Forum Frohner
The Forum Frohner is an art museum on Minoritenplatz in Stein an der Donau , a district of the Lower Austrian town of Krems an der Donau . The museum named after the artist Adolf Frohner was opened in 2007 and is located in a building by the architect Lukas Göbl , which was built on the site of the former Minorist monastery . The museum is operated by the Kunstmeile Krems Betriebsges.mbH
The focus of the exhibition activities is on the artistic work of Adolf Frohner, which is juxtaposed with national and international artists in changing exhibitions. In the first ten years there were over 25 exhibitions with more than 200 national and international artists.
To the program
The Forum Frohner, dedicated to Adolf Frohner , is an exhibition platform that follows the artist's wish to create a meeting place here. The focus is on the discourse between artistic positions and the debate on current social issues. The layout of the building, which was completed in 2007 and opens up as a white cube towards the architectural ensemble of the historic Minoritenplatz, refers to this substantive accent of the Forum Frohner.
In the Forum Frohner, impulsive topics from the work of Adolf Frohner are taken up and related in changing presentations with national and international positions of the same time as well as aspects of contemporary art. On the one hand, the artistic work of Adolf Frohner is illuminated anew, on the other hand, the examination of his thinking creates a space in which one can concentrate outside the gears on undiscovered connections, tendencies, correlations and social issues. The range of exhibitions ranges from individual presentations to group exhibitions and thematic approaches and includes positions from post-war modernism as well as contemporary and young tendencies.
The exhibition activity is deepened by a scientific discourse in the form of symposia, discussion groups and round tables. Accompanying international expert discussions as well as events from the fields of film, literature, philosophy and music in conjunction with current exhibitions expand the spectrum of content.
About history
The Forum Frohner was opened in 2007 and is a building by the architect Lukas Göbl , which fits into the ensemble of the Minorite monastery as a contemporary white cube and, according to the idea of the forum (a square / marketplace / meeting point since ancient times) as a place of conversation and discourse is open to the Minoritenplatz.
In the context of the Krems Art Mile , which from 2019 includes the Kunsthalle Krems with the Dominican Church , the Krems Caricature Museum and the Minorite Church as well as the Lower Austria State Gallery , the Forum Frohner sees itself as an exhibition and event platform that, thanks to its special flair and intimate architecture as well Frohner's dedication can be an open (thinking) space. In the publication Five Years of the Frohner Forum, Dieter Ronte , artistic director of the house from 2007 to 2015, writes : “Adolf Frohner decided not to want his own museum (only for dead artists), but rather a forum in which exciting cultural work can be done. "It is there that Lukas Göbl writes about architecture:" The emphatically simple and authentic materials and forms evoke the 'roughness' and 'subtle brutality' of Adolf Frohner's art. "This is how Adolf Frohner's world of ideas remains palpable in the program and the architecture.
Artistic leads
- 2007–2015: Dieter Ronte
- since 2015: Elisabeth Voggeneder
To architecture
The synthesis of historical architecture and contemporary standards appears characteristic of the building. Forum Frohner is kept simple, geometric and simple. Everything that is superfluous has been omitted, there are also no windows. The lighting is done with controllable artificial light. Color and materials refer to the Minoritenkirche as well as to Frohner's work. The Heradesign panel on the ceiling is reminiscent of Frohner's mattress pictures, while the gray color of the magnesia terrazzo floor reflects the reduced color scheme of the Minorite Church.
Exhibitions
- May 27 to October 7, 2018: Eva and the future. reloaded. Homage to Werner Hofmann (part 2)
- October 15, 2017 to April 8, 2018: Focus Frohner. The Gabriel Collection
- May 21 to October 1, 2017: Homage to Werner Hofmann (part 1) Biennale des Jeunes de Paris 1967
- November 20, 2016 to April 9, 2017: The adventure of reality
- May 22 to November 6, 2016: Red I know red. Critical art for Austria
- February 14th to March 26th, 2016: Sequence & Polyvalence. Friedrich Cerha
- October 11, 2015 to January 31, 2016: The principle of collage
- May 10 to September 27, 2015: After Picasso. In search of traces in young Austrian art
- September 7th to April 6th, 2015: Blood Organ. Adolf Frohner's beginnings in Viennese Actionism
- May 18, 2015 to August 24, 2014: campaigners
- October 20, 2013 to March 23, 2014: Eating in Art. Enjoyment and transience
- May 18 to September 29, 2013: Adolf Frohner. Psychological landscapes
- March 24 to April 14, 2013: New Frontiers. Character (external project)
- October 21, 2012 to March 17, 2013: Society of limited beauty. Adolf Frohner. The plastic work
- May 13th to September 30th 2012: In the blue haze. Tobacco in Art
- October 16, 2011 to April 15, 2012: the splendor and misery of the modern age. Padhi Frieberger
- June 12 to October 2, 2011: Magical waste. Metamorphoses of everyday life in art
- March 27 to May 29, 2011: Wild characters. Graffiti in art
- October 10, 2010 to March 13, 2011: Bacchus
- July 18 to October 3, 2010: Les Femmes Fatales
- March 28 to July 4, 2010: Vagabond thoughts. Adolf Frohner
- October 11, 2009 to March 14, 2010: Beauty of the ugly
- July 12th to October 4th, 2009: Chili con Carne. A counter exhibition
- March 15 to June 21, 2009: Alfred Hrdlicka . The painter and draftsman
- September 28, 2008 to March 1, 2009: A vehicle somewhere. Joseph Beuys - the multiples
- June 29 to September 14, 2008: Tear the bowels out of the picture. Adolf Frohner
- March 30th to June 15th, 2008: What a deep, fluctuating thing. Adalbert Stifter and Adolf Frohner
- September 30, 2007 to February 24, 2008: Coincidences that I provoke. Adolf Frohner
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Krems Tourism: Forum Frohner ; accessed on 24 Sep. 2018
- ^ Forum Frohner: Press release from October 11, 2017 ; accessed on 24 Sep. 2018
Coordinates: 48 ° 24 '14 " N , 15 ° 35' 4.3" E