Program 2019

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
The Painter as Photographer
March 2-June 16, 2019
Mönchsberg [3]

Presenting a selection of 300 photographic works, the exhibition will include examples from all genres that Kirchner tried his hand at: nudes and studio scenes, portraits, landscapes, and object photography. The exhibition undertakes a comprehensive synoptic study of the photographic gaze in Kirchner’s work. It is the first presentation in Austria of this segment of the famous German expressionist’s oeuvre. Produced in cooperation with the Kirchner Museum Davos.
Curators: Thorsten Sadowsky, Director, with Lena Nievers, Curator of Modern Art

Asger Jorn
The Printed Œuvre
March 23-June 30, 2019
Mönchsberg [4]

The exhibition will be the first extensive presentation outside Denmark of Asger Jorn's graphic oeuvre, which encompasses more than 500 prints. Produced in cooperation with the Museum Jorn, the exhibition will be accompanied by a publication.

Curators: Thorsten Sadowsky, Director, with Barbara Herzog, Curator, and Lena Nievers, Curator of Modern Art

Humanity in Photographs
Recent Acquisitions of the Federal Photography Collection
April 6-June 16, 2019
Rupertinum [1] & [2]

This presentation of a selection of recent accessions to the Austrian Federal Photography Collection offers our visitors an opportunity to discover the growing and evolving collection and underscores its central significance for the Museum der Moderne Salzburg.

Curators: Christiane Kuhlmann, Curator Photography and Media Art, with Andrea Lehner-Hagwood

Sun stop!
April 6-June 16, 2019
Rupertinum [2] – Generali Foundation Study Center
Presented by Generali Foundation

Curator: Marijana Schneider, Curatorial Assistant

Exhibition from the Collections
April 27-September 29, 2019
Mönchsberg [2]
Presented by Generali Foundation

Curator: Christina Penetsdorfer, Assistant Curator

Sigalit Landau
Salt Years
July 6-November 17, 2019
Mönchsberg [3]
Rupertinum [1] & [2]

For the past 15 years, the sculptor and video and installation artist Sigalit Landau (b. 1969) has kept going back to the Dead Sea as a source of inspiration and laboratory. It has been the scene of the genesis of numerous works; in particular, she “baptizes” various objects and fabrics (clothes, bodices, etc.) by immersing them in the world’s saltiest sea for months, creating fascinating metamorphoses that often probe questions of female identity and bodily experience. The shadows cast by the Holocaust, the tense political situation in Israel, and complex issues of justice, structural violence, and the economic exploitation of nature are other concerns that her powerful and multifaceted works explore. The exhibition includes several readymades baptized in the Dead Sea and a selection from Landau’s most important works on video.

Curators: Thorsten Sadowsky, Director, with Marijana Schneider, Curatorial Assistant

Fly Me to the Moon
The Lunar Landing, 50 Years Later
July 20-November 3, 2019
Mönchsberg [4]

The exhibition undertakes an excursion into art history, gathering artists’ renditions and interpretations of the moon since the days of Galileo Galilei and the invention of the first telescope. Looking back on several centuries of human fascination with the moon, with an emphasis on the twentieth century and the present, it includes copperplate prints and paintings as well as photographs, video art, and multimedia installations. A catalogue in German and English will be published in conjunction with the exhibition. The exhibition is produced in cooperation with the Kunsthaus Zürich and co-curated by Cathérine Hug. With generous support from Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council

Curators at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg: Thorsten Sadowsky, Director, with Tina Teufel, Curator, and Christina Penetsdorfer, Assistant Curator

Exhibition from the Collections
October 19, 2019-March 8, 2020
Mönchsberg [2]
Presented by Generali Foundation

Curator: Marijana Schneider, Curatorial Assistant

Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz
A Mind of Winter
November 30, 2019-April 19, 2020
Rupertinum [1] & [2]

The presentation includes sculptures, dioramas, and photographs for a multifaceted introduction to Martin & Muñoz’s dystopian universe. A catalogue in German and English will be published in conjunction with the exhibition.

Curators: Thorsten Sadowsky, Director, with Tina Teufel, Curator, Museum der Moderne Salzburg

From Book to Rara
November 30, 2019-April 19, 2020
Rupertinum [2] – Generali Foundation Study Center
Presented by Generali Foundation

Curator: Stefanie Grünangerl, Librarian

Collection—Hidden Treasures
December 7, 2019-March 15, 2020
Mönchsberg [3] & [4]

We will mount a thoroughly redesigned presentation of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg’s heterogeneous holdings, using every square inch of the galleries’ walls and floors. An expedition into the less familiar regions of the collections, the grand exhibition will also unearth treasures that have not seen the spotlight of a public presentation in decades. A sophisticated and visually appealing tableau encapsulating the museum’s collections, it will exemplarily illustrate art-historical classificatory principles and the changing practice of exhibition-making.

Curators: Thorsten Sadowsky, Director, with the Curatorial Team