Major exhibition in Belvedere Palace - Vienna
Die Nacht im Zwielicht - Kunst von der Romantik bis heute
The curators Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer and Harald Krejci chose one of my photograms from the Benedictina Nocturna series - palm leaf (moonlight exposure) on loan from a private collector, to be included in the exhibition, which was on view from 24.10.12 to 17.2.13
Awakening the Night - Art from Romanticism to the Present, in the Lower Belvedere and the Orangery. On display were paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, films, sculptures, and objects by such artists as Caspar David Friedrich, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Hans Makart, Emil Nolde, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, René Magritte, Paul Delvaux, Rodney Graham, and Ansel Adams. Works from the Belvedere’s own holdings are complemented by loans exemplifying various international approaches to the subject.
If the dark half of the day had long been associated with frequently threatening metaphors, symbols, and personifications, it underwent a wider interpretation and redefinition in the cultural perception of the past 200 years. This was due to new insights gained through scientific methods in various disciplines, including astronomy and psychology, as well as social and civilization processes. In recent years, the night has even developed into a “material” drawn upon by artists – into some “state of the inner mind” that needs to be described from a socially critical perspective. Text with thanks to: www.belvedere.at
