Allgemeiner Text
The group exhibition deals with the most inevitable part of every existance. Juxtaposing works of art that span a cultural-historical arc from the Middle Ages to the present "Being Mortal - Sterblich Sein" traces the deep meaning of death in individula aswell as collective and socio-political contexts. The show at Dom Museum Vienna focuses on intimate, personal approaches as well as the public, political role of dying and the process of facing death. The exhibition includes work by Kurt Absolon, Khaled Barakeh, Max Beckmann, Renate Bertlmann, Margret Bilger, Nomin Bold, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Günter Brus, Maria Bussmann, Lovis Corinth, Ramesch Daha, Stefano della Bella, Alexandre Diop, Otto Dix, Albin Egger-Lienz, Ameh Egwuh, James Ensor, Manfred Erjautz, Olia Fedorova, Hans Fronius, Ernst Fuchs, María Galindo & Danitza Luna, Nikolaus Gansterer, Domenico Gargiulo, called Micco Spadaro, Giovanni Giuliani, Ferdinand Hodler, Sam Jinks, Alfred Kubin, Maria Lassnig, Sybille Loew, Teresa Margolles, Master of the Zvíkov Lamentation(?), Master of the Albrecht Altar, Kurt Moldovan, ORLAN, Dan Perjovschi, Arnulf Rainer, Johann Elias Ridinger, Christian Rohlfs, Anton Romako, Anja Ronacher, Tina Ruisinger, Walter Schels & Beate Lakotta, Eva Schlegel, Tom Schmelzer, Lena Ilay Schwingshandl, Phil Solomon, Petra Sterry, Timm Ulrichs, Francesca Woodman, Herwig Zens, as well as historic artists whose names have not been handed down. Curated by Johanna Schwanberg and co-curated Klaus Speidel.