For Alfred Hrdlicka’s eightieth birthday, eight life-size bronze sculptures were temporarily put up in 2008, and another five from spring 2009 to spring 2010, around his Memorial Against War and Fascism, which was begun in 1983 und completed in 1991. Human suffering and suppression in its many forms were central themes of Alfred Hrdlicka’s oeuvre. The permanent presence of violence and its impact on the history of humanity are given palpable visibility in the sculptures exhibited which span an arc from classical mythology up to the twentieth century. Thus they directly relate to this memorable site of the Memorial Against War and Fascism, one of the artist’s main works and a manifestation of crucial import for the city of Vienna and its history.
Location
Albertinaplatz, 1010 Vienna
Gallery
Further Information
Artist
Alfred Hrdlicka
*1928 in Vienna, † 2009 in Vienna.
Partners and sponsors
Galerie Ernst Hilger, STRABAG Kunstforum
Periods of presentation
From July 30 to October 21, 2008, the following bronze sculptures were exhibited:
Homo Erectus, 1979/80, WVZ 157/a, bronze after plaster 1982, 227 × 123 × 99 cm
Inkarnation, 1994–1996, bronze, 175 × 75 × 65 cm
Marsyas I, 1955/57–1962, WVZ 19/a, bronze after stone 1964/2007, 253 × 54 × 57 cm
Gummitod, 1972/75, WVZ 117/a, bronze 2007, 190 × 70 × 90 cm
Orpheus I (formerly Golgatha), 1961/62, WVZ 46/I/a, bronze after stone 2008, 221 × 70 × 45 cm
Orpheus II, 1963, WVZ 57/a, bronze after stone 2005, 234 × 80 × 50 cm
Portrait Bonhoeffer, 1977, WVZ 142/a, bronze after stone, 118 × 60 × 85 cm
Relief/Tod des Demonstranten, 1971, WVZ 114/a, bronze after plaster, 283 × 170 × 29 cm
From April 29, 2009 to April 14, 2010, the following sculptures were presented:
Portrait Bonhoeffer, 1977, WVZ 142/a, bronze after marble, 118 × 46 × 62 cm
Inkarnation, 1994–1996 (made after the publication of the catalogue raisonné), bronze after marble, 175 × 75 × 65 cm
Marsyas I, 1955/57–1962, WVZ 19/a, bronze after limestone 1964, 253 × 54 × 57 cm
Orpheus I, 1963, WVZ 46/I/a, bronze after marble, 221 × 70 × 45 cm
Orpheus II, 1963, WVZ 57/a, bronze after marble, 234 × 80 × 50 cm