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„Sitzen 69“ revisited
Poster Sitzen 69, 1969
© MAK

Anna-Lülja Praun, Chair F.L.P., Vienna, 1955
Wood, painted; wicker
© MAK/Nathan Murrell

Josef Frank, Armchair, Vienna, 1933
Mahogany, solid; rattan; upholstery with black leather cover
© MAK/Nathan Murrell

Walter Pichler, Fauteuil Galaxy, Vienna, 1966
Aluminum, riveted; foam padding with red textile cover
© MAK/Georg Mayer

Joe Colombo, Armchair, Model No. 4801, Italy, 1963
Plywood, bent, with orange painted polyester
© MAK/Nathan Murrell

Wolfgang J. Haipl, Chair, Vienna, 1963
Walnut wood, solid, partially laminated and bent; leather
© MAK/Georg Mayer

Ole Wanscher, Armchair, Model No. PJ 149, Copenhagen, 1949
Rosewood, solid; wickerwork (rattan); upholstery with leather cover
© MAK/Nathan Murrell

Pierre Paulin, Seating furniture Tongue, France, 1967
Metal; foam padding with orange jersey cover
© MAK/Georg Mayer

Franz Schuster, Armchair, Model No. 1652, Vienna, 1952
Beech, solid, partially bent; padding made of foam rubber, textile cover
© MAK/Nathan Murrell

Verner Panton, Panton Chair, Copenhagen, 1967
Polyurethane, painted orange
© MAK/Georg Mayer

“SITZEN 69” REVISITED

Wed, 13.11.2019—Sun, 23.8.2020

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Exhibition

“SITZEN 69” REVISITED

Wed, 13.11.2019—Sun, 23.8.2020

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

In 1969, the furniture exhibition Sitzen 69 [Seating 69] took place in the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (today’s MAK) in which a comprehensive selection of dignified “joiner’s chairs” from Scandinavia, Italy, Germany, and Austria was presented. However, the many colorful and trendy seats that today seem so characteristic of this epoch, were missing: The exhibition had made a last heroic attempt to reply to an increasingly pronounced consumer and throwaway society with traditional of high-quality, artisanal furniture.
 
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Sitzen 69, the exhibition “SITZEN 69” REVISITED offers an opportunity not only to look back on the era of the 1960s, which was decisive for the development of international design, but also to reconstruct an important chapter in the museum policy of the MAK. Through the meaningful juxtaposition of the dignified joiner’s chairs, which were intended at that time as an impulse for craftsmen, producers, and consumers, and the playful and crazy furniture objects now shown, which have become the epitome of alternative and utopian living concepts of the 1960s, a great omission can be compensated for.

Curator: Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Curator, MAK Furniture and Woodwork Collection

Opening

Tue, 12 November 2019, 7 p.m.
Free admission
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On the exhibition
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, General Director, MAK
Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Curator, MAK Furniture and Woodwork Collection


Media

<BODY><em>„<em>Sitzen 69</em>“ <em>revisited</em></em><br />Poster <em>Sitzen </em>69, 1969<br />© MAK</BODY>
„Sitzen 69“ revisited
Poster Sitzen 69, 1969
© MAK
<BODY>Anna-Lülja Praun, Chair <em>F.L.P.</em>, Vienna, 1955<br />Wood, painted; wicker<br />© MAK/Nathan Murrell</BODY>
Anna-Lülja Praun, Chair F.L.P., Vienna, 1955
Wood, painted; wicker
© MAK/Nathan Murrell
<BODY>Josef Frank, Armchair, Vienna, 1933<br />Mahogany, solid; rattan; upholstery with black leather cover<br />© MAK/Nathan Murrell</BODY>
Josef Frank, Armchair, Vienna, 1933
Mahogany, solid; rattan; upholstery with black leather cover
© MAK/Nathan Murrell
<BODY>Walter Pichler, Fauteuil<em> Galaxy</em>, Vienna, 1966<br />Aluminum, riveted; foam padding with red textile cover<br />© MAK/Georg Mayer</BODY>
Walter Pichler, Fauteuil Galaxy, Vienna, 1966
Aluminum, riveted; foam padding with red textile cover
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY>Joe Colombo, Armchair, Model No. 4801, Italy, 1963<br />Plywood, bent, with orange painted polyester<br />© MAK/Nathan Murrell</BODY>
Joe Colombo, Armchair, Model No. 4801, Italy, 1963
Plywood, bent, with orange painted polyester
© MAK/Nathan Murrell
<BODY>Wolfgang J. Haipl, Chair, Vienna, 1963<br />Walnut wood, solid, partially laminated and bent; leather<br />© MAK/Georg Mayer</BODY>
Wolfgang J. Haipl, Chair, Vienna, 1963
Walnut wood, solid, partially laminated and bent; leather
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY>Ole Wanscher, Armchair, Model No. PJ 149, Copenhagen, 1949<br />Rosewood, solid; wickerwork (rattan); upholstery with leather cover<br />© MAK/Nathan Murrell</BODY>
Ole Wanscher, Armchair, Model No. PJ 149, Copenhagen, 1949
Rosewood, solid; wickerwork (rattan); upholstery with leather cover
© MAK/Nathan Murrell
<BODY>Pierre Paulin, Seating furniture <em>Tongue</em>, France, 1967<br />Metal; foam padding with orange jersey cover<br />© MAK/Georg Mayer</BODY>
Pierre Paulin, Seating furniture Tongue, France, 1967
Metal; foam padding with orange jersey cover
© MAK/Georg Mayer
<BODY>Franz Schuster, Armchair, Model No. 1652, Vienna, 1952<br />Beech, solid, partially bent; padding made of foam rubber, textile cover<br />© MAK/Nathan Murrell</BODY>
Franz Schuster, Armchair, Model No. 1652, Vienna, 1952
Beech, solid, partially bent; padding made of foam rubber, textile cover
© MAK/Nathan Murrell
<BODY>Verner Panton, <em>Panton Chair, </em>Copenhagen, 1967<br />Polyurethane, painted orange<br />© MAK/Georg Mayer</BODY>
Verner Panton, Panton Chair, Copenhagen, 1967
Polyurethane, painted orange
© MAK/Georg Mayer

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