About the Dom Museum Wien

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Ecclesiastical Collections in the 21st Century
Dom Museum Wien: Behind the scenes
NEMO Learning Exchange Visit
Vienna - October 7., 2015
Beatrice Jaschke, Marlene Poeckh, Kerstin Schuetz-Mueller
Museum of Admont Abbey
www.stiftadmont.at
Claim:
Tradition.
Innovation.
Communication
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Museum of Admont Abbey
www.stiftadmont.at
Stift Klosterneuburg
www.stift-klosterneuburg.at
Claim:
„Where
heaven and
earth meet“
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Stift Klosterneuburg
www.stift-klosterneuburg.at
Stift Klosterneuburg
www.stift-klosterneuburg.at
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Protestant Museum Fresach
www.evangelischeskulturzentrum.at
Claim:
Half of heaven
Protestant Museum Fresach
www.evangelischeskulturzentrum.at
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From a Diocesan Museum to the
Treasury in Gurk
From a Diocesan Museum to the
Treasury in Gurk
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Domquartier Salzburg
www.domquartier.at
Claim:
Baroque
Authority –
Baroque Glory
Domquartier Salzburg
www.domquartier.at
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Dom Museum Wien:
In the heart of Vienna
Dom Museum Wien:
Location, location, location
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Dom Museum Wien:
Location, location, location
A brief history of the
Dom Museum Wien
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Founded in 1933
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In 1973, the museum moved from the Archbishop‘s
Palace to its current location
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In 1980 the museum‘s holdings were expanded to
include the Otto Mauer Collection
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The museum was closed in early 2012, and is since
undergoing a major redesign and restructuring, with
the re-opening scheduled for fall 2016.
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In March 2013 Dr. Johanna Schwanberg was
appointed the new director
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The Collection
Historic objects from St.
Stephen’s Cathedral (Dom)
and the Diocese (around 760
exhibits)
Dom
Museum
Wien
Collection
Contemporary holdings
(Otto Mauer-Prize
Winners, Acquisitions,
etc.)
Otto Mauer Collection
(around 3.170
exhibits)
The Collection: Historic Objects
Historic objects from St.
Stephen’s Cathedral (Dom)
and the Diocese (around 760
exhibits)
• Precious altars
• Sacred objects adorned with gold
and jewels
• Portraits
• Liturgical manuscripts and books
• Vestments
Dom
Museum
Wien
Collection
Otto Mauer Collection
(around 3.170
exhibits)
Contemporary holdings
(Otto Mauer-Prize
Winners, Acquisitions,
etc.)
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The Collection: Historic Objects
from St. Stephen‘s Cathedral
Left: Portrait of Archduke Rudolph IV ., Tempera on pergament mounted on spruce wood. 1360 1365
Right: Syrian Glass Bottle, Gold enameled glass, around 1280
The Collection: Rudolph IV.
Burial shroud
for Archduke
Rudolph IV.,
Early 14th
century
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The Collection: Historic Objects
from the Dioceses
The Altar of Ober-St. Veit, Oil painting on wood panels, 1505 - 1507
The Collection: Historic Objects
from the Dioceses
7 Panels, late 14th century
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The Collection: Historic Objects
from the Dioceses
Shrine Madonna „Vierge Ouvrante“, polychromatic wood sculpture, early 15th century
Monsignore Otto Mauer: Priest, art
collector, and patron of the arts
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1907-1973
In 1954 he founded the Galerie St. Stephan which later became the Galerie
nächst St. Stephan. It became the epicenter of the Austrian avant-garde
• He funded and promoted the artists of the young Austrian avant-garde
during a time when there was no institutional or legal groundwork for
funding for the arts
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1955-1973 „International Conversations on Art“
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The Collection: The Otto Mauer
Collection
Historic objects from St.
Stephen’s Cathedral (Dom)
and the Diocese (around 760
exhibits)
Dom
Museum
Wien
Collection
Otto Mauer Collection
(around 3.170
exhibits)
Art of the Austrian avant-garde: Otto
Mauer Collection
• Works by Expressionists and
Secessionists (Klimt, Schiele,
Kokoschka, Chagall, Dix, Grosz)
• Works by the most important
representatives of the Austrian
avant-garde of the 1950s & 60s,
such as Boeckl, Kubin,
Prachensky, Frohner, Rainer, Mikl,
Lassnig, Gironcoli, Kogelnik,
Oberhuber, among others.
Contemporary holdings
(Otto Mauer-Prize
Winners, Acquisitions,
etc.)
The Collection: The Otto Mauer
Collection
Left: Maria Lassnig, Untitled, 1959
Right: Bruno Gironcoli, Design for an Installation in
the Galerie nächst St. Stephan,1968
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The Collection: The Otto Mauer
Collection
Left: Alfred Kubin, Sphinx,1902/03
Center: Arnulf Rainer, Self portrait as Rembrandt II, 1969/70
Right: Maria Lassnig, Christmas Angel for Monsignore, 1970
The Collection: Contemporary
Holdings
Historic objects from St.
Stephen’s Cathedral (Dom)
and the Diocese (around 760
exhibits)
Dom
Museum
Wien
Collection
Otto Mauer Collection
(around 3.170
exhibits)
Contemporary holdings
(Otto Mauer-Prize
Winners, Acquisitions,
etc.)
