IN-HOUSE ART Our Art Collection Focus on works by Austrian painters and sculptors from the 1960s to the present day. >> <strong>The</strong> collection online > Art is communication in the here and now and for generations to come.
<strong>The</strong> art collection merged with the art holdings of VB<strong>AG</strong> comprises around 650 works by Austrian painters and sculptors from the 1960s to the present day. It is a concentrated blend of paintings, works on paper and plastics that mainly provides a reflection of abstract and expressionistic art. <strong>The</strong> entire collection was subjected to adjudication for the repositioning. Continuation of the collection is carried out in the context of “art premieres”. <strong>The</strong>matically, the tradition of the existing collection is constantly maintained. <strong>The</strong> professor of an art university stands in the centre with his/her Next Generation. “Next Generation” signifies students and graduates of the master class. Art Brut floor As the collection also focuses on Art Brut, a whole floor has been dedicated to this movement in the new headquarters. Art Brut is created by people who have very special approach to reality. We often find it in company outsiders in a psychiatric context. It is an original, “raw” art with an unconventional style idiom. <strong>The</strong> creators are not artistically trained. Current art trends mean nothing to them. <strong>The</strong> artists from Gugging – the Art Brut model in Austria – are on show here. <strong>The</strong>y held their first exhibition in 1970 at the gallery next to St. Stephan. Art Brut combines social and cultural responsibility in a unique way [> SEE P<strong>AG</strong>ES 46– 47]. t IN-HOUSE ART [2] [3] [4] Guest commentary [2] Arnulf Rainer, Andromeda irrt (Andromeda Errs), 1981, oil on cardboard [3] Josef Mikl, Figur mit erhobener Hand (Figure with Raised Hand), 1966, oil on canvas [4] Wolfgang Hollegha, Untitled, 1970, oil on canvas Collecting contemporary art involves passion, requires knowledge and experience and is based on responsibility – passion for new ideas, otherness and the desire to create, knowledge of the ideal and material value of art and responsibility for culture and society. A bank is a social entity and also thrives on the communication of ideas. This conviction is one of the main reasons why Österreichische <strong>Volksbank</strong>en-<strong>AG</strong> is endeavouring to not only collect and own art, but also to present and communicate it, thus inspiring others. I would like to congratulate VB<strong>AG</strong> warmly on its outstanding collection of Austrian contemporary art, the sustainability and quality of its collection and its willingness to engage with its employees, customers and society about art. Gerald Matt, director of Kunsthalle Wien, on behalf of the jury DIE JURY Thomas Häusle, Kunstkontakt, Heinz Mathis, Kunstkontakt, Gerald Matt, Kunsthalle Wien, Harald Posch, VB<strong>AG</strong> project manager, Hannah Rieger, Investkredit art collection, Gabriele Wolfrum, Galerie Wolfrum THE NEW HEADQUARTERS 45 [5]
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