The collection focuses specifically on the works of largely forgotten artists and rediscovers important
facets of Austria’s own long-buried Modernism. The research project
“Sonderfall” Angewandte.[The Angewandte: ‘An
Exceptional Case’] The University of Applied Arts Vienna under Austrofascism, National Socialism and during the Post-war period
grapples with this once more on a deeper level and from multiple perspectives. The National Socialist cultural policy goal
of eradication had an enduring effect: The life and works of many artists connected with the Angewandte are still largely
unknown. Within the framework of a remembrance initiative the works of three artists who studied or taught at the Angewandte
and who were forced to leave Austria by 1938 due to increasing antisemitic attacks and political persecution are exhibited
in the Showcase of the Collection and Archive. Today Margarete Berger-Hamerschlag, Hans Felix Kraus and Fritz Janeba are little-known
artists, only familiar to experts in this field.
The works on display address the political events of the time through
dramatic or lyrical imagery, with both clear, irritatingly vague or cynical political statements and seemingly escapist scenes
from fairy tales. They provide an insight into the political issues, fears and hopes of the time and demand that we never
forget the past and accept responsibility in the present.
Concept: Bernadette Reinhold, Christina Wieder, Design
and Organisation: Robert Müller, Laura Egger-Karlegger
Further information on the research project:
kunstsammlungundarchiv.at/universitaetsarchiv/sonderfall-angewandteMarch–April 2023
Margarete Berger-Hamerschlag(Vienna 1902–1958 London)
Der
Spiegel [The Mirror] , 1932
Woodcut series, IN 12.165/2, 4, 5, 8, 11
May–June 2023
Hans
Felix Kraus(Vienna 1916–1973 Guadalajara, Mexico)
Tartarin de Tarascon, 1933/34
Watercolours/paper,
The Jewish Museum, New York,
with the kind permission of Helen Kraus
July–September 2023
Fritz Janeba(Vienna 1905–1983 Vienna)
Krieg I, II und III [War I, II and III] 1941
Aquarelle/board,
IN 4454/1–3
DatesExhibition duration
March 1st 2023–September 30th 2023
Schaukasten
Showcase, Foyer Kunstsammlung und Archiv, Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1030 Vienna
Podium discussion: Kunst
gegen das Vergessen? [Remembering the past through art?]
April 27th 2023, 6 p.m.
FLUX 2, Vordere Zollamtsstraße
7, 1030 Vienna
Event information
“Sonderfall” Angewandte. [The Angewandte: ‘An Exceptional Case’.]
Spotlight – A Remembrance Initiative
Guided Tour, Angewandte Festival, June 2023
Image: Fritz Janeba, Krieg I
[War I] , 1941, Aquarelle/board, IN 4454/1