Contemporary Art from Austria:
• The Otto Mauer Prize has been
awarded annually to young
Austria-based artists since 1983
• The prize also stipulates the
purchase of a major piece by the
respective winner
• Guarantees that the collection is
continuously expanded to include
contemporary works.
• Recent additions include pieces by
Heimo Zobernig, Johanna Kandl,
Dorit Margreiter, Esther Stocker,
and Nilbar Güres.
• Since 2013, the museum has also
begun to acquire further works for
the collection
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Otto Mauer Prize-Winners
Left: Esther Stocker, Untitled, 2003
Right: Katrina Daschner, Angst essen Seele auf, 2006
New Acquisitions
Johanna Kandl, Untitled, Tempera on wood, 2014
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Endowments (since 2013)
• Endowment of Dr. Dieter and Dr. Gertraud Bogner
• Endowment of Veronika Zacherl
Paintings by Hildegard Joos und Marc Adrian
Relaunch:
The new Dom Museum Wien
• Dom Museum Wien will re-open in 2016
• Major relaunch, & redesign
• Architecture by internationally renowned architect Boris
Podrecca
The new space will feature state-of-the art museum
facilities flexible enough to deal with the diverse
conservatorial requirements of a heterogenous collection.
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Outlook:
The new Dom Museum Wien
In continuation of Monsignore Otto Mauer’s legacy:
• Permanent exhibition,
• Special exhibitions and events (contemporary perspectives
on the history of sacred art),
• Projects by contemporary artists
Inter-cultural and interfaith questions will be addressed, as
well as existential themes that form the cornerstones of the
Christian faith, such as identity, migration, marginalization,
violence, and poverty.
Relaunch
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Contemporary Projects:
Furnishings
Leo Zogmayer, Model for seating
furniture, Dom Museum Wien
Contemporary Projects: Film
project on Otto Mauer
l.t.r.: Johanna
Schwanberg,
Oswald Oberhuber,
Isa Rosenberger,
Marlene Poeckh
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Re-Design and Construction
Rendering, Boris Podrecca Architects
Re-Design and Construction:
Spiral Staircase
Left: Photo by Hubert Lobnig, 2015
Right: Rendering, Boris Podrecca Architects
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Re-Design and Construction:
Sketches
Sketches for interior designs, Boris Podrecca Architects
Re-Design and Construction:
Model
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Re-Design and Construction
Photos: Hubert Lobnig, 2015
Re-Design and Construction:
Restoration of the Chapel
Photos: Hubert Lobnig, 2015
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Re-Design and Construction
Photos: Hubert Lobnig, 2015
Re-Design and Construction
Photo: Dom Museum Wien
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Re-Design and Construction
Photo: Dom Museum Wien
Re-Design and Construction:
Dom Atelier
Left: Rendering, Right: Photo by Hubert Lobnig, 2013
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Re-Design and Construction:
Museum Shop
Sketches for interior designs, Boris Podrecca Architects
Transition Phase:
Corporate Design
Design: Büro Ferkl
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Transition Phase:
Website
Transition Phase:
Corporate Design
Construction site scaffold wrap
Design: Büro Ferkl
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Transition Phase:
Construction Site
Mounting the construction site scaffold wrap
Photos: Hubert Lobnig
Transition Phase:
Events
Vienna
Museum
Night, 2013
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Transition Phase:
Events
Hubert Lobnig,
The Construction
Site, 2013
Transition Phase:
Events
Johanna Kandl,
Close to the
Text, 2014
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Transition Phase:
Events
Left: Detail, Burial shroud of Rudolph IV.
Right: Johanna Kandl, Close to the Text, 2014
Transition Phase:
Events
Opening:
Johanna Kandl,
Close to the Text,
Oct. 2014
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Transition Phase:
Media response
Transition Phase:
Collection Maintenance
Conservation &
emergency
stabilization:
Sculpture of Emperor
Henry II
(Polychromatic wood,
late 17th century)
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Transition Phase:
Collection Maintenance
Conservational
diagnostics
Transition Phase:
Collection Maintenance
Restoration:
Otto Mauer Collection
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Transition Phase:
Documenting the Collection
Photographic documentation of the
collection
Transition Phase:
Research
Eminent scholar Prof. Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat
is performing research on the Shrine Madonna
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Sponsoring & Support
The re-structuring and re-construction
of the Dom Museum Wien is made
possible by a partnership of the
Archdiocese of Vienna, public funding
(e.g., the City of Vienna), and private
sponsors.
The Vienna Insurance Group is the
main private sponsor.
Further sponsors are being sought to
provide additional necessary funding.
Interactive Museum App
• Download via iTunes or Android
App Store
• iPad Mini available for rental onsite
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Opening Publication
„Art, Church & Society“
450 pages, 250 illustrations
With essays by
• Matthias Boeckl, Dieter Bogner, Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat,
Otto Kapfinger, Edelbert Köb, Veronika Pirker-Aurenhammer,
Michael Viktor Schwarz, and many others
• Johanna Schwanberg in conversation with Friedhelm
Mennekes, Günter Rombold, Gustav Schörghofer, and others
Outlook: Programs
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Multifaceted art education programs
Creative workshops and discourse in the Dom Atelier
Annual memberships & supporting memberships
A carefully curated selections of items in the museum shop
Guided tours
Attractive group packages
Interactive Museum-App, Download via App Store or for use
via iPad rental on site
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Thank you.
Dom Museum Wien
Stephansplatz 6, 1010 Vienna, Austria
www.dommuseum.at
[email protected]
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