Exhibition till January 31, 2020

Schönberg described a work of art as “a labyrinth where, at every point, every knowledgeable person is aware of the entrance and the exit without needing a golden thread to guide him.” The new exhibition shows just how very exciting it can be to enter a labyrinth and encounter an artistic event at every junction.

Its content and architecture illustrate Schönberg’s lifelong topic of the “idea” in all its representational variety. Music is at the center with painting and other manifestations of his creative drive as multifaceted guidelines toward discovering an artistic figure who was as path-breaking as he was imaginative.

Replicas of objects from Schönberg’s living environment allow direct contact with items in his everyday life (letters, calendars, photo albums, music scores, concert programs, etc.).

Idea: Lawrence Schoenberg
Curators: Christoph Edtmayr, Eike Feß, Therese Muxeneder
Architecture: Erich Woschitz
Visual Design: Bohatsch und Partner


Press Kit (pdf)

Press Photos:


Arnold Schönberg, 1924
 
Entwurf
 
Entwurf
 
Arnold Schönberg:
Der musikalische Gedanke
1921 – 1926
Manuskript
 
Arnold Schönberg:
Der musikalische Gedanke
1921 – 1926
Manuskript
 
Die formbildenden Tendenzen
der Harmonie
1939 – 1948
Aufstellung
harmonischer Regionen


Grünes Selbstportrait
Öl auf Karton
23. Oktober 1910
Catalogue raisonné 15

Belmont Music Publishers,
Los Angeles / VBK Wien,
2013


Blauer Blick
Öl auf Karton
Ca. März 1910
Catalogue raisonné 64

Belmont Music Publishers,
Los Angeles / VBK Wien,
2013


Streichquartett Nr. 3 op. 30
1927
Reihentabelle
© Universal Edition, Wien 
 
Die glückliche Hand op. 18
1910 – 1913
Reinschrift
© Universal Edition, Wien
 
Streichquartett Nr. 2
fis-Moll op. 10
1907 – 1908
Skizzen im III. Skizzenbuch
© Universal Edition, Wien
 
     
Exhibition photos:
© Hannes Böck