Exhibition

KOLOMAN MOSER Universal Artist between Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann

MAK
Dec 19 2018 to Apr 22 2019
Stubenring 5
Vienna 1010
Phone: 01 711 36-0
Tuesday:
10:00-22:00
Wednesday - Sunday:
10:00-18:00
12,- / 9,- children free
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 to Monday, April 22, 2019
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Koloman Moser’s oeuvre continues to exert a lasting fascination. As a universal artist Moser masters the disciplines of painting, graphic art, arts and crafts, and interior design as well as fashion and scenography. To an impressive extent Moser embodies the Gesamtkunstwerk or total work of art as advocated by the Vienna Secession. He is considered one of the most important pioneers of Viennese Modernism, one of the most influential artists of Viennese Art Nouveau, and is—alongside Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann—one of the leading artists of Vienna’s artistic renewal.

To commemorate the centennial of his death, the MAK is honoring Koloman Moser (1868–1918) with one of the most comprehensive solo shows to date on his great and visionary work. The exhibition delves deep into the oeuvre of this exceptional artist and demonstrates just how instrumental Moser was in influencing the search for a new, modern design vocabulary in fin-de-siècle Vienna. This is the first time that many of the 500 or so exhibits, largely taken from the MAK Collection, have been made accessible to the public. Structured chronologically and divided into five chapters, the MAK exhibition recalls every step of Moser’s unusual career: from painter to all-round designer and finally back to painting.

Guest Curator: Christian Witt-Dörring
Curator: Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Curator, MAK Metal Collection and Wiener Werkstätte Archive

Upon presentation of their MAK ticket, all visitors to the MAK exhibition KOLOMAN MOSER will receive reduced admission to the exhibition Applications: Koloman Moser and the Stage at the Theatermuseum (until 22 Apr 2019).

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