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Guided Tour Private Views Altenburg

Portrait of Franz Josef Altenburg in his studio, 2019
© Michael Maritsch
 

Franz Josef Altenburg, Pedestal, before 1980
Stoneware, formed, glazed
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer

MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer

Franz Josef Altenburg, Panel, before 1980
Stoneware, formed, glazed
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

Franz Josef Altenburg, Towers and Container, 2019
© M. Baschata
 

Ceramics studio of Franz Josef Altenburg, Breitenschützing, 2021
© Paul Sebesta
 

Portrait of Franz Josef Altenburg, 2018
© Peter Resch
 

Franz Josef Altenburg, Stage Set, before 1983
Stoneware, formed, glazed
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

Franz Josef Altenburg, Scaffold, before 1983
Stoneware, formed, glazed
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 

Franz Josef Altenburg, Tower and Frames, 2019
© M. Baschata
 

Portrait of Franz Josef Altenburg in his studio, 2019
© Michael Maritsch
 

Franz Josef Altenburg, hands in his studio, 2019 © Michael Maritsch

FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG

Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame

Tue, 16.3.2021—Sun, 25.4.2021

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Exhibition

FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG

Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame

Tue, 16.3.2021—Sun, 25.4.2021

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Twenty years after the exhibition ELEMENTS, OBJECTS: Ceramics by Franz Josef Altenburg, the MAK is once again dedicating an exhibition to Altenburg to mark his 80th birthday and his being awarded the Gold Medal of Honor for services to the Austrian Republic.
 
Spanning almost six decades, Franz Josef Altenburg’s oeuvre documents the great tradition of Modernist Viennese ceramics. After his training at the Graz School of Arts and Crafts, Altenburg worked for Hallstatt Ceramics and afterwards in the studio of Gmunden Ceramics. Since 1976 he is active as a freelance artist in his own workshop in Breitenschützing (Upper Austria). Through his engagement in ceramics symposia, Altenburg has influenced whole generations of young ceramists in Austria. His work is characterized by vessel-shaped forms, architectonic elements, and pared-down constructions. As his artistic precursors, he cites Minimalists such as Donald Judd as well as his former studio partner at Gmunden Ceramics Anton Raidel.

Developed in cooperation with Altenburg, the MAK exhibition exemplifies the work groups he has developed over a period of six decades: “blocks,” “houses,” “stage sets,” “towers,” “scaffolds,” and “frames.” Film documentaries on the oeuvre of arguably Austria’s most important living ceramist round off the presentation.
 
 
Curator: Rainald Franz, Curator, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection
Following the exhibition, in a cooperation between the MAK and the Oberösterreichische Landes-Kultur GmbH a comprehensive catalog and a further exhibition in Bad Ischl are planned.
 

PUBLICATION

The publication FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Clay and Form appears on the occasion of the renowned Austrian ceramic artist’s 80th birthday and complements the exhibition of the same name at the Kaiservilla, Bad Ischl, as well as a presentation at the MAK. Edited by Alfred Weidinger, Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, and Rainald Franz, with contributions by Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Franz Josef Czernin, René Edenhofer, and Rainald Franz. German/English, 140 pages with numerous color illustrations. MAK, Vienna/OÖLKG, Linz/arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021. Available at the MAK Design Shop and online at MAKdesignshop.at for € 39.

Related

FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG – DER „ALTMODISCHE ÜBEREINANDERSTAPLER“

Read more on the MAK Blog (in German)


Media

<BODY><div>Portrait of Franz Josef Altenburg in his studio, 2019</div><div>© Michael Maritsch</div><div> </div></BODY>
Portrait of Franz Josef Altenburg in his studio, 2019
© Michael Maritsch
 
<BODY><div>Franz Josef Altenburg, Pedestal, before 1980</div><div>Stoneware, formed, glazed</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Franz Josef Altenburg, Pedestal, before 1980
Stoneware, formed, glazed
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame</div><div>MAK FORUM</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame</div><div>MAK FORUM</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame</div><div>MAK FORUM</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame</div><div>MAK FORUM</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame</div><div>MAK FORUM</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame</div><div>MAK FORUM</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame</div><div>MAK FORUM</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY><div>MAK Exhibition View, 2021</div><div>FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame</div><div>MAK FORUM</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div></BODY>
MAK Exhibition View, 2021
FRANZ JOSEF ALTENBURG: Block, House, Tower, Scaffold, Frame
MAK FORUM
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY><div>Franz Josef Altenburg, Panel, before 1980</div><div>Stoneware, formed, glazed</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Franz Josef Altenburg, Panel, before 1980
Stoneware, formed, glazed
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>Franz Josef Altenburg, Towers and Container, 2019</div><div>© M. Baschata</div><div> </div></BODY>
Franz Josef Altenburg, Towers and Container, 2019
© M. Baschata
 
<BODY><div>Ceramics studio of Franz Josef Altenburg, Breitenschützing, 2021</div><div>© Paul Sebesta</div><div> </div></BODY>
Ceramics studio of Franz Josef Altenburg, Breitenschützing, 2021
© Paul Sebesta
 
<BODY><div>Portrait of Franz Josef Altenburg, 2018</div><div>© Peter Resch</div><div> </div></BODY>
Portrait of Franz Josef Altenburg, 2018
© Peter Resch
 
<BODY><div>Franz Josef Altenburg, Stage Set, before 1983</div><div>Stoneware, formed, glazed</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Franz Josef Altenburg, Stage Set, before 1983
Stoneware, formed, glazed
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>Franz Josef Altenburg, Scaffold, before 1983</div><div>Stoneware, formed, glazed</div><div>© MAK/Georg Mayer</div><div> </div></BODY>
Franz Josef Altenburg, Scaffold, before 1983
Stoneware, formed, glazed
© MAK/Georg Mayer
 
<BODY><div>Franz Josef Altenburg, Tower and Frames, 2019</div><div>© M. Baschata</div><div> </div></BODY>
Franz Josef Altenburg, Tower and Frames, 2019
© M. Baschata
 
<BODY><div>Portrait of Franz Josef Altenburg in his studio, 2019</div><div>© Michael Maritsch</div><div> </div></BODY>
Portrait of Franz Josef Altenburg in his studio, 2019
© Michael Maritsch
 
<BODY>Franz Josef Altenburg, hands in his studio, 2019 © Michael Maritsch </BODY>
Franz Josef Altenburg, hands in his studio, 2019 © Michael Maritsch

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