Exhibitions and publications of the VERBUND COLLECTION
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Exhibitions and publications of the VERBUND COLLECTION
VERBUND COLLECTION: The art collection of VERBUND
The VERBUND COLLECTION was created in 2004 by VERBUND AG, Austria’s leading power company and one of Europe’s leading producers of electricity from hydropower. It is a first-class company collection with a contemporary, international focus.
Years of the VERBUND COLLECTION
Artists
Artworks
Publications
ASPIRATION of the VERBUND COLLECTION
We want to discover artistic positions that were previously hidden, make them visible, and leave a trace in the cultural memory and in art history.
That is why the VERBUND COLLECTION places art from the 1970s in dialogue with present-day positions. At this time, many artists moved away from painting and created entirely new forms of expression. They began to discover their own bodies as a medium. Photography, video, film and performance became established as independent art forms.
MAXIM
In accordance with the maxim “Depth not breadth”, entire groups of works of artists are collected in order to facilitate a deeper discussion of the creative phases. In line with this maxim, we publish monographs on the collection’s female artists: Birgit Jürgenssen, Cindy Sherman, Francesca Woodman, Renate Bertlmann and Louise Lawler.
We want to discover artistic positions that were previously hidden, make them visible, and leave a trace in the cultural memory and in art history.
That is why the VERBUND COLLECTION places art from the 1970s in dialogue with present-day positions. At this time, many artists moved away from painting and created entirely new forms of expression. They began to discover their own bodies as a medium. Photography, video, film and performance became established as independent art forms.
MAXIM
In accordance with the maxim “Depth not breadth”, entire groups of works of artists are collected in order to facilitate a deeper discussion of the creative phases. In line with this maxim, we publish monographs on the collection’s female artists: Birgit Jürgenssen, Cindy Sherman, Francesca Woodman, Renate Bertlmann and Louise Lawler.
The VERBUND COLLECTION introduces itself
FOCUS ON FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE
In order to emphasise the pioneering work done by the female artists of the 1970s, Gabriele Schor coined the term “Feminist Avant-Garde”. This focal point encompasses almost 600 artworks by 82 artists. They make a theme of their bodies, question the diktat of beauty, and deal with the construct of female identities. Since 2010, the exhibition of the same name has toured to 15 cities in Europe and has been on display in venues including the Centre de Cultura Contemporánia in Barcelona, the Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe and in the Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna.
FOCUS ON THE PERCEPTION OF SPACES AND PLACES
The focal point “Perception of spaces and places” creates links between groups of works that deal with spatial phenomena. It includes works by Bernd and Hilla Becher, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Joachim Koester, Louise Lawler, Gordon Matta-Clark, Fred Sandback, and Jeff Wall.
The permanent intervention Yellow Fog by Olafur Eliasson (German only) on the façade of the VERBUND building also belongs to this focal point and can be seen daily at sunset.
The VERBUND COLLECTION comprises artworks by 117 female artists and 40 male artists.
| FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE of the 1970s | PERCEPTION OF SPACES AND PLACES | IDENTITY |
| Helena Almeida Emma Amos Sonia Andrade Eleanor Antin Anneke Barger Lynda Benglis Judith Bernstein Renate Bertlmann Tomaso Binga Dara Birnbaum Teresa Burga Marcella Campagnano Elizabeth Catlett Judy Chicago Linda Christanell Veronika Dreier Orshi Drozdik Lili Dujourie Mary Beth Edelson Renate Eisenegger Rose English VALIE EXPORT Gerda Fassel Esther Ferrer Eulàlia Grau Barbara Hammer Margaret Harrison Lynn Hershman Leeson Alexis Hunter Mako Idemitsu Sanja Iveković Anne Marie Jehle Birgit Jürgenssen Kirsten Justesen Auguste Kronheim Ketty La Rocca Leslie Labowitz Suzanne Lacy Katalin Ladik Suzy Lake Brigitte Lang Natalia LL Lea Lublin Karin Mack Dindga McCannon Ana Mendieta Annette Messager Anita Münz Rita Myers Senga Nengudi Lorraine O’Grady ORLAN Florentina Pakosta Gina Pane Letícia Parente Ewa Partum Friederike Pezold Margot Pilz Howardena Pindell Ingeborg G. Pluhar Lotte Profohs Angels Ribé Ulrike Rosenbach Martha Rosler Brigitte Aloise Roth Suzanne Santoro Carolee Schneemann Lydia Schouten Elaine Shemilt Cindy Sherman Penny Slinger Annegret Soltau Anita Steckel Gabriele Stötzer Betty Tompkins Regina Vater Marianne Wex Hannah Wilke Martha Wilson Francesca Woodman Nil Yalter |
Vito Acconci Francis Alÿs Uta Barth Bernd und Hilla Becher Johanna Billing Barbara Bloom Ulla von Brandenburg Tom Burr Miriam Cahn Janet Cardiff und George Bures Miller Georgia Creimer Olafur Eliasson Ceal Floyer Simryn Gill Teresa Hubbard und Alexander Birchler Joachim Koester Moussa Kone Louise Lawler Gordon Matta-Clark Ursula Mayer Anthony McCall Ernesto Neto Loan Nguyen Ingo Nussbaumer Gabriel Orozco Erkan Özgen, Sener Özmen und Cengiz Tekin Elodie Pong Wilfredo Prieto Ed Ruscha, Mario Sala Fred Sandback Melanie Schiff Chiharu Shiota Simon Starling Annika Ström Sergio de la Torre Joëlle Tuerlinckx Jeff Wall Lawrence Weiner James Welling Christopher Williams David Wojnarowicz |
Monika Baer Cecil Beaton Maria Luise Bussmann Simon Fujiwara Gilbert & George Kate Gilmore Nan Goldin Aneta Grzeszykowska Maria Hahnenkamp Jenny Holzer Sigune Hamann Lena Henke Peter Hujar Michel Journiac Annette Kelm Jürgen Klauke Jakob Lena Knebl Roberta Lima Sarah Lucas Urs Lüthi Tahmineh Monzavi Laura Ribero Aïda Ruilova Adam Rzepecki Tomoko Sawada Markus Schinwald Stefanie Seibold Lorna Simpson John Stezaker Sophie Thun Gillian Wearing |
The international Advisory Board is made up of the founding director Gabriele Schor and a changing selection of international experts.
Members of the Board of Trustees
Philipp Kaiser: independent curator in Los Angeles (former director of Museum Ludwig in Cologne)
Jessica Morgan: director of the Dia Art Foundation in New York (former curator at the Tate Modern in London)
Camille Morineau: founder and head of AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibition) (former curator at the Musée National d’Art Moderne and Centre Pompidou, Paris)
Sean Rainbird: director of the National Gallery Ireland (former curator at the Tate Modern in London)
Marc-Olivier Wahler, director of the Chalet Society in Paris (former director of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris)
Members of the Board of Trustees
Philipp Kaiser: independent curator in Los Angeles (former director of Museum Ludwig in Cologne)
Jessica Morgan: director of the Dia Art Foundation in New York (former curator at the Tate Modern in London)
Camille Morineau: founder and head of AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibition) (former curator at the Musée National d’Art Moderne and Centre Pompidou, Paris)
Sean Rainbird: director of the National Gallery Ireland (former curator at the Tate Modern in London)
Marc-Olivier Wahler, director of the Chalet Society in Paris (former director of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris)
Lisa Trapp
curatorial assistant of the VERBUND COLLECTION
Theresa Dann
curatorial assistant of the VERBUND COLLECTION
From March 22, 2021 until May 15, 2022 on maternity leave
curatorial assistant of the VERBUND COLLECTION
Theresa Dann
curatorial assistant of the VERBUND COLLECTION
From March 22, 2021 until May 15, 2022 on maternity leave
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National borrowers
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International borrowers Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Germany |
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