Abstract Art from Austria

To mark its assumption of the Ploner Collection, the Albertina is mounting an exhibition on the development of abstract painting and drawing in Austria since 1960. This presentation sets a selection of the newly received works in relation to selected drawings and paintings from the Albertina’s extensive related holdings.

The collection, which Heinz Ploner began compiling in 1997, lends additional depth to the museum’s existing inventory with outstanding works by Erwin Bohatsch, Herbert Brandl, Gunter Damisch, Josef Mikl, Hubert Scheibl, and others. Equal status is accorded to graphic art and painting, quite in keeping with a principle that is also central to the Albertina’s collecting policy.

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