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The Distant Sound
Günter Brus and Music
21.02.-16.08.2020
About the exhibition
Günter Brus’ work is inseparably linked to his experience of music. In his drawings and picture-poems, a multitude of musical terms can be found, acoustical perceptions, tributes to composers, translations in drawing form, even fragmentary notation.
The exhibition The Distant Sound is devoted for the first time to this as yet unnoticed aspect of his creative output. The musical epiphany for Brus occurs in 1956, when he first hears Franz Schreker’s early opera Der ferne Klang (The Distant Sound) on Austrian radio. The discovery of this multifaceted tonal art, which touches the limits of atonality, opens up new perspectives for him. A life-long engagement with music begins, which, in the most varied shapes and forms, becomes an indispensable source of inspiration for his work.
By means of some 150 works, the exhibition throws a retrospective light on Brus’ output, showing works from the 1960s to the present day.
Gallery
Neue Galerie Graz
Joanneumsviertel
8010 Graz, Österreich
T +43-316/8017-9100
joanneumsviertel@museum-joanneum.at
Opening Hours
Tues-Sun, public holidays 10am - 6pm
On October 10th and 11th, 2023, the Neue Galerie Graz will be closed due to renovation works. The studio exhibition (Ebru Kurbak), the exhibitione in the foyer (Alek Kawka), and the Natural History Museum (Walter Köstenbauer) will still be open for visitors.
Guided tours:
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Guided tours on advance notice.
Library Opening Hours
Open by prior appointment:
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Closed:
24th/25th December 2023
