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Selected works from the
38th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition
38th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition
Jul/Aug 2012
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Museum
Masterpieces in Focus: 150 Years of Gustav Klimt
On the occasion of the Klimt anniversary year, the Belvedere is preparing a very special presentation. The exhibition Masterpieces in Focus: 150 Years of Gustav Klimt on the Upper Belvedere’s piano nobile will cast new light on what is the largest collection of Klimt’s painting worldwide. Unlike most exhibitions of recent years, it will not deal with stylistic relationships or art historical contexts, but will concentrate on the works as such - on the message each of these masterpieces conveys to the spectator.
Besides principal works by the artists, such as The Kiss and Judith, the show will include two new additions to the collection. Coming from a private estate, the paintings Sunflower and Family entered the Belvedere in March 2012, so that the museum’s Klimt holdings have now risen to as many as 24 paintings.
Curator Alfred Weidinger describes the exhibition’s focus as follows: “This anniversary practically invites us to look at each single year, even beyond Klimt’s lifetime. This is why a further focal point of the exhibition will be on the history of how Klimt’s work and personality were received - an aspect that has hitherto been neglected.”
Over 150 years, Klimt has become a phenomenon not only in art theory, but also in contemporary history. The interdisciplinary approach and the selection of the objects, as well as the show’s graphic and multimedia format, will certainly contribute to transmitting to the spectator Klimt’s art and its consequences on an entirely new level of understanding.
Besides principal works by the artists, such as The Kiss and Judith, the show will include two new additions to the collection. Coming from a private estate, the paintings Sunflower and Family entered the Belvedere in March 2012, so that the museum’s Klimt holdings have now risen to as many as 24 paintings.
Curator Alfred Weidinger describes the exhibition’s focus as follows: “This anniversary practically invites us to look at each single year, even beyond Klimt’s lifetime. This is why a further focal point of the exhibition will be on the history of how Klimt’s work and personality were received - an aspect that has hitherto been neglected.”
Over 150 years, Klimt has become a phenomenon not only in art theory, but also in contemporary history. The interdisciplinary approach and the selection of the objects, as well as the show’s graphic and multimedia format, will certainly contribute to transmitting to the spectator Klimt’s art and its consequences on an entirely new level of understanding.
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Gustav Klimt. Judith I, 1901
Oil on canvas
84 x 42 cm
Belvedere, Vienna
© Belvedere, Vienna
Upper Belvedere, Vienna
12 July - 6 January 2013
12 July - 6 January 2013
