EXHIBITIONS

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Florentina Pakosta, Zentrierte Bewegung, 2012, Acryl auf Leinwand, 160 x 150 cm, Sammlung Angerlehner
Foto © Horst Stasny

FLORENTINA PAKOSTA

GEGENbeWEGUNG

03. 05. - 05. 10. 2025

Florentina Pakosta is rightly regarded as one of the most important feminist artists. Her multifaceted oeuvre was and continues to be an expression of rebellion against patriarchal societal structures, male pride, its arrogance, and the assertiveness that has solidified into a social habitus.

The Museum Angerlehner is dedicating a solo exhibition to Florentina Pakosta, in which two of her central groups of works are placed in dialogue: the sarcastic montage sheets from the 1970s and 1980s, in which monumental heads merge with razor blades, knives, and scissors or with animals, and the abstract tricolor paintings, which captivate through their strict composition of beams and rods and their finely calibrated use of color.

The exhibition "Gegenbewegung" powerfully demonstrates that the content and intensity of the message conveyed by these two spectacular bodies of work—despite the contrast between high realism on one side and radical abstraction on the other—are rooted in fear and a sense of threat. Both groups of works serve as records of a painful memory in which the once-experienced and constantly renewed reality of aggression and oppression is inscribed—a strong gesture of resistance in the form of a countermovement.

curator: Prof. Dr. Klaus Albrecht Schröder (Director General of the Albertina em.)

Claudia Hirtl, Mond (E 1118), 2024, 240 x 320 cm, Tempera auf Leinwand, ©Daniel Zanetti

CLAUDIA HIRTL

Vermessung von seinsweisen

03. 05. - 14. 09. 2025

The Museum Angerlehner is dedicating a comprehensive solo exhibition to the artist Claudia Hirtl from May 3 to September 14, 2025, in the large exhibition hall. The focus is exclusively on her so-called "Main Sentences" – large-format paintings in egg tempera and vibrant pigments.

Hirtl's works operate in the tension between image and text, between Western abstraction and Asian pictorial language. Inspired by Japanese characters, Kanji, which she deconstructs, overlays, and transforms in her paintings, she questions conventional modes of seeing and reading while reflecting on fundamental questions of time, place, and identity. The reduced color palette and the consciously composed materiality of the images invite an immersion in the layers of color and a feeling of the subtle dynamics within the composition, leading to a deeper perception.

The artist invites the viewer to enter her artistic space, which, like the various forms of being, is in constant flux. It is a measurement of modes of being, a continuous effort to leave the given in order to reveal alternatives.

curator: Antonio Rosa de Pauli

Linde Waber, Atelierzeichnung Maria Moser, o.D., Mischtechnik auf Papier, 63x48 cm © Eveline Tilley

DER GEIST DES ORTES

LINDE WABER UND WEGGEFÄHRTEN

12. 04. - 05. 10. 2025

On the occasion of her 85th birthday, the Museum Angerlehner is showcasing selected works by the prominent Austrian artist Linde Waber. The focus of this exhibition is on her "Studio Drawings," which she created on-site in the studios of her artist friends and companions.

Many of the artists Waber visited are also represented in the Angerlehner Collection, which is why works by her colleagues from the collection are juxtaposed with the studio views. In striking contrast to the studio drawings are new, never-before-seen large-format graphic sheets, which depict interiors as well as travel motifs, powerfully illustrating the artist's unbroken expressive energy.

Linde Waber celebrates personal encounters as well as the experience of space and architecture, of objects and nature. Viewers are invited to immerse themselves in the living spaces and studios, charged with history and art, while always sensing the vibrant liveliness of the artist, her subjective interpretation of the world and reality.

curator: Günther Oberhollenzer

MELA DIAMANT

ATMEN UNTER WASSER

17. 05. - 07. 09. 2025

The Angerlehner Museum presents "Atmen unter Wasser," Mela Diamant's first solo museum exhibition, beginning May 17, 2025. In this show, conceived specifically for the Salon, the artist explores the world of water and explores the complex relationships between humans, nature, and environmental destruction.

Diamant provides insights into her diverse oeuvre, which ranges from textile animal sculptures to vibrantly colored paintings. The exhibition title refers not only to the diverse forms of breathing mechanisms—whether through skin, gills, or lungs—but also to climatic changes and the ongoing pollution of our ecosystem.

Some of the artist's works, including the painting series "Save the World," explicitly address water pollution. Her textile animal sculptures, in contrast, represent a striking counterpoint. They remind us that breathing occurs not only above but also below water, and that these seemingly separate worlds are more closely connected than widely assumed.

curator: Antonio Rosa de Pauli