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August Mandlick, "Silhouettenschneiderin", about 1890 (detail),

Who Are You?

Two centuries of portraits

24.05.2017-27.10.2019


Curated by: Günther Holler-Schuster and Gudrun Danzer

Press tour: 24.05.2017
Opening: 24.05.2017, 7 pm
Duration: 25.05.2017-27.10.2019

 

Info exhibition: +43-316/8017-9100

Info press: +43-316/8017-9211 or DDI -9213

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About the exhibition

Portraits are among the oldest themes of the fine arts, long reflecting cultural-historical phenomena, too. This exhibition spans a period from the 19th century through the interwar period and the portents of ‘mass culture’ in Pop Art, up to current portraits, for which new media are also now employed. In Romanticism and Expressionism, one attempted to penetrate the soul of the subject depicted by means of the face. In Realism, by way of contrast, representation of bourgeois self-image was of primary concern. From the 1960s onwards, general artistic-visual issues were treated via the portrait, too, and never have portraits been more pervasive than is the case today: ‘selfies’ leave their mark on all areas of life in this age of social media.

Images

Publication is permitted exclusively in the context of announcements and reviews related to the exhibition. Please avoid any cropping of the images. Thank you for crediting the photographs according to the enclosed indications.

Material


Andy Warhol, "Untitled from Marilyn Monroe", 1967,
Andy Warhol, "Untitled from Marilyn Monroe", 1967,

© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Bildrecht, Vienna, 2017 © Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Donation Collection Suschnigg, Photo: N. Lackner/UMJ


Warhol-Untitled-from-Marilyn-Monroe.jpg (2.52 MB)

Curators Gudrun Danzer and Günther Holler-Schuster,
Curators Gudrun Danzer and Günther Holler-Schuster,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Danzer-Holler-Schuster-Wer-bist-du.jpg (2.21 MB)

Curators Günther Holler-Schuster and Gudrun Danzer,
Curators Günther Holler-Schuster and Gudrun Danzer,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner, Background: Andy Warhol, "Untitled from Marilyn Monroe", 1967 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Bildrecht, Vienna, 2017 © Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Donation Collection Suschnigg, Photo: N. Lackner/UMJ


Holler-Schuster-Danzer-Wer-bist-du.jpg (1.7 MB)

Curator Günther Holler-Schuster and curator Gudrun Danzer,
Curator Günther Holler-Schuster and curator Gudrun Danzer,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Holler-Schuster-Danzer-Wer-bist-du-01.jpg (1.68 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-01.jpg (1.87 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-02.jpg (1.79 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-03.jpg (1.69 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-19.jpg (1.76 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-04.jpg (1.44 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-05.jpg (1.71 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-06.jpg (1.59 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-07.jpg (1.54 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-08.jpg (1.85 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-09.jpg (1.8 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-10.jpg (1.75 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-11.jpg (1.64 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-12.jpg (1.71 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-13.jpg (1.78 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-14.jpg (1.54 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-15.jpg (1.51 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-16.jpg (2.04 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-17.jpg (1.79 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-18.jpg (1.86 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-20.jpg (1.73 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-21.jpg (1.7 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-22.jpg (1.96 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-23.jpg (1.85 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-24.jpg (1.38 MB)

Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,
Installation view „Who are you“, 2017,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Ansicht-Wer-bist-du-Neue-Galerie-Graz-25.jpg (1.28 MB)

Lorenz Allgayer, "Kaiser Franz Joseph I. im Vliesornat", 1861,
Lorenz Allgayer, "Kaiser Franz Joseph I. im Vliesornat", 1861,

Oil on canvas, Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Allgayer-Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-I.jpg (3.31 MB)

Friedrich Amerling, "Julie Gräfin Woyna", 1832,
Friedrich Amerling, "Julie Gräfin Woyna", 1832,

Oil on canvas, Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Amerling-Julie-Graefin-Woyna.jpg (2.97 MB)

Romuald Hazoumé, "Chef de village", 2013,
Romuald Hazoumé, "Chef de village", 2013,

Various materials, Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner © Bildrecht, Wien, 2017


Hazoume-Chef-de-village.jpg (1.07 MB)

Leopold Kupelwieser, "Erzherzog Johann im grauen Rock mit grünen Aufschlägen", 1828,
Leopold Kupelwieser, "Erzherzog Johann im grauen Rock mit grünen Aufschlägen", 1828,

Oil on canvas, Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Kupelwieser-Erzherzog-Johann.jpg (5.18 MB)

Andy Warhol, "Red Lenin", 1987,
Andy Warhol, "Red Lenin", 1987,

Silkscreen on paper, Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Schenkung Sammlung Suschnigg Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Bildrecht, Wien 2017


Warhol-Red-Lenin.jpg (1.68 MB)

Manfred Willmann, "Kontaktportrait Lady Penrose (Lee Miller) und Sir Roland Penrose", 1976,
Manfred Willmann, "Kontaktportrait Lady Penrose (Lee Miller) und Sir Roland Penrose", 1976,

Black-and-white photograph, 36-part, Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Willmann-Kontaktportrait.jpg (1.44 MB)

Robert Wilson, "VOOM Portrait Marianne Faithfull, Singer and Actress", 2004,
Robert Wilson, "VOOM Portrait Marianne Faithfull, Singer and Actress", 2004,

Video installation, Neue Galerie Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner


Wilson-VOOM-Portrait-Marianne-Faithfull.jpg (0.78 MB)

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