concepts of identity make classical modernism suddenly look remarkably 鈥渦nclassical鈥� and astonishingly contemporary.
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