21er Haus

1962 Museum of the 20th Century ( 20's house ); 1979-2001 branch of the Museum of Modern Art; from 15 November 2011: Dependance of the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

The 21er Haus is a building built in 1958 as the Austrian pavilion at Expo 58 in Brussels and Vienna in 1962-2001 as a museum of the 20th century ( 20 Nickname house ) and was used as a branch of the emerged from his museum of modern art. It was to be transferred from Brussels in the Swiss Garden in the 3rd district of Vienna, country road.

The building was reopened after renovation and expansion as a branch of the Austrian Gallery Belvedere On 15 November 2011, and now contributes in terms of looking at art from today's perspective, the name of 21s house. It now displays Austrian Art of the 20th and 21st century in an international context and is defined by his leadership as a museum for contemporary art.

History

In the 20er Haus (on Viennese usually called Zwanz'ger - house ), 21s house since 2011, it is the designed by Karl Schwanzer Austria Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Brussels in 1958. The hanging of four pylons steel structure was dismantled after the World's Fair, transported from Belgium to Austria and set up at the Arsenal Street 1 in the Swiss Garden again. Open areas and the ground floor were closed or covered.

The building as a museum of the 20th century ( M20) was opened on 20 September 1962. About the new museum and the first exhibition of art from 1900 to today, it said, the museum submit such a breach in the Vienna Museum tradition is that " one can imagine being involuntarily when first entering the museum as on extraterritorial ground." Werner Hofmann, and 1969 of the M20 founding director, wrote at the opening: " The new house has the signature of our age, its physical layout reflects the fact that the art of this century bears a powerful, often aggressive self-confidence to show that according to length and openness required. " This museum was the first of the existing Republic of Austria since 1918, built new.

1969-1979 served as director Alfred Schmeller, followed by Dieter Ronte, until 1989, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art ( main building from 1979: the Liechtenstein Garden Palace ). It now took advantage of the 20er Haus as an exhibition hall until the MUMOK in 2001 in his new house in the new Museum Quarter ( former stables ) moved.

Presence

In 2002, the former 20er Haus was handed over to the Ministry of Education at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, but lacked the money for a long time the necessary redesign. The Grade II listed building stood empty for many years. 2008 under the responsibility of, 2007: Director of Belvedere Agnes Husslein started with renovation work; Architect of the reconstruction was Adolf Krischanitz. The carrying capacity of the steel structure has been adapted to the current building code, the 75 -meter-long stem of the 1960s was re-erected; on the former parking lot an office tower was built.

A 250 square meter exhibition space in the basement of the house is the sculptor Fritz Wotruba and his artistic environment dedicated ( Wotruba Foundation). The art library of the covenant was placed in the second basement and opened in November 2012. Krischanitz Adolf and Hermann Czech -designed furnishings for the new restaurants, Bernhard Cella leads in the sense of an artistic intervention the museum shop. The called from its seating and wall settlement ago mainly due to the Expo 58 goes back Cinema, now after the sponsor Blickle cinema, is recorded again since 2012.

Took place on 20 September 2011 at the presence of the Federal Minister Claudia Schmied the celebration of the completion of the building, following was the awarding of the BC21 Art Award for young, innovative artists. On 15 November 2011, the museum operation started. Director of Belvedere Agnes Husslein Arco said: The myth of the 20er Haus was based on an unconventional and interdisciplinary programmatic, and this we want to continue.