Liechtenstein Art Museum
 The Liechtenstein Art Museum in Vaduz (2015) |
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| place | Vaduz |
| architect | Morger & Degelo and Christian Kerez |
| opening | November 12, 2000 |
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Art Museum Liechtenstein Foundation
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| management |
Friedemann Malsch
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The Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein is the state museum for modern and contemporary art in Vaduz . The modern museum building by the Swiss architects Morger & Degelo and Christian Kerez was opened in 2000. The important collection of international modern and contemporary art is also the state art collection of the Principality of Liechtenstein . As an extension of the art museum, the new Hilti Art Foundation exhibition building opened at the end of May 2015 .
history
In 1967 the State of Liechtenstein received ten paintings as a gift. This was the reason for the foundation of the Liechtenstein State Art Collection the following year. The first curator of the collection was Georg Malin , a Liechtenstein artist, historian and art historian. He very soon defined the State Collection as an area of international modern and contemporary art.
Today's presentation is thanks to a group of private donors. Together with the government of the Principality of Liechtenstein and the municipality of Vaduz, they realized the modern museum building.
In August 2000, the building was given to the State of Liechtenstein as a millennium gift, which established the “Liechtenstein Art Museum Foundation” under public law for the operation and management of the museum. The museum was opened on November 12, 2000.
Friedemann Malsch has been director of the Liechtenstein State Art Collection and the Liechtenstein Art Museum since 1996.
In 2015, the art museum was expanded to include the Hilti Art Foundation exhibition building. The Liechtenstein private collection includes works of classical modernism and contemporary art.
architecture
In November 2000 the building was opened by the team of architects Meinrad Morger and Heinrich Degelo with Christian Kerez . In May 2015, the Hilti Art Foundation's exhibition building designed by Morger Partner Architects (Meinrad Morger and Fortunat Dettli) was completed as an extension.
The closed structure is a black box made of black colored cement and black basalt stone. Enclosed river pebbles on the outer skin of the building also create a reference to the landscape of the Rhine Valley. Elongated ribbon windows are subordinate to the compactness of the building and open the black cube from both inside and outside. Six exhibition halls are arranged around two opposing stairs. The layout, like windmill blades, allows diagonal views through the entire structure.
The five-storey, cubic structure that houses the Hilti Art Foundation's exhibition rooms stands free in the immediate vicinity of the main building of the art museum. The facade consists mainly of white, broken aggregates such as Lasa marble and river gravel as well as cement. Access to the exhibition rooms of the Hilti Art Foundation is via the foyer of the art museum. A staircase takes the visitor to a funnel-shaped exhibition room in the basement. The two other exhibition rooms on the first and third floors are accessed via a light-flooded staircase.
collection
The permanent collection of international modern and contemporary art covers the period from the 19th century to the present day. The profile is mainly determined by sculptures , objects and installations . Works by artists from the Arte Povera occupy a special position . The Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein also manages the estate of André Thomkins .
In 2006, together with the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen and the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt (MMK) , the museum acquired the art-historical collection of the Cologne gallery owner Rolf Ricke , including works by Richard Artschwager , Bill Bollinger , Donald Judd , Fabián Marcaccio and Steven Parrino , David Reed , Richard Serra , Keith Sonnier and Jessica Stockholder .
Exhibitions
In recent years there have been solo exhibitions by Kimsooja , Bertrand Lavier , Charlotte Moth , Gary Kuehn , Saâdane Afif , Kiki Smith , Otto Freundlich , Gottfried Honegger , Leiko Ikemura , Rita McBride , Paul Klee , Jochen Gerz , André Thomkins , František Kupka , Andy Warhol , Fabián Marcaccio , Alighiero Boetti , Fred Sandback , Georg Malin , Sean Scully , Matts Leiderstam , Ferdinand Nigg , Jannis Kounellis , Monika Sosnowska , Joseph Beuys , Herbert Zangs , Thomas Schütte , Kasimir Malewitsch , Martin Frommelt , Matti Braun , Christian Boltanski , Gotthard Graubner , Bill Bollinger , Bojan Šarčević , Günter Fruhtrunk and Rütjer Rühle .
Important group exhibitions included “Who pays”, “Gorgona”, “Lens-Based Sculpture”, “The Inner Being”, “Migration”, “Faites vos jeux! Art and games since Dada »,« Time out. Art and Sustainability ”,“ Lust for Life. The Ricke Collection ”,“ Knockin 'on Heaven's Door ”,“ Modernism as a Ruin. An archeology of the present »,« Che fare. Arte povera . The historical years »and« example of Switzerland. Delimitations and passages as art ».
See also
Web links
- Official website
- Joachim Batlner: Art Museum Liechtenstein. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 47 ° 8 '21.5 " N , 9 ° 31' 21.1" E ; CH1903: 758 064 / 223024