Kunsthaus Zug

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Museum building (2011)

The Kunsthaus Zug has existed since 1990 in a complex from the 16th century, the “Hof im Dorf”, on the edge of the old town of Zug in Switzerland . It shows the most important collection of Viennese Modernism outside of Austria .

Sponsorship

The “Zuger Kunstgesellschaft” and the “Friends of the Kunsthaus Zug Foundation” are the sponsors of the Kunsthaus Zug. The Zuger Kunstgesellschaft is responsible for running the Kunsthaus Zug and is also the owner of the art collection. It was founded in 1957, making it one of the youngest art societies in Switzerland. In 1977 the Kunsthaus Zug opened in the Altstadthalle . Since 1990 it has had its own house in the converted “Hof im Dorf” property, which is owned by the “Stiftung der Freunde Kunsthaus Zug”, founded in 1982. Exhibitions and collecting activities are financed through contributions from the public purse, through support from private sources and through membership fees. Matthias Haldemann has been director of the museum since 1990. 

collection

The house owes its collection of works of classical modernism with a focus on Vienna to the Kamm Collection Foundation . It was founded in 1998 by Christa, Peter and Christine Kamm and has made the holdings available to the Kunsthaus Zug on permanent loan. The more than 400 works in the Kamm Collection include significant groups of works by Herbert Boeckl , Richard Gerstl , Josef Hoffmann , Gustav Klimt , Oskar Kokoschka , Koloman Moser , Egon Schiele and Fritz Wotruba . There are also groups of works from European Modernism with Expressionism and Bauhaus .

The collection also includes large works by Josef Herzog, Friedrich Kuhn, Péter Nádas , Bernhard Schobinger, Adrian Schiess , Roman Signer , Annelies Štrba and Hannah Villiger. The other holdings of the Kunsthaus Zug are divided into the main areas of Swiss surrealism and fantasy, figurative Swiss sculpture and the art of the canton of Zug.

Since 1996 the Kunsthaus Zug has been pursuing a unique collection model for contemporary art with the collection project ; it is based on long-term, process-based and site-specific collaborations with individual artists, including public spaces. Groups of works with project archives by Olafur Eliasson , Tadashi Kawamata , Pavel Pepperstein, Christoph Rütimann , Roman Signer and Richard Tuttle are already in the collection. The collection project enables innovative and creative processes involving the public and a wider public.

The collection for the collection is under construction . In dealing with works in the collection, artistic and musical works by Roland Dahinden , Bethan Huws , Michel Roth , Christoph Rütimann, Richard Tuttle, Till Velten and Heimo Zobernig were created .

The limited space does not allow a permanent presentation of the extensive and diverse collection; Thematic changing exhibitions close this gap. Every year four exhibitions on modern and contemporary art are shown, occasionally also in public spaces. Interdisciplinary references to applied arts, music, literature and urban planning are actively sought in cooperation with partner organizations. With the Kunsthaus Zug mobil , a transportable exhibition space in the form of a special container is available.

Art education

Art education is very important both inside and outside the house with workshops, an open studio, guided tours and media offers. Diverse dialogues and communication approaches open up different approaches to the works of art and the exhibitions. In addition to numerous offers for schools, art education involves guests from a wide variety of social and cultural backgrounds in specific and unique projects. In addition, she tries out new and innovative forms of cooperation with partners from interdisciplinary disciplines of architecture, music, literature and dance and also curates, and visitors also act as art mediators.

«Kunsthaus Zug mobile»

The Kunsthaus Zug mobil is a traveling museum in the form of a special container designed by the architectural group “Baukunst rheinflügel”, Düsseldorf. In the smallest of spaces he shows exhibitions, especially with works of contemporary art. The owner is the “Foundation of the Friends of the Kunsthaus Zug”. At 30.5 square meters, it should be one of the smallest museums. Despite the limited space, the container corresponds to a modern showroom. Since 2002, the Kunsthaus Zug mobile has stopped at around 35 locations in the canton of Zug, Switzerland and abroad and, in cooperation with various partners, has opened its doors to a broader population free of charge.

In 2008 the Kunsthaus Zug mobil was awarded the Swiss Prize for the Communication of Fine Art.  

In public space

At the same time as the collection project, art projects in public spaces have been carried out on a regular basis since 1996, for example with Jo Achermann , Olafur Eliasson, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Pavel Pepperstein and Roman Signer . The involvement of the authorities and private individuals plays a major role in the success. Worth mentioning here are the permanent light installation by James Turrell in the train station in Zug and the drinking fountain by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov on the forecourt.

