An exhibit of fashions from late 19th century Vienna just opened at the Wien Museum on Karlsplatz. Besides the ball gowns, and fancy walking clothes you'e expect, there are also displays of underwear, hats, fans, sporting clothes, children's clothes and a few working class items. Some of the exhibited pieces are really beautiful, but I won't put descriptions of the embroidery and lace here (see here). More interesting to non-stitchers are the explanations of how the corsets disrupted internal organs, and how shocking the first divided skirts and trousers for women were.
The exhibit is called 'Grosser Auftritt', and will be on display until November 1. There is an area on the first floor (upstairs) devoted to it, and extra items scattered about the 2nd floor. The general labels are mostly in both German and English, but the specifics for each piece are only German.
While you are there, have a look in some of the regular galleries. The Wien Museum houses interesting items from Vienna's history. They also have several other smaller locations, such as many musicians' homes, the clock museum, ... for short visits concentrating on a special interest. The Neidhart frescoes are a real treasure that too few people know about.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Arik Brauer at Dom Museum
The current exhibit at the Dom Museum is of the Biblically inspired works of Arik Brauer. If you aren't aquainted with the „Wiener Schule des Phantastischen Realismus", I can only recommend that you get to know their work, and Brauer is a good place to start. I find them fun to look at, and there is always more to get out of them. You could just look at pictures on the web, or in books, but that would be a shame. The real paintings are so much more!
Most of the pictures are readily recognizable by anyone with basic Biblical knowledge My friend and I checked the catalog for a few works that we hadn't recognized, and the quotes for those were all from the Song of Songs (Song of Solomon). There are only German titles, but if you bear that in mind, and that 'Job' is written 'Hiob' in German, you should be fine.
No question - the most impressive work in the show is 'Moses and the Burning Bush'. The fire glows so intensely that you begin to think that there is a light behind it. Luckily the picture is so positioned that you can see it through the doorways from a distance while walking back out of the exhibit.
While many of the pictures seem to just depict the Biblical scene, others speak to our times. 'Worship of the Golden Image' shows how we idolize technology (and the almighty CAR in particular). There is also a moving crucifixion scene: Hakenkreuzigung. 'Hakenkreuz' means swastika, and 'Kreuzigung' crucifixion.
I particularly enjoyed seeing how Brauer has used some of the Bruegel works in the KHM as basis for his interpretations. I wonder if you will see the ones I did. Brauer's works are in no sense copies of Breugel, but the very basis of their styles is related, and he obviously knows Bruegel well enough that he can incorporate elements of Bruegel's painting into his own without losing his own individuality.
Don't miss Brauer's personal collection of posters of his exhibits in the room at the top of the stairwell. There is a Seder depiction there that I covet.
I've got to go back. I have got to see it all again.
Most of the pictures are readily recognizable by anyone with basic Biblical knowledge My friend and I checked the catalog for a few works that we hadn't recognized, and the quotes for those were all from the Song of Songs (Song of Solomon). There are only German titles, but if you bear that in mind, and that 'Job' is written 'Hiob' in German, you should be fine.
No question - the most impressive work in the show is 'Moses and the Burning Bush'. The fire glows so intensely that you begin to think that there is a light behind it. Luckily the picture is so positioned that you can see it through the doorways from a distance while walking back out of the exhibit.
While many of the pictures seem to just depict the Biblical scene, others speak to our times. 'Worship of the Golden Image' shows how we idolize technology (and the almighty CAR in particular). There is also a moving crucifixion scene: Hakenkreuzigung. 'Hakenkreuz' means swastika, and 'Kreuzigung' crucifixion.
I particularly enjoyed seeing how Brauer has used some of the Bruegel works in the KHM as basis for his interpretations. I wonder if you will see the ones I did. Brauer's works are in no sense copies of Breugel, but the very basis of their styles is related, and he obviously knows Bruegel well enough that he can incorporate elements of Bruegel's painting into his own without losing his own individuality.
Don't miss Brauer's personal collection of posters of his exhibits in the room at the top of the stairwell. There is a Seder depiction there that I covet.
I've got to go back. I have got to see it all again.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Exhibit at Stefansdom
There is currently an exhibit of liturgical textiles and metal objects at St. Stephans. To see it, take the stairway up as you leave the cathedral.
The exhibit is called '500 Jahre Paramente und Vasa Sacra'. Most of the objects on view seemed to be from the 18th century, but the earliest is probably 15th century, and there are also vestments from the Pope's recent visit, and even an unfinished chausable. My favorite piece was a 'Jugendstil' Chausable from 1900.
The exhibit itself is free, and a small brochure with details of some of the pieces and small pictures is available for a donation.
BTW this small exhibit area under the organ is a lovely place to view the cathedral from, as you are raised, and get a much larger view of things than you can from the main floor. Don't forget to see the creche while you are in this, or any other church at this season.
The exhibit is called '500 Jahre Paramente und Vasa Sacra'. Most of the objects on view seemed to be from the 18th century, but the earliest is probably 15th century, and there are also vestments from the Pope's recent visit, and even an unfinished chausable. My favorite piece was a 'Jugendstil' Chausable from 1900.
The exhibit itself is free, and a small brochure with details of some of the pieces and small pictures is available for a donation.
BTW this small exhibit area under the organ is a lovely place to view the cathedral from, as you are raised, and get a much larger view of things than you can from the main floor. Don't forget to see the creche while you are in this, or any other church at this season.
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