Belvedere 21
Exciting pairing for two great spatial thinkers
Frederick Kiesler versus Walter Pichler: Belvedere 21 puts two great visionaries on an equal footing
Walter Pichler meets Frederick Kiesler. The event is taking place posthumously at Belvedere 21. In reality, it happened in New York in 1963. Walter Pichler (1936-2012) stayed in the US metropolis from May to November, where Frederick Kiesler (1890-1965) had already moved in 1926.
Pichler had previously exhibited "Architecture in Progress" together with Hans Hollein in the Galerie St. Stephan. An architecture that left the (strict) Bauhaus far behind, replacing rationalism and functionality with visions that still have an almost modern effect today.
It was also Hollein who introduced Pichler, then 27, to the 73-year-old Kiesler. What the two talked about in New York remains a matter of speculation - but is the starting point for curator Verena Gamper to ask about the overlaps between what at first glance appear to be completely contrasting oeuvres.
What they do have in common is thinking in "visionary spaces". This is also the title of the exhibition, which juxtaposes works in six chapters. Kiesler's "Raumstadt" of 1925, which cuts through all dimensions, meets Pichler's multi-armed "Unterirdische Stadt".
The organic nature of Kiesler's bubble-shaped "Endless House" is continued in Pichler's head sculptures, in his building-like skulls. With the "Screen-o-scope" in the film Guild Cinema, Kiesler extended the projection into space, while Pichler invented his sense-expanding machines such as the "Small Room" and the "TV Helmet".
The furniture designs show the extent to which both thought of their architecture in sculptural terms. This is also how Sonia Leimer understands her successful exhibition architecture for the fascinatingly stimulating pairing.W
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