Belvedere 21

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Belvedere 21 (formerly "21er Haus")
21er haus1.jpg
The Belvedere, September 21, 2011
Data
place Vienna 3rd, Schweizergarten , Arsenalstrasse
Art
20th and 21st century art
architect Karl Schwanzer ; Restoration, adaptation and expansion 2009–2011: Adolf Krischanitz
opening 1958 as Austria pavilion at the world exhibition in Brussels , 1962 Museum of the 20th Century ( 20er Haus ); 1979–2001 branch of the Museum of Modern Art ; from November 15, 2011: Dependance of the Austrian Gallery Belvedere ; from 2018: Belvedere 21
management
Website

The Belvedere 21 is a building that in 1958 as the Austrian Pavilion for Expo 58 in Brussels built and 1962 to 2001 Vienna as a museum of the 20th century (nickname 20er Haus ) or a dependence of emerging from his modern museum of art used (MUMOK) has been. For this purpose, it was brought from Brussels to the Schweizergarten in the 3rd district of  Vienna , Landstrasse .

On November 15, 2011, after renovation and expansion, the building was reopened as a branch of the Austrian Gallery Belvedere and until 2017 it was called “21er Haus” from today's perspective in terms of art. It now shows Austrian art of the 20th and 21st centuries in an international context and is defined by its management as a museum for contemporary art .

In December 2017, the museum announced that the facility will be named Belvedere 21 from 2018 .

history

The 20er Haus ( usually called the Zwanz'ger-Haus in Viennese ), since 2011 the 21er Haus, is the Austrian pavilion designed by Karl Schwanzer at the 1958 World Exhibition in Brussels . He was awarded the Grand Prix. The steel structure hanging from four pylons was dismantled after the world exhibition, transported from Belgium to Austria and  re-erected at Arsenalstrasse 1 in Vienna 's Schweizergarten. Open areas and the ground floor were closed or covered.

The building was opened as the Museum of the 20th Century (M20) on September 20, 1962 with an inaugural exhibition. About the new museum and the first exhibition, art from 1900 to today , it was said that the museum represents such a break in the Viennese museum tradition "that when you first enter the museum you feel like you are on extraterritorial ground". Werner Hofmann , founding director of the M20 until 1969, wrote on the occasion of the opening: “The new house has the signature of our age, its spatial layout takes into account the fact that the art of this century displays a powerful, often aggressive self-confidence that extends towards the expanse and openness required. ”The museum was the first to be rebuilt by the Republic of Austria, which had existed since 1918.

From 1969 to 1979 Alfred Schmeller acted as director, followed by Dieter Ronte , until 1989 first director of the Museum of Modern Art (main building from 1979: Liechtenstein Garden Palace ). It now used the 20s house as an exhibition hall until the mumok moved to its new house in the new museum quarter (former court stables) in 2001 .

In 2002 the house was handed over to the Belvedere, and in 2007 Adolf Krischanitz - a student of Karl Schwanzer - was commissioned to renovate the former architectural gem. The ceremonial reopening of the renovated building as “21er Haus - Museum for Contemporary Art” took place in November 2011.

At the beginning of 2018, the previous 21er Haus became Belvedere 21.

present

The empty building, 2007
The steel frame resting on four pylons , January 2009

In 2002 the then 20er Haus was handed over by the Ministry of Education to the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere , but for a long time there was no money for the necessary redesign. The listed building stood empty for years. Renovation work began in 2008 under the responsibility of Belvedere Director Agnes Husslein, who was appointed in 2007 ; The architect of the reconstruction was Adolf Krischanitz . The load-bearing capacity of the steel structure was adapted to the applicable building regulations, the 75-meter-long porch from the 1960s was re-erected; An office tower was built on the former parking lot.

An exhibition room of around 250 m² in the basement of the house is dedicated to the sculptor Fritz Wotruba and his artistic environment (Wotruba Foundation). The Artothek des Bundes was housed in the second basement and opened in November 2012. Adolf Krischanitz and Hermann Czech designed the furniture for the new restaurant, Bernhard Cella runs the museum shop as an artistic intervention. The cinema, which essentially dates back to Expo 58 in terms of its seating and wall handling, is now called Blickle-Kino after the sponsor and has been used again since 2012.

20 September 2011 was attended by Federal Minister Claudia Schmied , the celebration of the completion of the building. This was followed by the presentation of the BC21 Art Award to young innovative artists. The museum opened on November 15, 2011. Belvedere director Agnes Husslein-Arco said: "The myth of the 20s house was based on an unconventional and interdisciplinary program, and we want to continue this."

  • outer facade

  • 21erhaus.png

  • Ground floor

  • First floor

  • "Wild Cube"

Exhibitions

literature

Web links

Commons : Belvedere 21  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Agnes Husslein : We get a wonderful platform. Interview by Andrea Schurian. In: Website of the daily newspaper Der Standard . September 9, 2011, accessed March 26, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Start of the renovation of the 20er house. ORF Vienna.
  3. ↑ 20 house becomes 21 house , oesterreich.orf.at, August 12, 2011
  4. ↑ The rebirth of a power plant: house of 20 plus one . ORF website, September 21, 2011
  5. ↑ Guide to the 21er Haus, accessed on December 29, 2011
  6. ↑ The house of the century. The standard; accessed on May 30, 2014.
  7. ↑ Quadruple security for the new Vienna Museum. In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna September 22, 1962, p. 7 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  8. ^ Museum of the 20th Century opens in Vienna. In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna September 21, 1962, p. 7 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  9. ↑ Jan Tabor: When Austria arrived in the 20th century . In: Falter , Vienna, No. 35/2009, p. 21
  10. ^ Website of the Artothek. ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. As of December 17, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.artothek-des-bundes.at
  11. ^ The art award on the Belvederes website, accessed October 15, 2011
  12. ^ Message from November 15, 2011 on the ORF website

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 9 ″  N , 16 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  E