Maria Lassnig Foundation
The Maria Lassnig Foundation is a non-profit foundation in Vienna founded in 2015 , which is dedicated to the work of the Austrian artist Maria Lassnig .
Activities and organization
The foundation participates in exhibitions around the world in order to ensure a regular presence in national and international awareness. It deals with the creation of a comprehensive catalog raisonné as well as with the restoration and inventory of the works in the foundation's own collection. Furthermore, the foundation operates research collaborations on the artist's work and supports and develops publications and media products.
Externally , the foundation is represented in all matters by a board of directors to which the following people belong: Peter Pakesch as chairman, Hans Werner Poschauko , Georg Geyer, Matthias Mühling , Friedrich Petzel , Gabriele Wimmer and Iwan Wirth . The foundation also has an advisory board in which Rudi Fuchs , Kasper König and Hans-Ulrich Obrist are represented.
The Maria Lassnig Foundation is based in the artist's former studio in the 14th district of Penzing , where the core of the foundation's collection will also be accessible in the future. The foundation feeds itself financially from the material assets of Maria Lassnig.
A GmbH was founded for matters relating to the use of the plant, the Maria Lassnig Werknutzungs-GmbH.
Maria Lassnig Prize
The foundation awards the Maria Lassnig Prize every two years , which the artist was considering while she was still alive. It should preferably be given to artists who are in the middle of their careers. The art prize is endowed with EUR 50,000 and is linked to an exhibition in a major exhibition institute. The first prize winner in 2017 was the British artist Cathy Wilkes , and the exhibition of her work will take place at MoMA PS1 . In 2019, the prize was awarded to Sheela Gowda , who will be honored with a solo exhibition in the Lenbachhaus in Munich .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.marialassnig.org/stiftung/about/
- ↑ Website of the art magazine Parnassus ( Memento from January 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The profane and the sacred - the artist Sheela Gowda. In: Bayerischer Rundfunk. June 7, 2019, accessed January 15, 2020 .