Systems & Subjects
Works from the Generali Foundation, MAP and Museum der Moderne Salzburg Collections

  • _MG_9439 Exhibition view: Systems & Subjects. Works from the Generali Foundation, MAP and Museum der Moderne Salzburg Collections, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • _MG_9443 Exhibition view: Systems & Subjects. Works from the Generali Foundation, MAP and Museum der Moderne Salzburg Collections, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • _MG_9474 Exhibition view: Systems & Subjects. Works from the Generali Foundation, MAP and Museum der Moderne Salzburg Collections, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
  • _MG_9480 Exhibition view: Systems & Subjects. Works from the Generali Foundation, MAP and Museum der Moderne Salzburg Collections, Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Generali Foundation Collection—Permanent Loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, photo: Rainer Iglar
    From 10/25/2014 to 04/12/2015
    Curators: Sabine Breitwieser, Director, with Beatrice von Bormann, Curator, Museum der Moderne Salzburg

    Venue: Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Mönchsberg

    The director of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg Sabine Breitwieser and the newly appointed curator of modern art Beatrice von Bormann have embarked on a research of artworks related to "Systems & Subjects".

    The selection of works on display ranged from the early twentieth century to the present and was intended to facilitate a thematically focused dialogue between the various holdings—the Generali Foundation, the collection of prints, MAP, and recent acquisitions made possible by generous donations.

    The exhibition of works from the collection featured works by artists such as Max Beckmann, George Grosz, and Max Klinger in interaction with pieces by Bruno Gironcoli, Harun Farocki, Hans Haacke, Mary Kelly, Július Koller, Anna Oppermann, Allan Sekula, Franz West, Heimo Zobernig, and others. A selection from the holdings of prints that illuminated the museum’s origin was set in relation to works from the Generali Foundation Collection and recent donations to the museum of works by artists Lynn Hershman Leeson and Andreas Siekmann. The exhibition highlighted links on the levels of motifs and themes between works of classical modernism in which the human being takes center stage and conceptual approaches in art from the 1960s to the present.

    Artists: Robert Barry, Max Beckmann, Maria Eichhorn, Harun Farocki, Morgan Fisher, Bruno Gironcoli, George Grosz, Hans Haacke, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Mary Kelly, Anselm Kiefer, Max Klinger, Július Koller, Eustachy Kossakowski, Edward Krasiński, David Lamelas, Dorit Margreiter/Anette Baldauf, Anna Oppermann, Karl Rössing, Martha Rosler, Allan Sekula, Andreas Siekmann, Franz West, Stephen Willats, Heimo Zobernig