Merano art

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Merano Art ( Ital : Merano Arte ) is a museum for contemporary art run by a non-profit association in the Merano arcades.

building

The Haus der Kunst is housed in a listed building belonging to the Südtiroler Sparkasse and shows changing exhibitions. The renovation and adaptation as a gallery for contemporary art was carried out 2000–2001 by Höller & Klotzner Architects, Meran. Merano Art comprises 500 m² of exhibition space, a studio apartment on the third floor, the cafeteria and gallery shop on the ground floor, as well as an event hall for around 70 people.

Goal setting

The association sees itself as a platform in the fields of fine arts , photography, architecture , new music , literature, new media and communication technologies. The program is intended to appeal to a broad public through a varied program design and to promote local artists in an international context. Another objective is cross-border cooperation with similar institutions at home and abroad.

Founding history

In 1996 the association artForum Gallery - Forum Contemporary Art Merano was founded with 14 art enthusiasts . The artgallery Raffl by Herta Wolf Torggler in 1992 and 1995 was crucial for the objective and the concept of the new institution Pfarrplatz. The program and the public interest had motivated the club's management to look for a new location since 1998. The arbor of the Südtiroler Sparkasse had the prerequisites for cultural use, was converted by the bank for this purpose and rented to the association. After the conversion phase, the opening took place on 26 October 2001 , Merano arte in the Sparkasse with the exhibition "Art and Therapy - Aesthetics of rest" "(curators Dieter Ronte , Carl Aigner , Andrea Domesle) It was with. Across a loose Association of contemporary institutions from Trentino , South Tyrol and the state of Tyrol founded.

Since December 2004, Merano Art has been a member of the national institutions and museums of contemporary art AMACI . Merano Art in the house of the Sparkasse today has 28 members.

Exhibitions 2001–2019

2001
Art and cure - the aesthetics of relaxation
2002
Ernst Jandl - one point
State of flux - Delugan_Meissl Architects, Vienna
DNArt - Gen. Ethics & Visions
Beautiful view - The view of the mountains from Segantini to Weinberger
2003
Luigi Bartolini - a retrospective
The literary idea - about the creation of texts
Oswald Oberhuber - permanent change
meta.fisica: art and philosophy from de Chirico to conceptual art
2004
scapes: Photo exhibition Alpine landscape in transition
brilliant (e) - jewelry art
Base Camp 2004 - Young Contemporary Artists
The world of Robert Mapplethorpe
Biennial of Art Merano - + POSITIVE
2005
Donald Baechler - The enemies of the rose
Gion Caminada - Cul zuffel e l'aura dado
MAN RAY magic
Stretch sculpture
2006
New architecture in South Tyrol
Base camp 2 2006
Frida Kahlo & Nickolas Muray - I will never forget you!
Sound Zero - music and art from pop to street art
2007
Landmarks in the making
Children's Corner
Boris Mikhailov & From Russia with Love
FROM & TO
2008
Dietrich / Untertrifaller Architects
Vote for women
Maik and Dirk Löbbert - inside outside
The eye of Meret Oppenheim
2009
Contemporary architecture in Finland
Ulrich Egger - Housing
Eduard Habicher - Drawing space
PLAY STATION
Urs Lüthi - Art is the better life
2010
Peter Fellin
Living space alps
FROM & T (W) O
2011
Tony Cragg IN 4 D
Hugo Vallazza
Elliott Erwitt
2012
New architecture in South Tyrol 2006 - 2012
Dennis Oppenheim . Electric City
Annemarie Laner. They never wonder
Martin Pohl - At the limits of painting
Perspectives of the future Merano 1945 - 1965
2013
Arnold Mario Dall'O - Still.life
Cindy Sherman . That's me - that's not me
Sissa Micheli . Fade in the past! Cut!
Elisabeth Oberrauch. Natural objects cabinet
Murano> <Merano
Desiring the real. Austria contemporary
Innovative school landscape in South Tyrol
The world of things
Walter Moroder
Constructive Alps
2014
Franz Pichler - don't be afraid
Ugo Mulas "Circus Calder "
Hans Knapp - What is it like?
Alps architecture tourism
Dreamland Alps
Matthias Schönweger . Janus
Marco Bolognesi. Sendai City
Architecture and Wine in Central Europe
2015
FROM & T (W) O
Ricette d'artista - between art and cuisine
Francesca Woodman & Birgit Juergenssen
The architecture of the 20s and 30s in Merano
Alois Kuperion - Painting is my purpose in life
2016
Gestures - Woman in action
Constructive Alps
Italomodern 1+ 2: Architecture in Northern Italy 1946 - 1976
Markus Vallazza - The world artist
Frida Parmeggiani
2017
Exhibition paintings
Who is still Austrian?
Gianni Pettena. Natural architectures
Helen Mirra. Go weave
Lorenzo Scotto di Luzio. In bocca a te ogni cosa muore
Armando Ronca . Modern architecture in South Tyrol 1935–1970
2018
Into the wild. Gina Folly, Linda Jasmin Mayer, Alek O., Stefano Pedrini, Luca Trevisani
Same same but different.
Marilù Eustachio. homeland
Yorgos Sapountzis. Myself hotel
New architecture in South Tyrol 2012 - 2018
2019
Irene Fenara. Distant eyes Because lontano era un'isola. Katinka Bock, Giulia Cenci, Philipp Messner Özlem Altin. Lens Alterazioni Video . Incompiuto: la nascita di uno stile Design from the Alps. Tirolo Alto Adige Trentino 1920–2020

Individual evidence

  1. Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
  2. Vote for Women - Kunst Meran, Meran (April 12 to June 29, 2008)

Web links

Commons : Merano Art  - Collection of images, videos and audio files


Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 17.3 "  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 44.2"  E