Retrospects

The parish barn in Trausdorf an der Wulka, Austria

Works by well-known artists from Gugging can be seen as part of the "Art Brut" exhibition in the parish barn in Trausdorf. Every Gugging artist masters his own universe with enormous creativity and an unmistakable design language.

Created by laymen and of impressive quality, the works of art in the exhibition "Art & Sound" span several centuries. The objects follow a predefined iconographic pattern and are loaded with symbolism without being primarily a creative expression of the painter. They quench the viewer's thirst for the unknown.
An outstanding example are the Tibetan scroll images of religious content (so-called thangkas). Painted on linen or silk, the thematic arc spans from icons of historical personalities to the pantheon of Tibetan Buddhism to complex religious-philosophical illustrations.

Museum Gugging, Maria Gugging, Österreich

Seven works from Ida Buchmann (1911–2001), Johann Korec (1937–2008) and Johann Fischer (1919–2008) from the Infeld collection are part of the exhibition „visualized dreams“ in Museum Gugging.

The three Art Brut artists have immortalized their dreams in their artworks. 

The "Stars & Guitars" exhibition features works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Steve Kaufman, Mel Ramos, Kiki Kogelnik and other well-known Pop Art artists as well as rare guitars from the Infeld collection.
Pop Art moved the striking visual world of advertising and the mass media into the aesthetic focus. From bizarre to critical, artists delivered an imaginative interpretation of commercial products. It was not about a direct adoption of what was found in everyday life: The subjects were overdrawn, distorted, fragmented, endlessly duplicated and boosted to the point of absurdity. A unique iconography and visual language was created: recognizable, reduced, expressive.