Sommer Magazin 2012 uk

The southern light,
the enchanting
scenery and the
influences of three
cultures have always
inspired artists
in Carinthia. In
Carinthia’s art
museums you can
follow the trail of
modern and contemporary
artists such
as Rainer, Hoke,
Oman, Bischoffshausen,
Schellander,
Staudacher
or Kogelnik.
Text by Cornelia Mathis-Haider
Carinthia Magazine 42
PLACES OF
INSPIRATION.
Make way for the organisers of Carinthia’s cultural summer: A selection of musical high points in 2012
March–June Spring culture festival of the Carinthian Music Academy at Ossiach Abbey www.die-cma.at
April–December Culture.Space.Church www.kultur-raum-kirche.com
26 May–10 August St. Paul Summer Culture Festival www.kuso-stpaul.at
May Wörthersee Classics in Klagenfurt www.woertherseeclassics.com
May–October International Music Weeks, Millstatt www.musikwochen.com
End of June 36 th Festival of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt http://bachmannpreis.eu
June–August Friesach Burghofspiele Theatre Festival on the Petersberg www.burghofspiele.com
July Music Forum Viktring-Klagenfurt www.musikforum.at
July–August Theatre Festival, Porcia in Spittal/Drau www.komoedienspiele-porcia.at
24 July–31 July Medieval Weeks in Friesach with Spectaculum www.friesach.at
26 July–18 August West Side Story at the Klagenfurt Stadttheater www.stadttheater-klagenfurt.at
July–August Carinthian Summer, Ossiach/Villach www.carinthischersommer.at
Albeck Castle Theatre www.schloss-albeck.at
Summer Evening at Millstatt Abbey www.millstatt.at
Nightwalks V in Millstatt www.millstatt.at
Southern Carinthian Summer Theatre Festival at Eberndorf Abbey www.sks-eberndorf.at
August International Guitar Festival – La Guitarra Esencial www.laguitarraesencial.com
Late Summer Music Festival in Gurk www.musikalischerspaetsommergurk.at
September 9 th Trigonale Festival of Ancient Music www.trigonale.com
1-9 September 19 th International Brahms Competition in Pörtschach www.brahmscompetition.org
Information at www.carinthia.at
Franz Wiegele
Sitting female nude, 1943
Carinthian Museum
of Modern Art – MMKK.
MMKK in Klagenfurt is a place for
encounters with art. The exhibitions are
accompanied by a lively programme of
presentations. Try a stimulating visit to
the museum’s own castle chapel, which
is available to artists as a projection
room. Two major exhibitions are taking
place in summer 2012. The prelude is
works by Hermann Nitsch, followed by
“fokus sammlung 03” in which works
by Carinthian artists of the 19 th , 20 th and
21 st centuries are juxtaposed.
Exhibitions:
Hermann Nitsch: 21.07 – 09.09.2012
fokus sammlung 3: 27.09 – 25.11.2012
Address:
Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten
Burggasse 8, 9021 Klagenfurt
www.mmkk.at
Opening times:
Tues – Sun: 10.00 – 18.00
Thurs: 10.00 – 20.00,
public holidays: 10.00 – 18.00
Entry:
Free entry for under-19s!
Adults: € 5.00
Museum des Nötscher Kreises.
Under the name Nötscher Kreis the
circle of painters from this small place
at the foot of the Dobratsch found international
recognition: Together with
Schiele and Kokoschka, Sebastian
Isepp, Franz Wiegele and Anton Kolig
were the founders of modern painting
in Austria. They were later joined by
Anton Mahringer, a student of Kolig’s.
Apart from Isepp, who emigrated, they
settled in Nötsch, where today their
memory is preserved at the museum in
the Wiegele house. 2012 will feature a
cross-generation comparison of the
works of Maria Lassnig and Franz
Wiegele, who in his letters expressed
his opinion of some of the nudes she
had drawn.
Exhibition:
Maria Lassnig. Franz Wiegele.
An exchange of letters and belief in art.
Address:
Museum des Nötscher Kreises
Haus Wiegele, 9611 Nötsch im Gailtal
Opening times:
Opening: 22.04.2012,
23.04 – 28.10.2012: Wed – Sun
and public holidays 14.00 – 18.00,
guided cultural walks
take place on Thursdays at 15.00!
Entry:
Adults: € 4.00
Werner Berg Museum.
The museum to the painter Werner
Berg, one of the most important 20 th
century Austrian artists, has become a
focus of attraction for art lovers from
all over Europe. His work, whose roots
lie in German Expressionism, is also a
unique document about his chosen
home, Southern Carinthia. Work in
regions far remote from art centres is
the theme linking the museums in the
joint exhibition project in 2012 by the
Bruck Castle Museum, the Kitzbühel
Town Museum and the Werner Berg
Museum in Bleiburg. Works by the
Austrian painters Egger-Lienz, Walde
and Berg will be on display.
Exhibition:
Egger-Lienz, Walde, Berg
Address:
Werner Berg Museum
10.-Oktober-Platz 4
9150 Bleiburg
www.wernerberg.museum
Opening times:
01.05 – 31.10.2012:
Tues – Sun 10.00 – 18.00
Entry:
Adults: € 7.00
Free audio guides.
Werner Berg
The neighbour, 1954
Carinthia Magazine 43