ART NOUVEAU2 – Exhibition opening “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte – A Dialogue with Michael Anastassiades”

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna, Austria)

Exhibition dates: 06.10.2021-02.10.2022

More space for the Wiener Werkstätte (WW): in the room above the MAK Permanent Collection Vienna 1900, this famous institution takes center stage and is receiving a lot of attention thanks to the engagement of a contemporary artist with its wide range of products—furniture, textiles, wallpapers, and metalware. The London designer Michael Anastassiades has been invited to select exhibits from the MAK’s inventory and in particular he has had the opportunity of delving into the high-profile collection of WW expert Ernst Ploil.

Michael Anastassiades is primarily known as a designer of lighting fixtures, though he also works in many other sectors (glassware for J. & L. Lobmeyr and furniture for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna). In addition, he is active in exhibition and interior design. For the SHOWROOM WIENER WERKSTÄTTE he has also developed a special display in which he uses his own products and stylistic elements to create an astonishingly alienating setting for the WW exhibits.

Exhibition View, 2021, Showroom Wiener Werkstätte – A Dialogue with Michael Anastassiades, MAK Permanent Collection Contemporary Art © MAK/Georg Mayer

MAK Exhibition View, 2021, Showroom Wiener Werkstätte – A Dialogue with Michael Anastassiades, in the front: Josef Hoffmann, Women´s dress for a masquerade ball, ca. 1910, MAK Permanent Collection Contemporary Art © MAK/Georg Mayer

Guest Curator/Exhibition Design: Michael Anastassiades, Designer
Curator: Anne-Katrin Rossberg, Curator, MAK Metal Collection and Wiener Werkstätte Archive

On the exhibition:

Lilli Hollein, Generaldirector, MAK

Michael Anastassiades, Designer

Anne-Katrin Rossberg, Curator

Program:

12.10.2021, 6.30 pm: Curator-guided tour “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte – A Dialogue with Michael Anastassiades”

16.10.2021, 2.00 pm-3.00 pm: Mini MAK Tour “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte & Vienna 1900”

16.10.2021, 4.00 pm-5.00 pm: Guided tour “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte”

20.10.2021, 3.00 pm: Wednesdays at the MAK “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte”

23.10.2021, 2.00 pm-4.00 pm: MAK4FAMILY Workshop “Mirror – Room – Square”

23.10.2021, 4.00 pm-5.00 pm: Guided tour “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte”

26.10.2021, 11.30 am-12.15 pm: MAK DAY 2021 Guided tour permanent collection Vienna 1900 and “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte”

26.10.2021, 2.00 pm-4.00 pm: MAK4FAMILY Workshop “Mirror – Room – Square”

26.10.2021, 4.30 pm-5.15 pm: MAK DAY 2021 Guided tour permanent collection Vienna 1900 and “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte”

30.10.2021, 4.00 pm-5.00 pm: Guided tour “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte”

6.11.2021, 4.00 pm-5.00 pm: Guided tour “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte”

13.11.2021, 4.00 pm-5.00 pm: Guided tour “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte”

20.11.2021, 4.00 pm-5.00 pm: Guided tour “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte”

27.11.2021, 4.00 pm-5.00 pm: Guided tour “Showroom Wiener Werkstätte”

MAK Exhibition View, 2021, Showroom Wiener Werkstätte – A Dialogue with Michael Anastassiades, MAK Permanent Collection Contemporary Art © MAK/Georg Mayer

MAK Exhibition View, 2021, Showroom Wiener Werkstätte – A Dialogue with Michael Anastassiades, MAK Permanent Collection Contemporary Art © MAK/Georg Mayer

Link to the event: https://www.mak.at/en/showroom

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Project cofunded by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA II).