Contact. The art collection of the Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation
Contact. The art collection of Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation was founded in 2004 as an independent association by Erste Bank , Česká spořitelna and Slovenská sporiteľňa . The collection is dedicated to the artistic developments in Central , Eastern and Southeastern Europe , which were hardly anchored in recent art history or in the public consciousness up to this point. With this focus on the art production of the radically changing political geographies of Europe, Kontakt has a special status within public and private collections .
The aim of the collection is to let the works wander through museums and exhibition halls in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe and other countries (“nomadic collection”). The collection is available in whole or in part for museums and exhibition houses around the world in order to support public institutions whose financial situation is often fragile. With the scientific funding of publications and artist archives, Kontakt enables the still inadequately researched art of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe to be comprehensively inscribed in a global art history.
Advisory Board
An international art advisory board consisting of Silvia Eiblmayr , Georg Schöllhammer , Jiří Ševčík, Branka Stipančić and Adam Szymczyk decides on the purchases against the background of a consistent conception and exhibition practice. The thematic focus is on dealing with specific aspects of contemporary art in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The individual approaches of the individual members enable both a differentiated consideration of specific subject areas and the focus of the collection.
management
In 2014 the curator Kathrin Rhomberg became chairwoman of the board of the sponsoring association “Kontakt. The art collection of the Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation ”. From 1990 to 2001, Rhomberg was curator and head of the exhibition office of the Vienna Secession , and in 2000 co-curator of Manifesta 3 in Ljubljana . From 2002 to 2007 she was director of the Kölnischer Kunstverein and in 2010 she curated the 6th Berlin Biennale .
Collection artist
Marc Adrian, Paweł Althamer , Heimrad baker , Zbyněk Baladrán, Mária Bartuszová, Maja Bajević, Lutz Becker, Walter Benjamin, Linda Bilda, Bilda / Müller, Bitter / Weber, Cezary Bodzianowski, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Pavel Braila , Geta Brătescu , Stuart Brisley , Ernst Caramelle , Anna Daučíková , Carola Dertnig , Josef Dabernig , Georg Decristel, Stanisław Dróżdż, Roza El-Hassan, Miklós Erdély, Valie Export , Stano Filko , Andreas Fogarasi, Heinz Gappmayr , Marcus Geiger, Gorgona, Group of Six Artists, Igor Grubić Marina Gržinić / Aina Šmid, Tomislav Gotovac , ion Grigorescu , Hahnenkamp, Tibor Hajas, Flaka Haliti, Heidrun Holzfeind, IRWIN , Pravdoliub Ivanov, Sanja Iveković , Željko Jerman, Anna Jermolaewa , Šejla Kamerić, Julije Knifer , Milan Knížák, Daniel Knorr , Běla Kolářová, Július Koller, Eva Koťátková, Jiří Kovanda , Daniel Knorr, Edward Krasiński, KwieKulik , Zofia Kulik , Paweł Kwiek, Katalin Ladik , Denisa Lehocká, Yuri Leiderman , Zbigniew Libera, Ulrike Lienbacher, Little W arsaw, Kazimir Malevich, Karel Malich, Ján Mančuška, Mangelos, Dorit Margreiter , Vlado Martek, Dalibor Martinis , Dóra Maurer , Christoph Mayer, Karel Miler, Jan Mlčoch, Ivan Moudov, Natalia LL, Paul Neagu, OHO, Roman Ondák , Tanja Ostojić , Neša Paripović, Ewa Partum, Tadej Pogačar, Cora Pongracz, Oliver Ressler , Boryana Rossa, Hans Scheirl, Kateřina Šeda, Erzen Shkolloli, Nedko Solakov , Margherita Spiluttini , Tamás St. Auby , Petr Štembera, Mladen Stilinović , Sven Stilinović , Slaven Tolj , Milica Tomić, Goran Trbuljak, Vătămanu / Tudor, Peter Weibel , Lois Weinberger , Manfred Willmann, Artur Żmijewski , Heimo Zobernig
Catalogs
- Contact. The Art Collection of Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation . Editors: Ivana Bago, Milena Bartlová u. a. Cologne: König 2017. ISBN 978-3-96098267-8 .
- The Canaletto view . An art in construction project. Texts: Pierre Bal-Blanc and Kathrin Rhomberg. Vienna: Erste Group Bank AG 2017.
- Gender check. Role models in the art of Eastern Europe . Exhibition catalog. Cologne: König 2009. ISBN 978-3-902490-58-2 .
literature
- Jutta Braidt: The ERSTE Foundation Library. In: Communications from the VÖB. Vol. 66. 2013. No. 3. pp. 608-611. pdf
Web links
- Contact. The art collection of the Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation
- Annual report ERSTE Foundation 2016, interview with Kathrin Rhomberg u. a. on p. 38 ff.
- First Bank. Art and Culture, Annual Report 2015
- Article in "Cast your Art" from July 21st, undated, last accessed December 11th, 2017