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3/9/2014

Adolf Frohner

Essl Museum Contemporary Art, Klosterneuburg

Curated by Dieter Ronte, Elisabeth Voggeneder

The Essl Museum is pleased to present the first retrospective of Adolf Frohner’s work in more than ten years at the occasion of his anniversary.

Frohner’s career started out in the context of Vienna Actionism, which provided a seminal impulse for his further artistic development. Experiments with classical modernism and the search for a new definition of what constituted a work of art marked Frohner’s creative output between 1961 and 1963. The use of poor, found materials such as scrap metal, trash or old mattresses and the uninhibited crossing of genre borders have remained typical elements of his oeuvre.

A critical view of people and the world

Although Frohner increasingly devoted himself to painting, drawing and sculpture in the early 1960s, it can be said in retrospective that combining different media and expanding their boundaries was just as characteristic of his creative endeavours as the exploration of what constitutes human existence. This innovative spirit and critical view of humanity and the world ensures Adolf Frohner a place among Austria’s most significant artists after 1945. With seminal works from all periods of his career, this solo exhibition offers deep insights into Frohner’s five decades of artistic work, presenting series of graphic art, narrative monumental canvases and experimental objects.

An enormous range

Starting at the very outset of his career, the show covers a wide range, including Actionist objects and abstract graphic art from the 1960s or Frohner’s portraits of women from the 1970s on canvas, paper and in the form of collages, such as Gib mir den Schuh Eva (Adam und Eva). Central paintings from the 1980s and 90s and the triptych Das Leben, der Tod, ich - oder Sokrates, as well as key examples of his sculptural work, such as Denkmal für Alberto Giacometti, complete the retrospective look at his oeuvre.

This exhibition is presented in co-operation with an exhibition shown in Krems at the Forum Frohner: Blutorgel. Adolf Frohners Anfänge im Wiener Aktionismus (07 September 2014–05 April 2015)

Catalogue
The exhibition will be accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue with a preface by Karlheinz Essl and Dieter Ronte, as well as contributions by Elisabeth Voggeneder, Dieter Ronte, Eva Badura-Triska, Peter Gorse, Andreas Hoffer and Günther Oberhollenzer.

Art education
The art education team offers guided tours and workshops on the exhibition. Further offers on the exhibition can be found at: www.essl.museum / Kunstvermittlung.

Free shuttle bus
Visitors can take the free shuttle-bus service from the centre of Vienna, Albertinaplatz 1, to the Essl Museum. Tuesday to Sunday at 10.00, 12.00, 14.00 and 16.00, returning from the Essl Museum at 11.00, 13.00, 15.00 and 18.00.

Image: Adolf Frohner, Bindungen, 1971. Öl auf Leinwand, 150 x 100 cm. Foto: Mischa Nawrata, Wien © Sammlung Essl Privatstiftung

Presseanfragen:
Erwin Uhrmann (Leitung), uhrmann@essl.museum, +43 (0) 2243/370 5060
Magdalena Reuss, reuss@essl.museum, +43 (0) 2243/370 5062

Press conference: Thursday, 04 September 2014, 10.00 a.m. Forum Frohner (Minoritenplatz 4, 3500 Krems), 12.00 a.m. Essl Museum (An der Donau-Au 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg)

Opening: Thursday, 04 September 2014, 7.30 p.m.

ESSL MUSEUM – Kunst der Gegenwart
An der Donau-Au 1, A-3400 Klosterneuburg / Wien
Tue - Sun: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Wed: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Monday closed
Tickets
Adults 9 Euro
Reduced tickets * 6 Euro
Seniors (with ID) 6 Euro
Families (2 adults with children) 12 Euro
Groups - per person (from 15 pax up) 7 Euro
Free entry: people under 19 years of age, students, unemployed persons

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