With its involvement in public space, the Kunsthaus Zug addresses a broader public and makes a contribution to dealing with living space.

gallery

Publications

  • Kunsthaus Zug (ed.): Fritz Wotruba. Published on the occasion of the retrospective at the Kunsthaus Zug 1992, Erker, St. Gallen 1992, ISBN 978-88-85186-25-5 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Museum Baviera Zurich (Ed.): Friedrich Kuhn . Kunsthaus Zug, Zug 1993.
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): Calderara. Kunsthaus Zug, Zug 1993.
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): Balthasar Burkhard . Kunsthaus Zug, Zug / Hornu: Grand-Hornu, Hornu 1994, ISBN 978-3-906700-82-3 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug: Fritz Roth. Kunsthaus Zug, Zug 1996.
  • Matthias Haldemann (ed.): Dialogue with modernity. Fritz Wotruba and the Kamm Collection. Catalog of the Kamm Collection Foundation. Balmer, Zug 1998.
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (ed.): Josef Herzog - black and white on A4, drawings 1965 to 1998. Incl. the CD color sound from Roland Dahinden. Kunsthaus Zug, Zug 2000, ISBN 978-3-906545-10-3 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug (ed.): Tadashi Kawamata. Work in Progress in Zug. Project collection 1996–1999. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2000, ISBN 3-7757-9001-2 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): Richard Tuttle. Replace the Abstract Picture Plane. Project collection 1996–1999. Photo essay by Guido Baselgia . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7757-9048-9 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug (ed.): Annelies Štrba. ÅN 1 - ÅN 11 . Annelies Štrba, Richterswil 2001.
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Olafur Eliasson (Ed.): The Body as Brain. Kunsthaus Zug, Zug 2003.
  • Kunsthaus Zug (ed.): Guido Baselgia. Space . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 978-3-7757-1412-9 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): Harmony and Dissonance - Gerstl, Schönberg, Kandinsky. Painting and music on the move. In collaboration with the Lucerne School of Music. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 978-3-7757-1821-9 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): Seeing. Neo-impressionism and modernism. Signac to Eliasson. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2115-8 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Marco Obrist (Ed.): Jules Spinatsch. Kodoji Press, Baden 2009, ISBN 978-3-03747-012-1 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): Linea. From outline to action. The art of the line between antiquity and the present. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7757-2795-2 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): Ilya Kabakov. Artist books 1958-2009. Catalog raisonné. Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-86678-372-0 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): Foresight very close. Text Zugkraft AG. Kunsthaus Zug, Zug 2011.
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): Péter Nádas. In the darkroom of writing. Transitions between text, image and thought. Nimbus, Wädenswil 2012, ISBN 978-3-907142-75-2 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug (ed.): And away with the minutes. Dieter Roth and the music / and music . In cooperation with the Hochschule für Musik, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Musik-Akademie, Basel. Edizioni Periferia Lucerne and the National Gallery - State Museums in Berlin. Edizioni Periferia, Lucerne 2014, ISBN 978-3-906016-32-0 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug (Hrsg.): Art travel guide for children, school classes and families on “Art in the City”, Zug map of contemporary art in public spaces. Kalt Medien, Kunsthaus Zug, Zug 2014, ISBN 978-3-85761-315-9 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (eds.): Adrian Schiess, Bernhard Schobinger, Annelies Štrba. Graber Collection. Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Graber Collection, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-89790-447-7 .
  • Kunsthaus Zug, Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): Comedy of existence. Art and humor from antiquity to today. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-7757-4431-7 .
  • Matthias Haldemann (ed.): Pavel Pepperstein and guests, project collection 1998–2002. Photo essay by Guido Baselgia. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7757-1413-8 .
  • Matthias Haldemann (Ed.): James Turrell. Zug Zuoz. Published for the Kunsthaus Zug and the Walter A. Bechtler Foundation. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7757-2602-3 .
  • Gerhard Mack: 10 years of the Zug Kunsthaus. Between project and collection, In: Zuger Neujahrsblatt 2001, pp. 52–61.
  • Václav Požárek, Kunsthaus Zug (ed.): Hannah Villiger. Zwei, [sn], Basel 1991.
  • Rosmarie Schmid, Elisabeth Grossmann, Matthias Haldemann (Eds.): Eva Wipf. With a catalog raisonné for the Eva Wipf estate administration and the Kunsthaus Zug. Cantz Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1996, ISBN 978-3-89322-8003 .
  • Office for Culture of the City of Zug and Building Forum Zug (ed.): Art in the public space of the city of Zug. Edition Hochparterre, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-909928-37-8 .
  • Richard Tuttle: Use of Time . Special edition available exclusively from the Kunsthaus Zug: 72 copies in a hand-painted slipcase designed by the artist, numbered and signed. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-3408-0 .

Web links

Commons : Kunsthaus Zug  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foundation Kamm Collection. In: www.stiftungsammlungkamm.ch. Retrieved September 21, 2016 .
  2. ^ Foundation Kamm Collection. In: www.stiftungsammlungkamm.ch. Retrieved September 21, 2016 .
  3. ^ Foundation Kamm Collection. In: www.stiftungsammlungkamm.ch. Retrieved September 21, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Horizon entanglements / intro. In: www.achermann.de. Retrieved September 21, 2016 .
  5. ^ Zug Tourism: Roman Signer. Lake view - Zug tourism. In: www.zug-tourismus.ch. Retrieved September 21, 2016 .
  6. ^ Light Transport (2003). Retrieved September 21, 2016 .
  7. ^ Zug Online: List of works. In: www.stadtzug.ch. Retrieved September 21, 2016 .


Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '53.7 "  N , 8 ° 31' 2.7"  E ; CH1903:  681 794  /  224333