Ausstel­lungseröff­nung: Sam­stag, 7. März 2026, 11 – 13 Uhr

JOSEF MIKL (1929 — 2008)

JOSEF PILLHOFER (1921 – 2010)

ARTIST FRIENDS IN DIALOG

PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

Gün­ther Holler-Schus­ter will speak at the open­ing at 11.30 a.m.

Togeth­er with Wolf­gang Hol­legha, Markus Prachen­sky and Arnulf Rain­er, Josef Mikl is one of the most influ­en­tial fig­ures in Aus­tri­an post-war paint­ing. His ear­ly works focused on the human body. Over time, how­ev­er, Mikl increas­ing­ly detached him­self from fig­u­ra­tive rep­re­sen­ta­tion: col­or sur­faces became denser, body forms were reduced. From the 1990s onwards, his paint­ings were char­ac­ter­ized by dynam­ic diag­o­nals, his paint­ing style became freer, lighter and achieved a great cre­ative openness. 

Josef Pill­hofer­’s work is char­ac­ter­ized by its great diver­si­ty. From the very begin­ning, he was inter­est­ed in the ques­tion of form in space. His sculp­tures were often based on nat­ur­al forms, which he took up, sim­pli­fied and reassem­bled. Despite this abstrac­tion, the human fig­ure remained a cen­tral theme. Pill­hofer worked pri­mar­i­ly with clas­si­cal mate­ri­als such as stone and bronze. 

The exhi­bi­tion brings togeth­er works by long-time artist friends Josef Mikl and Josef Pill­hofer and invites vis­i­tors to dis­cov­er paint­ing and sculp­ture in an excit­ing dialog.

On the 1st floor

ART AFTER 1950

In the 1950s, abstract art stood for a new depar­ture and new free­dom. Whether clear geo­met­ric forms or spon­ta­neous, ges­tur­al paint­ing — many artists sought new ways of expres­sion. At the same time, the depic­tion of peo­ple remained impor­tant and fig­u­ra­tion made a con­scious return. From the 1990s to the present day, Euro­pean art has been more diverse than ever before. A wide vari­ety of themes, styles and forms of expres­sion stand side by side, invit­ing vis­i­tors to dis­cov­er and expe­ri­ence art in a very indi­vid­ual way. The exhi­bi­tion includes works from Adu­atz to Zens.

EXHIBITION DURATION: 7. March — April 29, 2026

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Exhi­bi­tion open­ing: Sat­ur­day, June 13, 2026, 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.

ANNEROSE RIEDL & ALOIS RIEDL

Dr. Johannes Jetsch­go will speak at the open­ing at 11:30 a.m.

Alois Riedl (b. 1935) is one of the most dis­tinc­tive fig­ures in Aus­tri­an con­tem­po­rary art. As a self-taught artist, he has devel­oped a dis­tinc­tive visu­al lan­guage since the 1960s that bridges the gap between fig­u­ra­tion and abstrac­tion. Every­day objects serve as the start­ing point for many of his works. The ordi­nary becomes extra­or­di­nary: Alois Riedl trans­forms fur­ni­ture and famil­iar forms into pow­er­ful, min­i­mal­ist visu­al entities. 

Annerose Riedl (b. 1949) is one of the lead­ing fig­ures in con­tem­po­rary fig­u­ra­tive sculp­ture in the Aus­tri­an-Bavar­i­an region. Her female fig­ures, most­ly carved from lin­den wood, are char­ac­ter­ized by an archa­ic, min­i­mal­ist for­mal lan­guage and a calm, pow­er­ful pres­ence. These are not ide­al­ized por­traits, but rather fig­ures of strong char­ac­ter who embody strength and qui­et self-assertion. 

On the 1st floor

MARTIN STAUFNER

Dr. Johannes Jetsch­go will speak at the open­ing at 11:30 a.m.

In his draw­ings, paint­ings and prints, Mar­tin Staufn­er (*1964) focus­es on urban land­scapes, nat­ur­al motifs and per­son­al notes. Seen on the road, artis­ti­cal­ly con­densed: Mar­tin Staufn­er cap­tures places, moods and moments. Between pre­cise obser­va­tion and free inter­pre­ta­tion, he cre­ates works that sharp­en the eye and allow us to expe­ri­ence what we see in a new way. 

EXHIBITION DATES: June 13 to July 15, 2026

Exhi­bi­tion open­ing: Sat­ur­day, May 2, 2026, 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.

NICOLE BOTTET

Artist talk at 11.30 am

Nicole Bot­tet, born in Pon­toise in 1942, stud­ied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Her artis­tic work focus­es on still lifes and her char­ac­ter­is­tic flo­ral motifs. 

Bot­tet cap­tures the aes­thet­ics of the every­day in her works. She prefers to work with oil paints on paper and can­vas and com­bines them with char­coal pen­cil draw­ings and col­lage tech­niques. She accen­tu­ates the sub­tle, fine­ly tuned col­ors of her paint­ings through the selec­tive use of gold and sil­ver leaf, which cre­ates a spe­cial luminosity. 

With her paint­ing, which oscil­lates between abstrac­tion and nat­u­ral­ism, she cre­ates an unmis­tak­able atmos­phere and focus­es on the poet­ry of every­day things. Since her first exhi­bi­tion in Paris in 1973, her work has been shown annu­al­ly in muse­ums and gal­leries in Europe and Japan. The artist lives and works in Paris. 

On the 1st floor

KARL KORAB — Works on paper and canvas

Karl Korab, born in Falken­stein (Low­er Aus­tria) in 1937, stud­ied at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na. The artist has lived and worked in Son­ndorf in the Wald­vier­tel since 1980. The ver­sa­tile artist’s work includes oil paint­ings, col­lages and graph­ics. In his works, Korab con­cen­trates on still lifes and land­scapes. He devel­ops his own unmis­tak­able archi­tec­ture from his real sur­round­ings. Through sub­tle abstrac­tion, he opens the view­er’s gaze and cre­ates space for new interpretations. 

“I want to design, cre­ate a new real­i­ty for myself and for­mu­late it in my invent­ed or devel­oped visu­al lan­guage. That is my con­cern.” Karl Korab 

The exhi­bi­tion fea­tures works on paper and can­vas by the artist

EXHIBITION DURATION: May 2 to June 10, 2026